CJ 230 Criminology Test 1 Questions With Correct Answers

CJ 230 Criminology Test 1 Questions
With Correct Answers

T/F: |Most |crimes |committed |are |index |crimes. |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-False



T/F: |Criminology's |subject |matter |is |concerned |with |human |behavior |but |not |attitudes. |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-False



T/F: |Victim |surveys |are |conducted |on |a |representative |sample |of |the |general |public |to |
measure |the |rate |and |circumstances |of |victimization. |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-True



Which |of |the |following |is |not |an |identified |shortcoming |of |the |Uniform |Crime |Report?

a. |Most |federal |offenses, |"victimless" |crimes, |and |white-collar |crimes |appear |in |the |UCR.

b. |The |crime |index |is |made |up |primarily |of |property |crimes.

c. |The |recorded |statistics |represent |only |a |portion |of |the |true |crime |rate |of |a |community.

d. |The |crime |rate |is |calculated |on |the |basis |of |decennial |census |population |figures. |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-a. |Most |federal |offenses, |"victimless" |crimes, |and |white-collar |crimes |appear |in |
the |UCR.



The |primary |source |of |official |crime |statistics |in |the |United |States |is |the |annual |______ |
published |by |the |FBI.

a. |National |Incident-Based |Reporting |System |(NIBRS) |report

b. |Uniform |Crime |Report |(UCR)

c. |self-report |survey

d. |National |Crime |Victimization |Survey |(NCVS) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-b. |Uniform |Crime |
Report |(UCR)

,T/F: |The |"what |works" |in |criminology |and |criminal |justice |approach |used |by |the |Department |
of |Justice |is |based |on |the |assumption |that |it |makes |little |sense |to |continue |to |invest |in |
programs |that |do |not |work. |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-True



T/F: |Arrests |do |not |equal |crimes |solved |or |suspects |found |guilty. |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-True



T/F: |Evidence-based |research |is |an |attempt |to |base |knowledge |and |practice |on |well-
researched |evidence. |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-True



All |of |the |following |crimes |are |included |in |the |Uniform |Crime |Report's |Part |1 |offenses |except |
______.

a. |aggravated |assault

b. |murder

c. |burglary

d. |petty |theft |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-d. |petty |theft



The |Department |of |Justice |evaluates |"what |works" |in |criminology |and |criminal |justice |on |the |
assumption |that |it |makes |little |sense |to |continue |to |invest |in |programs |that |do |not |work. |This |
describes |______.

a. |evidence-based |research

b. |hands-on |research

c. |uniform |crime |report

d. |scared |straight |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a. |evidence-based |research



Which |of |the |following |is |commonly |used |to |refer |to |the |number |of |crimes |that |are |
committed, |but |which |never |come |to |official |attention?

a. |unknown |deviance

, b. |the |indexed |crimes

c. |the |hidden |crime |rate

d. |the |dark |figure |of |crime |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-d. |the |dark |figure |of |crime



Which |of |the |following |sources |of |data |includes |detailed |information |on |criminal |incidents, |
including |location, |time, |and |presence |of |weapon?

a. |UCR

b. |NCVS

c. |NIBRS

d. |DSM-V |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-c. |NIBRS



The |crime |______ |is |a |calculation |that |expresses |the |total |number |of |index |crimes |per |
100,000 |population.

a. |ratio

b. |statistic

c. |rate

d. |degree |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-c. |rate



T/F: |Self-report |measures |attempt |to |provide |an |alternative |to |official |statistics |in |measuring |
the |extent |of |crime |in |a |society. |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-True



T/F: |Surveys |are |used |to |gather |information |in |a |systematic |fashion |by |using |questionnaires. |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-True



Before |the |formulation |and |acceptance |of |the |______ |theory, |the |administration |of |criminal |
justice |in |Europe |was |cruel, |uncertain, |and |unpredictable.

a. |demonological

b. |classical