CJUS Exam 1 with answers
Crime statistics come from two major sources- - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔UCR/NIBRS and NCVS
The UCR (Uniform Crime Reporting Program) is run by- - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS)
division
The UCR publishes- - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔crime in the US
An annual survey of selected American households conducted by the
Bureau of Justice Statistics to determine the extent of victimization-
- ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔National Crime Victimization Survey
(NCVS)
_________ was the title used for simple aggregation of the seven main
offense classification (called part 1 offenses) - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔crime index
What are the 7 major Part 1 offenses? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔murder
forcible rape
robbery
aggravated assault
burglary
larceny- theft
motor vehicle theft
The new ________ system gathers many details about each criminal
incident. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔UCR/NIBRS
, A major advantage of UCR/NIBRS, beyond the sheer increase in the
volume of data collected, is the ability that NIBRS provides to - - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔break down and combine crime offense data
into specific information.
Why is the crime rate down? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1. a
coordinate and well funded national effort to combat crime,
beginning with the Safe Street Acts of 1968
2. stronger better prepared criminal justice agencies, resulting from
increased spending on crime control programs
3. growth in popularity in police programs (more police)
4. victims movement
5. sentencing reform
6. growth in the use of incarceration
7. "war on drugs" begun in 1970, resulting in stiff penalties for drug
dealers and repeat drug offenders
8. advances in forensic science and enforcement technology, DNA
evidence
________ refers to the proportion of reported crimes that have been
"solved." - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Clearance rate
_____ is the smallest category in the Part 1 offenses. - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔Murder
______ are normally the weapon of choice when committing a murder.
- ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Firearms
What is the main differences between assault and aggravated
assault? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔aggravated assault usually
involves a weapon
Crime statistics come from two major sources- - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔UCR/NIBRS and NCVS
The UCR (Uniform Crime Reporting Program) is run by- - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS)
division
The UCR publishes- - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔crime in the US
An annual survey of selected American households conducted by the
Bureau of Justice Statistics to determine the extent of victimization-
- ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔National Crime Victimization Survey
(NCVS)
_________ was the title used for simple aggregation of the seven main
offense classification (called part 1 offenses) - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔crime index
What are the 7 major Part 1 offenses? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔murder
forcible rape
robbery
aggravated assault
burglary
larceny- theft
motor vehicle theft
The new ________ system gathers many details about each criminal
incident. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔UCR/NIBRS
, A major advantage of UCR/NIBRS, beyond the sheer increase in the
volume of data collected, is the ability that NIBRS provides to - - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔break down and combine crime offense data
into specific information.
Why is the crime rate down? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1. a
coordinate and well funded national effort to combat crime,
beginning with the Safe Street Acts of 1968
2. stronger better prepared criminal justice agencies, resulting from
increased spending on crime control programs
3. growth in popularity in police programs (more police)
4. victims movement
5. sentencing reform
6. growth in the use of incarceration
7. "war on drugs" begun in 1970, resulting in stiff penalties for drug
dealers and repeat drug offenders
8. advances in forensic science and enforcement technology, DNA
evidence
________ refers to the proportion of reported crimes that have been
"solved." - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Clearance rate
_____ is the smallest category in the Part 1 offenses. - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔Murder
______ are normally the weapon of choice when committing a murder.
- ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Firearms
What is the main differences between assault and aggravated
assault? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔aggravated assault usually
involves a weapon
