CJ 110 Chapter 2
Which of the following statements is true of the methods that are used to measure crime?
Self-reports tell us about crimes committed by people who were never caught.
Which of the following is NOT provided by the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)?
The dark figure of crime
________ is information from individuals who are guaranteed confidentiality, reveal offenses that they have committed but for which they may or may not have been arrested and held accountable.
a self report
________ are multiple murders that occur at one place and time.
mass murders
Which of the following crimes cost the United States the most?
white collar
A foreigner entered the United States through a work visa. When the visa expired, he remained in the country without notifying the government. Under the law, the man is a(n):
alien
In the Crime Index, the Part I offenses comprise of seven felonies: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft. Congress later mandated the addition of ________ to the Part I offenses.
arson
The 1914 ________ required individuals who sold or dispensed opiates and cocaine to register annually, pay a fee, and file a federal tax form.
harrison act
________ is a student's repeated experience of harmful acts perpetrated by other school children.
student bullying
Cocaine powder is classified under schedule ________ of the controlled substance schedules.
II
Which of the following statements is true about the factors that influence crime?
In general, younger people are more likely than older people to be victims of violent crime.
Which of the following is true of organized crime?
In organized crime, transnational activities require numerous independent groups operating in source, transit, and destination countries.
A national survey of American women revealed that ________ survey participants had been stalked.
1 in 12
The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) was officially started in the year ________.
1930
Since ________, the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) requires authorities to provide additional information when a crime appears to have been motivated by hate.
1996
What is the percentage of sexual assaults that is reported to the police?
25%
The rate of murders committed by women has ________ since 1980.
declined
in the United States, homicide rates are highest in the ________.
south
Which group experiences more property crimes than the other age groups?
the elderly
_________ are interviews with individuals who have been personally affected by specific crimes.
victim surveys
Crimes against public order often are called ________.
victimless crimes
_____ refers to a killing in which an offender is provoked and loses control, slaying his or her victim in the heat of passion.
voluntary manslaughter
A new nonprofit organization to help juvenile delinquents consists of employees, including the president, working as volunteers. All the employees work for free. However, the president takes money from the organization's account to cover the costs of transportation and day care services she avails while at the agency. She classifies these expenses under the "various other organizational expenses" category and never takes more than what is required to cover her costs. Which of the following crimes did the president commit?
white collar
A killing resulting from an offender's careless actions is called ________
involuntary manslaughter
A man enters a store with an intention to shop. While shopping, he notices the store clerk going to the back of the store leaving the counter and register unattended. Although he did not intend to steal when he entered the store, the man decides to take advantage of the opportunity. He walks to the counter, takes out the money from the cash register, and then leaves the store. Which of the following crimes did the man commit?
larceny
What is the most common form of victimization in the United States?
larceny
Drug use in minority neighborhoods is ________ than that in more affluent nonminority areas.
only slightly higher
Gangs control and operate illicit drug markets in many of the major cities in the United States. These gangs control the manufacturing, trafficking, and delivery of drugs to users. Profit from the drug sales is used to fund their operations, while additional funds are laundered and invested into legitimate businesses. This is an example of:
organized
Drug regulation in the United States began in 1791, when Congress ________ that led to the so-called Whiskey Rebellion.
passed a tax on whiskey
Henry works at the CIA and has access to confidential government information. The government of another country bribes him to pass on certain information. Henry agrees and provides them the necessary information. Which of the following crimes did Henry commit?
political
Crimes that threaten a government's survival are:
political crimes
A group of thieves breaks into an empty house with an intention to steal a TV. On entering the house, they realize that there is no TV in the house and leave without taking anything else. Which of the following crimes did the thieves commit?
property
________ is the suffering of crime victims caused by their subsequent treatment by the police, the courts, or personal acquaintances.
secondary victimization
Which of the following is NOT a phase of rape trauma syndrome?
the coping phase
Henry works at the CIA and has access to confidential government information. The government of another country bribes him to pass on certain information. Henry agrees and provides them the necessary information. Based on this scenario, it is clear that Henry's actions directly challenge the state. Which of the following crimes did Henry commit?
treason
Which of the following statements is true about the trends in crimes?
Males often are stalked by an acquaintance or a stranger.
The three sections of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) are ________.
Personal Characteristics, Household Screen, and Individual Screen
Which of the following is a difference between Schedule I and Schedule II drugs?
Schedule I drugs do not have an accepted medical use, whereas Schedule II drugs have a medical use.
The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) does NOT collect victimization information about:
businesses
What is the percentage of property crimes committed in the United States every year?
75%
The current sample size of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is ________ households.
76,000
Who among the following is most likely to stalk a lady?
a former partner
Which of the following is a self-report approach that examines the experiences of an individual offender at length and in detail and can suggest useful hypotheses to test later with a larger sample of the same kind of offender?
case studies
The dark figure of crime refers to the:
crimes that we do not know about because they weren't reported
Which of the following drugs is NOT listed as a drug that is easy to produce and that does not require specialized training for production?
ecstasy
According to the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), racism motivates about ________ of all hate crime convictions.
half
A man intends to shoot his wife, when she is sleeping, and dump her body in a nearby river. He carries out his plan with pin-point perfection. Which of the following crimes did the man commit?
first degree murder
A man enters a store with an intention to shop. While shopping, he notices the store clerk going to the back of the store leaving the counter and register unattended. Although he did not intend to steal when he entered the store, the man decides to take advantage of the opportunity. He walks to the counter, takes out the money from the cash register, and then leaves the store. Which of the following crimes did the man commit?
property
Which of the following groups is arrested most often?
prostitute
Which of the following is NOT a part of the Part I offenses of the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)?
prostitution
Which of the following groups contains the highest number of drug users in the United States?
whites
The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) does NOT collect victimization information about individuals:
who were kidnapped
Which of the following is a difference between the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)?
The NCVS includes both reported and nonreported crimes and counts each crime separately, whereas the UCR counts only the most serious crime in an incident.
Which of the following is a U.S. Crime Index compiled by the FBI and the Department of Justice that tracks detailed information about 22 categories of crime?
The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
Which of the following is a disadvantage of using the Uniform Crime Reports to analyze trends in crimes?
The UCR system undercounts offenses; police have to report only the most serious offense when multiple offenses are committed in one incident.
Which of the following is an example of crimes against persons?
battery
Which of the following groups contains the highest number of individuals serving time for drug use in the United States?
blacks
A group of thieves breaks into an empty house with an intention to steal a TV. On entering the house, they realize that there is no TV in the house and leave without taking anything else. Which of the following crimes did the thieves commit?
burgalry
A man breaks into an empty house, steals a few household items, and sneaks out of a window undetected. Which of the following did the man commit?
burgalry
A man walks into a store and points a gun at the store clerk. Threatening to kill the clerk, he takes all the money from the cash register and leaves the store without physically harming the clerk. What type of crime did the man commit?
crime against person
The ________ is an officially compiled statistical measure of the incidence of crime in the United States.
crime index
______ occurs when someone unjustifiably causes the death of another human being.
homocide
A foreigner entered the United States through a work visa. When the visa expired, he remained in the country without notifying the government. Which of the following offenses did the man commit?
immigration
In the heat of an argument, a young woman accidentally throws a pot of flowers from a window in her office, which is located on the second floor. The pot falls on a passerby's head, and he dies immediately. Which of the following crimes did the woman commit?
involuntary manslaughter
Which of the following is a characteristic of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)?
it does not include victims under 12 years of age
________ is an ongoing criminal conspiracy that profits from providing illicit goods and services.
organized
A ________ is an intentional killing not planned ahead of time.
second degree murder
________ is the killing of three or more people over an extended period.
serial murder
Sheeba's ex-husband Samson calls her one day to tell her that he loves her and misses her. She gets irritated and hangs up the phone. Samson calls her again the next day threatening of direct consequences if she refuses to take him back in her life. Unable to bear the harassment, Sheeba reports this to the police and changes her phone number. Upset over the situation, Samson commits suicide by consuming sleeping pills. Which of the following crimes did Samson commit in this scenario?
stalking
