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Intro to Criminology
Crime Measurement
Crime Trends
Crime Trends
Correlates
Correlates
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Why do we political obstacles, according to Beccaria
People are self interested. 
100

Which of the following is not an index crime in UCR?

Kidnapping , Arson, Burglary, Forcible rape


Kidnapping
100
Crime did what beginning in the 1960's?
Went up!
100
In approximately what year did crime start declining?
1993/1994
100

The best demographic predictor of crime is____

Gender
100

The weakest explanation of crime according to Sampson et al. (2005)?

Constitutional differences

200

The difference between the consequences of drug laws today and early 20th century is a result of ___?

Temporal variation
200

The UCR is most accurate on which crime?

Murder
200
Baumer broke domesticy up into ___ and _____
marriage rates and cohabitation rates
200
According to Rosenfeld, what major type of crime left out of crime drop discussion?
White collar 
200
A delinquent youth that quits committing crime after joining the military has experienced a ____
Major life event/turning point 
200
What was the great migration?
Push and pull. African Americans fled from the rural south to urban areas all over the country. 
300

What assumptions are scientists making in taking up the study of outsiders? 

1. Offenders are a homogeneous group, they share attributes that cause them to break the law


2. The act is inherently wrong (male in se) 



300

NCVS is administer by ____.

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
300

What was the 2014 homicide rate?

4.5
300

Rosenfeld's three conclusions

Real, Trend, Time-limited 

300
Reasons why strain may help explain gender gap? 
different types of strain, different reactions to strain, differential opportunities 
300
What's the difference between gender gaps in industrialized vs underdeveloped countries? 
Modern societies: 1:3-5

Underdeveloped: 1:1000

400

"As if truth resided in muscle fibers" denotes which of Beccaria's arguments?

Opposition to torture because it is confounding

400
What percentage of police agencies participate in the UCR?
97%
400
According to Rosenfeld, was the crime drop limited to particular demographic groups?
The crime drop was pervasive,experienced by all demographics (e.g., young/old, race, gender)
400
How many and what type of cities did Baumer utilize in his study? 
114 cities of 100,000 or more 
400
What was the great migration?
Push: African Americans fled rural south because of deteriorating agricultural opportunities 


Pull: African Americans migrated to urban communities for industrial jobs  

400
Living in a neighborhood comprised of 40% immigrants results in an odds of violence that is ____ lower. 
4/5
500
Reasons why punishment should be as mild as possible? (Need to name at least 3)
Brutalization and desensitization; excessive punishment will lead to more crime; certainty more important; excessive punishment undermines legitimacy of government 
500
Thornberry and Krohn offer these suggestions for self report surveys?
Extremely trivial, nonactionable acts should be identified and eliminated 


500
What was the only explanation of the crime drop that Baumer, Levitt, and Zimring all agree on? 

Incapacitation

500
What does Rosenfeld suggest is the main reason people incorrectly thought crime was increasing after the drop? 
The media 
500
What data did Sampson et al. (2005) use?
1) Multistage sampling procedure. Randomly selected 180 census tracts from 825 Chicago census tracts that were stratified by racial/ethnic composition and economic status. Dwelling units (households) were systematically selected. 

 2) Community survey of 8782 Chicago residents

500
The only family structure predictor related to violence found by Sampson et al. (2005) was ___
Having married parents. Family configuration was not related to violence.