Criminology

The FBI collects the most important crime record data from local law enforcement agencies and publishes it yearly in their _______________________

• NCVS

• UCR

• FBI

• NIBRS

What is criminology?

• study of punishment of people who commit crime

• study of the nature, extent, cause, and control of criminal behavior

• study of why crime happens in different environments due to economic status

• study of why clowns wear makeup

One weakness of the UCR

• cops get the crime wrong

• people are unfairly targeted and charged with crimes that are reported

• omits crimes not reported to the police

• political bias

The National Crime Victimization Survey surveys households

• twice a year for three years

• once a month for four years

• 3 times a year

• twice a month for 6 years

Gathering valid crime data, devising new research methods, and measuring crime patterns and trends fall under the ______ subarea of the criminological enterprise.

• criminal statistics/crime measurement

• theory construction

• victimology

• penology

Criminologists interested in computing criminal statistics focus on creating ________ measurements of criminal behavior.​

• tactical and strategic

• valid and reliable

• legal and positivist

• current and applicable

Criminologists interested in computing criminal statistics focus on creating ________ measurements of criminal behavior.​

• tactical and strategic

• valid and reliable

• legal and positivist

• current and applicable

Which of the following situations reflect an act of deviance as opposed to a crime?

• a thief who steal an unlocked automobile

• a passerby who observes a person drowning and does not offer aid

• a person who withdraws from family after joining a cult

• a man who rapes a woman

50. The most famous set of written laws of the ancient world was a code based on punishment via physical retaliation, “an eye for an eye,” but the severity of punishment was dependent on one’s class standing. This code was known as the ______.​

• Code of Hammurabi

• Mosaic Code

• Judeo-Christian Code

• Code of the Israelites

Emily’s father argues she must be given immediate consequences for hitting.

• Behaviorist
• Maturationist
• Constructivist