PUP 3002 Final Exam – Questions With
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A violation of the law, and is incredibly expensive
Crime
(estimated costing $200 billion a year)
FBI's Uniform Crime Data is voluntarily submitted to it by 17,000 local law
Report (UCR) enforcement agencies
What are some Some agencies may interpret the FBI's guidelines
measurement errors of differently or no report certain crimes for political
the UCR? reasons, and many victims do not report crime.
A large survey of randomly selected American
National Crime households regarding crime victimization that is
Victimization Surveys managed by the Bureau of Justice Services, and it
(NCVS) generally finds more crime than reported in the
UCR.
What demographic of Most likely: Black males between 18 and 24
people are most likely to Least likely: White women over 25
be murdered and least
likely to be murdered?
Most likely age group: young people between 18
What demographic is and 24 (90% of men commit all murders)
most likely to murder? Most likely demographic group: white men over 25
and black men between 18 and 24
1) the punishment associated with being arrested
Nobel Prize Winner Gary and convicted
Becker argued that crime 2) the probability of being arrested and convicted
is a function of... 3) the return or benefit from crime, which is also
weighed
, What does the following Prospect Theory
formula represent?
𝐸𝑈=∑𝑤(𝑝𝑖)𝑣(𝑥𝑖)𝑛𝑖=1
What are the three costs 1) punishment by the state: fines, imprisonment
that individuals who 2) social costs: mom yells at you, partner leaves you
commit crimes 3) economic opportunity costs: what are you giving
experience? up to commit these crimes
1) reduce the perceived benefits of crime
Name some strategies to
2) increase the probability of getting caught
help deter crime
3) increase the cost of crime
when the economy is good, more (and better) jobs
are available, so when the economy increases,
How does the economy
crime tends to decrease
help reduce the benefits
(ultimately, people now have money because they
if crime?
have jobs, so they don't have to commit crimes to
make money)
eliminating signs of disorder signals to communities
that the community is under control (aka: if you
Broken Window Theory minimize small crimes then those who are likely to
commit more crimes will be less prone to do so in
that area)
That most abortions occur because the pregnancy
What does the abortion
is not wanted-->unwanted children are at a higher
theory (by Donohue and
risk of committing crime--> therefore, abortion
Levitt) theorize?
contributes to the reduction in crime.
What are the primary -Capital punishment increases the cost of crime, and
arguments in support of therefore decreases the probability it occurs
capital punishment? -it balances the scales of justice
-the sentence of capital punishment can be unfairly
What are the primary
and incorrectly given out
arguments against capital
-capital punishment is not an effective deterrent to
punishment?
crime
The majority of the supports (but the trend of support seems to be
population does not decreasing)
support or supports the
death penalty?
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Terms in this set (85)
A violation of the law, and is incredibly expensive
Crime
(estimated costing $200 billion a year)
FBI's Uniform Crime Data is voluntarily submitted to it by 17,000 local law
Report (UCR) enforcement agencies
What are some Some agencies may interpret the FBI's guidelines
measurement errors of differently or no report certain crimes for political
the UCR? reasons, and many victims do not report crime.
A large survey of randomly selected American
National Crime households regarding crime victimization that is
Victimization Surveys managed by the Bureau of Justice Services, and it
(NCVS) generally finds more crime than reported in the
UCR.
What demographic of Most likely: Black males between 18 and 24
people are most likely to Least likely: White women over 25
be murdered and least
likely to be murdered?
Most likely age group: young people between 18
What demographic is and 24 (90% of men commit all murders)
most likely to murder? Most likely demographic group: white men over 25
and black men between 18 and 24
1) the punishment associated with being arrested
Nobel Prize Winner Gary and convicted
Becker argued that crime 2) the probability of being arrested and convicted
is a function of... 3) the return or benefit from crime, which is also
weighed
, What does the following Prospect Theory
formula represent?
𝐸𝑈=∑𝑤(𝑝𝑖)𝑣(𝑥𝑖)𝑛𝑖=1
What are the three costs 1) punishment by the state: fines, imprisonment
that individuals who 2) social costs: mom yells at you, partner leaves you
commit crimes 3) economic opportunity costs: what are you giving
experience? up to commit these crimes
1) reduce the perceived benefits of crime
Name some strategies to
2) increase the probability of getting caught
help deter crime
3) increase the cost of crime
when the economy is good, more (and better) jobs
are available, so when the economy increases,
How does the economy
crime tends to decrease
help reduce the benefits
(ultimately, people now have money because they
if crime?
have jobs, so they don't have to commit crimes to
make money)
eliminating signs of disorder signals to communities
that the community is under control (aka: if you
Broken Window Theory minimize small crimes then those who are likely to
commit more crimes will be less prone to do so in
that area)
That most abortions occur because the pregnancy
What does the abortion
is not wanted-->unwanted children are at a higher
theory (by Donohue and
risk of committing crime--> therefore, abortion
Levitt) theorize?
contributes to the reduction in crime.
What are the primary -Capital punishment increases the cost of crime, and
arguments in support of therefore decreases the probability it occurs
capital punishment? -it balances the scales of justice
-the sentence of capital punishment can be unfairly
What are the primary
and incorrectly given out
arguments against capital
-capital punishment is not an effective deterrent to
punishment?
crime
The majority of the supports (but the trend of support seems to be
population does not decreasing)
support or supports the
death penalty?
