Chapter 2

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 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

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.

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.

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.

What aspect of self-report surveys impedes their validity?

The potential non-honesty of self-report survey respondents

What is data mining?

The use of advanced software by police to identify crime patterns and link them to suspects based on behavior patterns

Declining deviance as part of the aging out process results from __________.

Youth growing more mature .

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 can primarily serve to limit co-offending in a community?

developing more opportunities for youth employment in economically depressed communities

What is true concerning homicide rates in the world? a. Homicide rates are increasing in Russia. b. Homicide rates are the lowest in Central America. c. Homicide rates are the highest in Eastern Asia. d. Homicide rates are the highest in South Africa.

D. Homicide rates are the highest in South Africa.