What are:
Murder
Rape
Robbery
Agg. Assault
Burglary
Larceny
Motor Vehicle Theft
Arson
100
This recognizes that the official data of crime reported to the police is lower than the actual crime rate
What is Dark figure of crime statistics
100
This Federally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
What is the National Criminal Justice Reference Service
100
This race/ethnicity has the highest rate of victimization for serious violent crime.
What is Black/African American
100
This is the victimization caused not by the
criminal act, but through the inappropriate response of
institutions and individuals.
What is Secondary Victimization
200
In relation to the UCR, what does "solved" mean?
What is it means that the police believe they know the perpetrator of the crime.
200
Name the three (3) major flaws of the NCVS
What are:
1. Relies on self-report
2. Cannot pinpoint geographic location
3. Those who have previously withheld information regarding victimization are less likely to report.
200
This is the Primary source for criminal justice statistics that compiles reports on many aspects of the criminal justice system, including data about federal, state, and local criminal justice
What is the Bureau of Justice Statistics
200
According to the 2015 crime clock, a larceny-theft occurs how often?
What are:
1. Only known crimes are represented
2. Voluntary cooperation of local and state agencies.
3. Crime definitions vary from place to place.
300
The NCVS measures crimes against this
What is Households
300
This brings together data from more than 200 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States.
What is the Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
300
This age group has the greatest change of becoming a victim of a crime
What is 12-17
300
According to the Routine Activities Theory, predatory victimization depends on the interaction of these three variables in a social situation.
What is:
1. The absence of capable guardians
2. The presence of at least one likely offender
3. The presence of at least one suitable target
400
The UCR measures crimes against this
What are Individuals
400
Name 3 of the goals of the NCVS
What are:
1.To develop detailed information about the victims of crime
2. To initiate a data collection effort detailing the consequences of crime
3. To provide systematic information about the dark figures of crime by estimating the number and types of crimes not reported to police
4. To provide uniform measures of selected types of crime
5. To permit comparisons of crimes over time and types of areas
400
This is an incident-based reporting system in which more comprehensive crime information is presented than the UCR.
What is NIBRS (National Incident-Based Reporting System)
400
According to the 2015 crime clock, a burglary happens how often?
What is Once every 20 seconds
400
This theory of victimization states that people who associate regularly with others who engage in
unlawful behavior are more likely to be victimized because
of their increased exposure to high-risk situations.
What is Differential Association
500
This reports how often a crime occurs and is used to emphasize that crime is occurring nearly all the time
What is the Crime Clock
500
The UCR and NCVS have similar crime rates for this crime
What is Motor Vehicle Theft
500
These are examinations of crime data recorded in one time period with crime data from another time period, such as year-to-year comparisons and comparisons over a number of years
What are Longitudinal Comparisons
500
This marital status has the least victimization rate?
What is Married/Widowed
500
This theory says that personal victimization is an outgrowth of a victim's high-risk behavior patterns and associations.