Intro to Criminal Justice Chapter 3

African Americans are sent to prison for drug crimes in greater numbers than whites because more of them buy, sell, and use drugs.

False

Murder is an example of an offense classified as mala prohibita.

False

People with serious mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, will always commit violent crimes.

False

Poverty is the sole cause of crime.

False

The NCVS is a national survey focusing on the self-reported data of offenders.

False

Which of the following data are used to prepare the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) by the FBI?

Number of crimes reported by victims, witnesses, or the police themselves

The Uniform Crime Reports include

police employee data.

Which of the following victim's right movements focused on a specific area of crime?

sexual assault

Data for the NCVS is collected by

the Census Bureau.

Self-report survey data are collected by all of the ways listed, EXCEPT

the census.

Misdemeanors are crimes punishable by a fine or by confinement for up to _________ months.

twelve

Under federal guidelines, an infraction can be punishable by _______ days behind bars.

5

Which of the following punishments are awarded in cases of first degree felonies?

Maximum penalty of life imprisonment

The acronym NCVS stands for

National Crime Victimization Survey.

The acronym NIBRS stands for

National Incident-Based Reporting System.

Which of the following would be considered a mala in se offence?

Rape

A criminal act is referred to as mala in se if it would be considered wrong even if there were no law prohibiting it.

True

All law can be divided into two categories—civil law and criminal law.

True

Juvenile offenders tend to commit fewer crimes as they grow older.

True

Part II offenses in the UCR include both felonies and misdemeanors.

True

The maximum penalty for capital offenses is death.

True

Part II offenses do not include

arson

On a _______ level, protections are encoded in the Crime Victims' Rights Act of 2004 (CVRA), which gives victims "the right to participate in the system."

federal level

In the UCR, the FBI presents crime data in all of the following ways, EXCEPT

in rank order by occurrence.

An offense that is said to go against "natural laws" is referred to as

mala in se.