CRIME STATS
TYPES OF CRIME
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
THEORY
CASE STUDIES
100

FBI stands for ____

What is the Federal Bureau of Investigation?

100

Forcibly detaining another against their will to unlawfully obtain ransom, or lawfully restraining another and forcibly moving the person imprisoned to another place is _________

What is kidnapping?

100

A brief summary of a research article is called _____

What is an abstract?

100

GST stands for _______

General strain theory?

100

This person was found not guilty in criminal court, but guilty in civil court for the murder of his wife.

Who is OJ Simpson?

200

The best known and most important source of official crime data is the ____

What is Uniform Crime Report (UCR) or National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)?

200

Crimes that cease to be crime after one reaches the majority age are ______

What are status offenses?

200

The outcome variable that is measured in a study is called ______

What is the dependent variable?

200

In criminology, _______ is the main figure for social learning theory

Who is Ronald Akers?

200

These two countries were responsible for the Stuxnet malware attack on Iran.

What is the United States and Israel?

300

A subset of your population of interest is _______

What is sample?

300

This is the most serious crime one can be charged with in the US.

What is a felony?

300

_________ are proposed to explain a phenomenon

What are theories?

300

This theorist has written several papers on both MAO-A and developmental criminology

Who is Terrie Moffitt?

300

This hacktivist became famous for downloading 80% of JSTOR's repository

Who is Aaron Swartz?

400

________ is a crime with a 50% clearance rate (i.e., associated arrests) in the U.S.

What is homicide?

400

The psychological manipulation of a person into giving valuable data or performing actions is known as _____

What is social engineering?

400

A summary of previous research about a certain topic is a _______

What is a literature review?

400

This French sociologist is famous for his work on anomie and suicide

Who is Emile Durkheim?

400

This football player was found to have a very advanced case of CTE.

Who is Aaron Hernandez?

500

Crime are reported per capita, in other words, per ________

What is 100,000 people?

500

Tax fraud would fall under the this branch of law

What is administrative law?

500

APA 7 stands for ______

What is the American Psychological Association citation style: 7th edition?

500

This theory explains why both victims and perpetrators of DV tend to come from homes with DV.

What is cycle of violence theory?

500

This U.S. swimmer enraged the country of Brasil after lying about being held at gunpoint during the Rio Olympics

Who is Ryan Lochte?