1
Compares the number if crimes reported or discovered to the number of crimes solved.
clearance rate
Financially motivated nonviolent crime committed by business and government professionals.
white-collar crime
A crime in which an imposter obtains key pieces of information to obtain credit, merchandise, and services in the name of the victim
identity theft/fraud
The unlawful, intentional inflicting, or attempted or threatened inflicting, of serious injury upon the person of another
aggravated assault
Crime that is not reported to the police and that remains unknown to officials
dark figure of crime
In murder, what's the first most used weapon?
gun/firearm
who is responsible for sending crime data to the FBI for the UCR/NIBRS programs?
local police departments
What department runs the National Crime Victimization Survey?
Bureau of Justice Statistics
What is the purpose of the NCVS?
to measure the "dark figure of crime"
In murder, what's the second most used weapon?
knife
The killing of three or more people, in a single event, by an offender
mass murder
The killing of three or more people, in separate incidents, over a period of time
serial killings
Which is the least reported violent crime?
rape
Which agency is responsible for compiling the data for the UCR/NIBRS programs?
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Which crime has the highest clearance rate?
murder
Name 3 special categories of crime
1. crimes against women
2. crimes against the elderly
3. cybercrimes
Name 3 things that constitute a crime being considered as a hate crime
1. racially motivated
2. religiously motivated
3. gender motivated
What percentage of violent crimes go unreported?
50%
In murder, victims and offenders are most often within the age ranges of..?
20-24
Name 3 reasons motor vehicle thefts occur
1. short/long term transportation
2. in the commission of another crime
3. for profit
Name one difference between the UCR/NIBRS program
1. NIBRS does not have the hierarchy rule
2. NIBRS has a third category: crimes against society
What year was the UCR started?
1930
What year was the NCVS started?
1972
Name all 4 violent crimes of the Part I offenses
murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault
Name all 4 property crimes of the Part I offenses
burglary, larceny/theft, motor vehicle theft, arson