Criminal Justice: A Brief Introduction --
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Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program - correct answer ✔✔A statistical reporting program run by the
FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) division. The UCR Program publishes Crime in the
United States, which provides an annual summation of the incidence and rape of reported crimes
throughout the United States.
National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) - correct answer ✔✔An annual survey of selected American
households conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to determine the extent of criminal
victimization-especially unreported victimization--in the United States.
Bureau of Justice (BJS) - correct answer ✔✔A U.S. Department of Justice agency responsible for the
collection of criminal justice data, including the annual National Crime Victimization Survey.
Crime Index - correct answer ✔✔A now defunct but once inclusive measure of the UCR program's
violent and property crime categories, or what are called Part 1 offenses. It long featured in the FBI's
publication Crime in the United States, was discontinued in 2004. The index had been intended as a tool
for geographic (state-to-state) and historical (year-to-year) comparison via the use of crime rates.
However, criticism that the index was misleading arose after researchers found that the largest of the
index's crime categories, larceny-theft, carried undue weight and led to an under-appreciation of charges
in the rates of more violent and serious crimes.
National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) - correct answer ✔✔An incident-based reporting
system that collects detailed data on every single crime occurrences. NIBRS data are replacing the kinds
of summary data that have traditionally been provided by the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
Violent crime - correct answer ✔✔A UCR/NIBRS summary offense category that includes murder, rape,
robbery, and aggravated assault.
Property Crime - correct answer ✔✔A UCR/NIBRS summary offense category that includes burglary,
larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.
, Clearance Rate - correct answer ✔✔A traditional measure of investigative effectiveness that compares
the number of crimes reported or discovered the number of crimes solved thru arrest or other means
(such as death of the suspect).
Murder - correct answer ✔✔The unlawful killing of a human being. Murder is a generic term that in
common usage may include first- and second-degree murder, manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter,
and other similar offenses.
Part I offenses - correct answer ✔✔A UCR/NIBRS offense group used to report murder, rape, robbery,
aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson, as defined under the FBI's
UCR/NIBRS Program.
rape - correct answer ✔✔The penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body
part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.
Forcible Rape (UCR/NIBRS) - correct answer ✔✔The carnal knowledge of a person, forcibly and against
their will. More specifically, penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part
or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.
Statutory rape differs from forcible rape in that it generally involves non-forcible sexual intercourse with
a minor.
Sexual battery - correct answer ✔✔The intentional and wrongful physical contact with a person, without
his or her consent, that entails a sexual component or purpose.
Date Rape - correct answer ✔✔The unlawful forced sexual intercourse whit a female against her will that
occurs within the context of a dating relationship. Date rape, or acquaintance rape, is a subcategory of
rape that is a special concern today.
Robbery (UCR/NIBRS) - correct answer ✔✔The unlawful taking or attempted taking of property that is in
the immediate possession of another force or violence and/or by putting the the victim in fear. Armed
robbery differs from unarmed, or strong-arm, robbery in that it involves weapons. Contrary to popular
conceptions, highway robbery does not necessarily occur on a street-and rarely in a vehicle. The term
highway robbery applies to any form of robbery that occurs outdoors in a public place.
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Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program - correct answer ✔✔A statistical reporting program run by the
FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) division. The UCR Program publishes Crime in the
United States, which provides an annual summation of the incidence and rape of reported crimes
throughout the United States.
National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) - correct answer ✔✔An annual survey of selected American
households conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to determine the extent of criminal
victimization-especially unreported victimization--in the United States.
Bureau of Justice (BJS) - correct answer ✔✔A U.S. Department of Justice agency responsible for the
collection of criminal justice data, including the annual National Crime Victimization Survey.
Crime Index - correct answer ✔✔A now defunct but once inclusive measure of the UCR program's
violent and property crime categories, or what are called Part 1 offenses. It long featured in the FBI's
publication Crime in the United States, was discontinued in 2004. The index had been intended as a tool
for geographic (state-to-state) and historical (year-to-year) comparison via the use of crime rates.
However, criticism that the index was misleading arose after researchers found that the largest of the
index's crime categories, larceny-theft, carried undue weight and led to an under-appreciation of charges
in the rates of more violent and serious crimes.
National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) - correct answer ✔✔An incident-based reporting
system that collects detailed data on every single crime occurrences. NIBRS data are replacing the kinds
of summary data that have traditionally been provided by the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
Violent crime - correct answer ✔✔A UCR/NIBRS summary offense category that includes murder, rape,
robbery, and aggravated assault.
Property Crime - correct answer ✔✔A UCR/NIBRS summary offense category that includes burglary,
larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.
, Clearance Rate - correct answer ✔✔A traditional measure of investigative effectiveness that compares
the number of crimes reported or discovered the number of crimes solved thru arrest or other means
(such as death of the suspect).
Murder - correct answer ✔✔The unlawful killing of a human being. Murder is a generic term that in
common usage may include first- and second-degree murder, manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter,
and other similar offenses.
Part I offenses - correct answer ✔✔A UCR/NIBRS offense group used to report murder, rape, robbery,
aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson, as defined under the FBI's
UCR/NIBRS Program.
rape - correct answer ✔✔The penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body
part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.
Forcible Rape (UCR/NIBRS) - correct answer ✔✔The carnal knowledge of a person, forcibly and against
their will. More specifically, penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part
or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.
Statutory rape differs from forcible rape in that it generally involves non-forcible sexual intercourse with
a minor.
Sexual battery - correct answer ✔✔The intentional and wrongful physical contact with a person, without
his or her consent, that entails a sexual component or purpose.
Date Rape - correct answer ✔✔The unlawful forced sexual intercourse whit a female against her will that
occurs within the context of a dating relationship. Date rape, or acquaintance rape, is a subcategory of
rape that is a special concern today.
Robbery (UCR/NIBRS) - correct answer ✔✔The unlawful taking or attempted taking of property that is in
the immediate possession of another force or violence and/or by putting the the victim in fear. Armed
robbery differs from unarmed, or strong-arm, robbery in that it involves weapons. Contrary to popular
conceptions, highway robbery does not necessarily occur on a street-and rarely in a vehicle. The term
highway robbery applies to any form of robbery that occurs outdoors in a public place.
