Which of the following is true of street crimes?
A) Offenders of street crimes are easily caught.
B) Street crimes are random.
C) Street crimes are committed by ordinary people.
D) Street crimes do not involve violence.
E) Most offenders of street crimes are above the age of 55.
Question 2Which of the following is a similarity between the FBI's Uniform Crime Report (UCR) and the U.S. Department of Justice's National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)?
A) Both interview people about being crime victims.
B) Both include offenses such as corporate crime, kidnapping, and Internet crimes.
C) Both include data of reported and unreported crime.
D) Both are not affected by police discretion in deciding whether to arrest an offender.
E) Both provide only estimates of U.S. crime and not the actual figures.
Question 3Which of the following is true of the U.S. Department of Justice's National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)?
A) It includes data of only reported crimes.
B) It does not include offenses such as corporate crime, kidnapping, and Internet crimes.
C) It offers a lesser accurate picture of many offenses than other reports.
D) It does not represent the actual crime rate in the U.S. as it is affected by police discretion in deciding whether to arrest an offender.
E) It uses data collected by interviewing crime victims.
Question 4One of the shortcomings of the FBI's Uniform Crime Report (UCR) is that it does not include:
A) corporate crime, kidnapping, and Internet crimes.
B) crimes against women.
C) crimes reported to police.
D) crimes committed by black American offenders.
E) non-violent crimes.
Question 5Which of the following is true of the FBI's Uniform Crime Report (UCR)?
A) It includes crimes reported to the police and arrests made each year.
B) It primarily deals with corporate crime, kidnapping, and Internet crimes.
C) It offers a more accurate picture of many offenses than other reports.
D) It contains an exhaustive list of property crimes.
E) It overcomes the limitations of victimization surveys.
Question 6Sociologists are especially interested in criminal deviance, behavior that violates laws, because it:
A) is easy to measure.
B) threatens people's lives or property.
C) is ignored by other theorists.
D) has consistent statistics, unlike noncriminal deviances.
E) always follows a synchronous pattern.
Question 7Which of the following crimes is considered a criminal deviance?
A) Adult pornography
B) Alcoholism
C) Suicide
D) Mental illness
E) Intellectual property theft
Question 8Which of the following crimes is considered a noncriminal deviance?
A) Human trafficking
B) Molestation
C) Suicide
D) Cyber crime
E) Intellectual property theft
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