CRJU CH 1 & 2

How many offense are never reported to the police?

About half

This is designed to gather data on each criminal act even if several acts are committed within the same complex of behavior

National Incident-Based Reporting System

This kind of crime includes interpersonal violence and property crime

Street Crime

The suspension of all or part of a sentence subject to certain conditions and supervision in the community

Probation

How does the FBI currently classify arson?

Property crime

These offenses include drug use, disturbing the peace, drunkenness, prostitution, and some forms of gambling

Public order crime

The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.

Robbery

In a high school class, a researcher hands out questionnaires that ask the students to identify any criminal offense they have committed. Which term best describes this type of research

Self report study

According to the wedding cake model of criminal justice, what does the second layer represent?

Serious felonies

Why does the National Crime Victimization Survey not account for successfully completed drug transactions?

The buyers do not consider themselves crime victims

Thsi is the most extensive useful measure of crime that is available

Uniform Crime Reports

Which choice best describes the sources of error in the Uniform Crime Reports?

Unintentional and Intentional

Criminologists use this term to refer to instances wherein a victim plays an active role in initiating conflict

Victim Precipitation

How does the FBI classify murder and non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault?

Violent crimes

This criminal Justice model describes the expectation of a just and fair criminal justice system

Due Process Model

To administer a legal process of judging and to pronounce a judgement

Adjudicate

What is the number of Crime Index offenses divided by the population of an area called?

Crime Rate

in society, which of the following dictates what is acceptable and what is punishable?

all of the above

Which is a logistical obstacle to measuring crime effectively and efficiently

All of the above

Four factors challenge the transition to greater cooperation among law enforcement agencies. which is not one of these?

All individual agencies organize their policies and operations in exactly the same way

Which of the following is an important actor in a criminal offense?

All of the above

Which part of the crime picture do the UCR, Self report studies, anad victimization studies tend to miss

All of the above

Most definitions of victim precipitation assert this

Both A and B

According to the wedding cake model of criminal justice, what does the top layer represent?

Celebrated Cases

These offenses are punishable by more than a year in a state prison

Felonies

This is the administration of a punishment or reward in accordance with morals that a given society considers correct.

Justice

According to the wedding cake model of criminal justice, what does the bototm layer represent?

Misdemeanors

Why is it difficult to measure white-collar and corporate crime?

Much of the investigation and regulation of corporate and white collar crime is not done by law enforcement

This is an action taken by a person or a group of people that violates the rules of society to the point that someone is harmed or society's interest are harmed.

Socialization

C. Wright Mills urges the use of this to examine issues while removed from our social location

Sociological Imagination

According to christie, which is not one of the six attributes typically associated with the idea of an innocent victim?

The victim and perpetrator know each other

Which is not a reason that a victim would not report an offense?

The victim may have committed the offense

This criminal offense is committed during the course of business for financial gain

White collar crime