Chapter 2: The Nature and Extent of Crime
What limits the effectiveness of gun control such as requiring waiting periods and limiting the sale of guns?
Few guns used in crimes are sold new to criminals.
What is the correlation between a good economy and higher crime rates?
Greater prosperity for more people in turn provides more tempting targets for youth criminals.
What is data mining?
the use of advanced software by police to identify crime patterns and link them to suspects based on behavior patterns
What is continuity of crime?
the view that criminality starts at an early age and remains throughout life
In what way does Superintendent McCarthy's plan suggest the use of predictive policing?
He intends to target specific neighborhoods that have high crime rates.
What can primarily serve to limit co-offending in a community?
developing more opportunities for youth employment in economically depressed communities
Which of the following is true for liberal feminist theories regarding crime?
As women move closer to men in social and economic position, their crime rate will increase.
What do the early 2012 crime statistics cited in the video suggest?
High homicide rates are concentrated in the city.
In a typical city, what is often true of crime?
High rates of crime are concentrated in specific areas.
What is true concerning homicide rates in the world?
Homicide rates tend to be higher in developing countries.
Which of the following might result in rising crime rates, specifically among the youth in coming decades?
Increasing automation of manufacturing and service jobs at the expense of human workers.
How can crime mapping primarily serve to benefit the Chicago Police Department in dealing with gang violence and homicides?
It can allow the police to better address specific problem neighborhoods with more resources.
In which of the following scenarios can crime mapping benefit police?
Police are uncertain as to where they should deploy more officers to counter crime.
Why can the figures cited by the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) be misleading?
Police departments vary in the way they record, classify, and report crimes.
In which of the following scenarios can crime mapping benefit police?
Police have video surveillance of a robbery that shows the face of the suspect clearly.
During which season would it behoove police on foot patrol in a major U.S. city to be on greater lookout for property crimes such as pickpocketing?
Summer
In what way are technological developments complicating the fight against crime?
Technology is creating new classes of crime that are harder to detect and combat.
Why is the NIBRS currently of limited use in gauging crime nationwide?
The NIBRS has not been fully adopted in all 50 states.
In what way is the NIBRS intended to be more explanatory than the UCR?
The NIBRS requires reported crimes to be put into greater context.
What is the relation of the concept of early onset to crime?
Youth who have been exposed to a variety of personal and social problems from an early age are the most at risk of repeat offending throughout their life.
Which of the following would be classified as a Part II crime?
an individual selling cocaine to another person
Which of the following would be considered an instrumental crime?
an individual threatens another with a knife to hand over their wallet
What is a career criminal?
an offender who persistently engages in criminal acts
When did violent crime rates peak in the United States?
early 1990s
Police Superintendent McCarthy hopes to combat and decrease gang retribution killings. What type of violence do these killings constitute?
expressive
A systematic review:
synthesizes the findings of past studies to make a conclusion.
When compared to the UCR, what does the MTF reveal?
the crime problem is much greater than official statistics would lead us to believe
Which of the following groups could be used in a specific cohort study?
the graduating male class of a particular high school
What aspect of self-report surveys impedes their validity?
the potential non-honesty of self-report survey respondents
Why do the police officers suggest that parents take greater responsibility over their children?
to prevent children from being harmed by limiting exposure to dangerous situations
What is the foundation of racial threat hypothesis?
A fear of growing minority populations results in greater police action against them.
What is data mining?
Police use advanced software to identify crime patterns and link them to suspects based on behavior patterns.
What is a primary goal of predictive policing?
to provide police with information so that they can proactively deploy resources
Declining deviance as part of the aging out process results from:
youth growing more mature.
