quiz #2 CJ

in 2015 Albuquerque N.M, with a population of 905,803, reported 7,179 violent criminal offenses. what was the violent crime rate?

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in a high school class, a researcher hands out questionnaires that ask the students to identify any criminal offenses they have committed, which term best describes this type of research?

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which choice best describes the source of error in the uniform crime reports?

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what is the number of crime index offenses divided by the population of an area called?

a crime rate

research has shown that children who are physically abused are at a greater risk for this...

mental illness, homelessness, crime

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 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

why does the national crime victimization survey not account for successfully completed drug transactions?

the buyers do not consider themselves crime victims

for rape and sexual assault victims the criminal justice process is often called this

the second victimization

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 included in the typical definition of elder abuse

the victim is not dependent on a caregiver

which is nit a reason that a victim would not report an offense

the victim may have committed an offense

important actors in a criminal offense...

the victime, the perpetrator, and the criminal justice system

what groups of people are included in considerations of victimization...

the victims, families of victims, victims communities

the advantage of the NIDRS over the UCR is that it allows law enforcement to precisely identify....

characteristics of crime and perpetrators, when and where an offense takes place the form of an offense

which part of the crime picture do the UCR, self-report studies, and victimization studies tend to miss...

corporate crime, drug sales, organized crime

logistical obstacles to measure crime effectively and efficiently...

problems of definition, problems of resource, problems of politics

how does the FBI currently classify arson?

property crime

after the trial of James Holmes who opened fire on an aurora Colorado movie theatre in July 2012 about 100 family members of the victims spoke in court about how the crime affected them which term best relates to this activity?

victim impact statement

criminologists use them to refer to instances wherein a victim plays an active role in initiating conflict

victim precipitation