CJ 305 - EXAM #3 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
______ is a killing committed intentionally but without malice. - ANSWER-Voluntary
manslaughter
A crime is designated ______ when a person has caused the death of another un-
itentionally but reclessly by consciously disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable
risk that endangered another persons life. - ANSWER-Involuntary manslaughter
The American murder rate reached its peak in _____ and has been declining
erratically since then. - ANSWER-1980
Murder rates are higher in _____ and _____ states. - ANSWER-Southern & Western
A study by Felson and Messner found that victim precipitiaon is more often in cases
seen where... - ANSWER-women kill their husbands
Coramae Mann has found that although black women make up 11% of the female
population in the US, they are arrested for _____ of all homicides committed by
females. - ANSWER-three-fourths
A survey of homicide rates shows that the number of homicides per 100,000 children
under age 15 in the US was ____ times the number in other contries combined. -
ANSWER-5
Not true about assult - ANSWER-highest in the north
In a national sample of over 6,000 households, Straus and Gelles found that about
____ of every ____ couples experience(s) at lease one physical assult during the
year. - ANSWER-1:6
Until recently, spousal abuse was perceived as a problem more of ________ than of
criminal justice. - ANSWER-Social service
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, there were
approximately ____ million reports of suspected child abuse or neglect made to
Child Protective Services in 2006. - ANSWER-3.3
When the amendments to the Older American Act appeared in 1987, three basic
definitions of elder abuse emerged. Which is not one? - ANSWER-legal elder abuse
Research indicates that most rapes are committed in - ANSWER-July
Not a category in the typology of rape - ANSWER-incest rape
, _______ is a property as well as a violent crime; a combination of the motive for
economic gain and the violent nature is what makes it so serious. - ANSWER-
Robbery
Which of the following has been used to assert some governmental control over
organized crime? - ANSWER-Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Organizations
Act (RICO)
____ is/are a resort to violence or a threat of violence on the part of a group seeking
to accomplish a putpose against the opposition of constitueted authority. - ANSWER-
Terrorism
Current estimates indicate there are about _____ firearms in circulation in the US. -
ANSWER-200 million
The financial costs of gunshot injury and death, in terms of medical costs, loss
productivity, pain, suffering, and reduced quality of life was estimated at over _____
each year. - ANSWER-60 billion
Our common law defintion of larceny is virtually identical with the concept in -
ANSWER-Roman Law
Is not one of the elements of larceny? - ANSWER-The property has to be personal
property and my not include real estate.
In the US the rate of larceny is - ANSWER-extraordinarily high
Thomas Barholomew Moran, a professional theif who died in a Miami rescue mission
in 1971, is considered to be the best American - ANSWER-Pickpocket
On an individual basis, the average dollar amount for each shoplifting incident is
roughly - ANSWER-$133.00
In response to the increasing problem for art theft, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation created the - ANSWER-National Stolen Art File
____ is the largest property crime in the United States - ANSWER-Motor vehicle
theft
Many cars are stolen in ____ and ____. - ANSWER-July & August
Which metropolitan statistical area has the highest motor vehicle theft rate? -
ANSWER-Modesto, CA
Carjacking is ocnsidered to be a combination of a motor vehicle theft and -
ANSWER-robbery
Auto insurance schemes include all but which of the following? - ANSWER-ping-
ponging
CORRECT ANSWERS
______ is a killing committed intentionally but without malice. - ANSWER-Voluntary
manslaughter
A crime is designated ______ when a person has caused the death of another un-
itentionally but reclessly by consciously disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable
risk that endangered another persons life. - ANSWER-Involuntary manslaughter
The American murder rate reached its peak in _____ and has been declining
erratically since then. - ANSWER-1980
Murder rates are higher in _____ and _____ states. - ANSWER-Southern & Western
A study by Felson and Messner found that victim precipitiaon is more often in cases
seen where... - ANSWER-women kill their husbands
Coramae Mann has found that although black women make up 11% of the female
population in the US, they are arrested for _____ of all homicides committed by
females. - ANSWER-three-fourths
A survey of homicide rates shows that the number of homicides per 100,000 children
under age 15 in the US was ____ times the number in other contries combined. -
ANSWER-5
Not true about assult - ANSWER-highest in the north
In a national sample of over 6,000 households, Straus and Gelles found that about
____ of every ____ couples experience(s) at lease one physical assult during the
year. - ANSWER-1:6
Until recently, spousal abuse was perceived as a problem more of ________ than of
criminal justice. - ANSWER-Social service
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, there were
approximately ____ million reports of suspected child abuse or neglect made to
Child Protective Services in 2006. - ANSWER-3.3
When the amendments to the Older American Act appeared in 1987, three basic
definitions of elder abuse emerged. Which is not one? - ANSWER-legal elder abuse
Research indicates that most rapes are committed in - ANSWER-July
Not a category in the typology of rape - ANSWER-incest rape
, _______ is a property as well as a violent crime; a combination of the motive for
economic gain and the violent nature is what makes it so serious. - ANSWER-
Robbery
Which of the following has been used to assert some governmental control over
organized crime? - ANSWER-Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Organizations
Act (RICO)
____ is/are a resort to violence or a threat of violence on the part of a group seeking
to accomplish a putpose against the opposition of constitueted authority. - ANSWER-
Terrorism
Current estimates indicate there are about _____ firearms in circulation in the US. -
ANSWER-200 million
The financial costs of gunshot injury and death, in terms of medical costs, loss
productivity, pain, suffering, and reduced quality of life was estimated at over _____
each year. - ANSWER-60 billion
Our common law defintion of larceny is virtually identical with the concept in -
ANSWER-Roman Law
Is not one of the elements of larceny? - ANSWER-The property has to be personal
property and my not include real estate.
In the US the rate of larceny is - ANSWER-extraordinarily high
Thomas Barholomew Moran, a professional theif who died in a Miami rescue mission
in 1971, is considered to be the best American - ANSWER-Pickpocket
On an individual basis, the average dollar amount for each shoplifting incident is
roughly - ANSWER-$133.00
In response to the increasing problem for art theft, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation created the - ANSWER-National Stolen Art File
____ is the largest property crime in the United States - ANSWER-Motor vehicle
theft
Many cars are stolen in ____ and ____. - ANSWER-July & August
Which metropolitan statistical area has the highest motor vehicle theft rate? -
ANSWER-Modesto, CA
Carjacking is ocnsidered to be a combination of a motor vehicle theft and -
ANSWER-robbery
Auto insurance schemes include all but which of the following? - ANSWER-ping-
ponging
