The initials NIBRS stand for:
a. National Institute and Bureau for Research and Statistics b. National and International Bureau for References and Science
c. Northern Interagency of the Bureau of Reports and
Statistics
d. National Incident Based Reporting System
(Question #2) Which of the following was noted as defining a community as any area in which members of a common culture share common interests?
A) psychologists
B) politicians
C) sociologists
D) police
(Question #3) There are three types of questions in field research two of them are contrast and structural. What is the last type of research question in field research?
a. Descriptive
b. Life story
c. Member validation
d. A and C
e. None of the above
(Question #4) Name four situations in which the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that a warrantless search is justified.
What will be an ideal response?
(Question #5) The name for a single unit to be sampled is called _____________.
a. group
b. small group
c. sampling
d. population
e. sampling case
(Question #6) You are mediating a joint initiative between community leaders and police officers as they try to agree on the best course of action for a neighborhood overrun by drugs.
The community leaders just proposed an innovative approach and have been met with resistance from the police. Based on attitudinal change, what is one reason for this? A) Police are resistant to change.
B) Police have better mechanisms for this issue.
C) Police are eager for larger change.
D) Police do not have the proper training.
(Question #7) While added to the crime index by an act of Congress in 1978, which of the following crimes is not included in the actual calculation of the crime index?
a. arson
b. rape
c. larceny
d. vehicle theft