Take the following practice exam as a study aid to help you reinforce the material presented in Chapter 4.
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The Uniform Crime Reports are based on |
| | A) | arrest records. |
| | B) | "crimes known to the police." |
| | C) | arrests and "crimes know to the police." |
| | D) | arrest records and victim surveys. |
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Congress authorized the ____________ to collect and compile data for the Uniform Crime Reports. |
| | A) | LEAA |
| | B) | FBI |
| | C) | Bureau of the Census |
| | D) | Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) |
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Which of the following is not a Uniform Crime Report Part I offense? |
| | A) | larceny-theft |
| | B) | burglary |
| | C) | embezzlement |
| | D) | motor vehicle theft |
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"Crime clocks" in the Uniform Crime Reports should be viewed with caution because |
| | A) | they should not be interpreted to imply any regularity in the commission of crimes. |
| | B) | they fail to designate victim-offender relationships. |
| | C) | they exclude the more important Part I offenses of homicide, rape, and robbery. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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Which of the following is not a Uniform Crime Report Part II offense? |
| | A) | weapons: carrying, possessing, etc. |
| | B) | forgery and counterfeiting |
| | C) | arson |
| | D) | gambling |
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The sum of all Part I offenses in the Uniform Crime Reports during a given period of time is known as the |
| | A) | crime rate. |
| | B) | crime index. |
| | C) | crime clock. |
| | D) | incidence of crime. |
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A crime rate, per 100,000 population, is computed as follows: |
| | A) | Total Crime Index / population x 100,000 |
| | B) | Total Crime Index / 100,000 x Population |
| | C) | Population / 100,000 x Total Crime Index |
| | D) | 100,000 / Total Crime Index x Population |
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If there were 13,000 Part I offenses in a population of 225,000, the crime rate would be |
| | A) | 5.777 |
| | B) | 57.77 |
| | C) | 577.7 |
| | D) | 5,777 |
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If there were 22,000 crimes last year and 24,000 crimes this year, the percent change would be |
| | A) | + 9% |
| | B) | + 19% |
| | C) | + 1.9% |
| | D) | + 10% |
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UCR estimates are most accurate in the area of |
| | A) | homicide. |
| | B) | forcible rape. |
| | C) | robbery. |
| | D) | motor vehicle theft. |
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Errors in the UCR |
| | A) | are almost universally the result of the very structure of the UCR. |
| | B) | are minimal, considering the massive task involved in collecting crime statistics. |
| | C) | come from many sources, including non-reporting by police agencies and concealment by victims. |
| | D) | are minimal at the national level since overestimates in some areas cancel our underestimates in others. |
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Victimization survey interviewers contact households, asking whether the person questioned, or any member of his or her household, |
| | A) | has been a witness to a crime during the preceding year. |
| | B) | has been a victim of crime during the preceding year. |
| | C) | has committed a crime during the preceding year. |
| | D) | has any acquaintances who were convicted of crimes during the preceding year. |
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Victimization surveys have demonstrated that |
| | A) | UCR estimates are not as bad as was once thought. |
| | B) | homicide rates are at least double those reported by the FBI. |
| | C) | the amount of crime is probably several times that suggested by the UCR |
| | D) | in some crime categories, the actual amount of crime may sometimes be less than that reported in the UCR. |
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What has been the chief contribution of victimization surveys? |
| | A) | They have led to the rediscovery of the victim as a more complete source of information on instances of criminal activity. |
| | B) | They have pointed out the relative inefficiency of law enforcement agencies. |
| | C) | They have provided needed information regarding the types of weapons used in crimes. |
| | D) | They have provided better estimates of the age-specific cohorts that are most involved in violent crimes. |
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In survey research, ____________ refers to the precision or accuracy of the instruments used to measure and record the phenomena under study. |
| | A) | validity |
| | B) | reliability |
| | C) | variance |
| | D) | standard deviation |
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Which of the following is a limitation of victimization surveys? |
| | A) | They are very expensive. |
| | B) | They are dependent on the memories of victims. |
| | C) | They are dependent on the willingness of people to answer questions. |
| | D) | All of the above. |
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The National Crime Victimization Survey can be effective in |
| | A) | determining which people are at greatest risk of becoming victims. |
| | B) | determining accurate data on the incidence of homicide in the United States. |
| | C) | determining accurate data on the incidence of police corruption. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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The one crime that cannot be accurately counted by a victimization survey because few occurrences will emerge in a cross-sectional study is |
| | A) | rape. |
| | B) | homicide. |
| | C) | theft. |
| | D) | none of the above. |
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According to the UCR data presented in the text, the most prevalent "Index" crime in the United States is |
| | A) | burglary. |
| | B) | forcible rape. |
| | C) | larceny-theft. |
| | D) | robbery. |
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