46 Questions
True or false: The common perception about crime and deviance, offenders and their victims, is largely shaped by the news and popular media.
True
True or false: The media is selective about what crime victimization stories they highlight, typically focusing on only those crimes that are currently viewed as a threat to law, order, morality, and social control.
True
True or false: The stories we hear from the popular media and elected officials always present an objective portrait of crime or victimization.
False
The UCR includes all crimes that are reported to law enforcement.
False
The UCR only reports the most serious offense for each crime incident.
True
NIBRS collects information on a greater number of offenses compared to the UCR.
True
Approximately 61% of the incidents reported to NIBRS in 2018 involved crimes against persons.
False
True or false: Part II offenses of the UCR include data for 21 additional types of offenses?
True
True or false: Crime volume is a relative number reported in terms of rates per 100,000 people in the population?
False
True or false: The number of property crimes reported to the police have consistently dropped every year for the past five years?
False
True or false: Violent crime rates are currently higher than they were in the 1990s?
False
True or false: The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) arrest data is always aligned with what popular media and elected officials are telling us.
False
True or false: The Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Crime Victimization Surveys (NCVS) provide unofficial surveys on crime and victimization.
True
True or false: The first part of the chapter provides an overview of how crime victimization is measured in the United States.
True
True or false: The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) categorizes crimes reported to the police into three parts.
False
True or false: Over 50% of the victims knew at least one of their offenders?
True
True or false: Crimes against persons involve victims who are always individuals?
True
True or false: Crimes against property are intended to obtain money or property?
True
True or false: National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) collects demographic information about victims but not offenders?
False
True or false: The definition of rape was amended in 2013 to be more inclusive and now includes male victims and non-vaginal penetration.
True
True or false: The number of reported rapes in the UCR has decreased since the adoption of the new definition in 2013.
False
True or false: The FBI began tracking the number of hate crimes committed by or directed against juveniles after the passing of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in 2009.
True
True or false: The majority of hate crimes reported to law enforcement in 2018 were based on racial or ethnic bias.
True
True or false: Nearly one-quarter of the victims of violent crimes were between the ages of 12-24.
True
True or false: Only 43% of the individuals who were victims of a violent crime reported the crime to law enforcement.
True
True or false: In terms of property offenses, more incidents were reported in the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) than in the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR).
True
Nearly one-quarter of the victims of violent crimes were between the ages of ______.
12-24
Only ______% of the individuals who were victims of a violent crime reported the crime to law enforcement.
43
The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) reported nearly twice as many property offenses compared to the ______.
UCR
The figure for the number of property victimizations in the NCVS was ______ (13,582,840) compared to the UCR (7,196,045).
higher
In terms of property offenses, a greater number of motor vehicle thefts were reported in the ______ (748,841) than in the NCVS (534,010).
UCR
More violent crimes are reported in the ______ than in the UCR.
NCVS
The text states that nearly five times as many rapes and twice as many ______ crimes are reported in the NCVS compared to the UCR.
robbery
The NCVS measures crime victimization in the United States, while the ______ provides official crime data.
UCR
The text mentions that there is a stark difference between the figures reported in the NCVS and the ______.
UCR
The NCVS collects demographic information about victims but not ______.
offenders
The text states that nearly five times as many rapes and twice as many ______ crimes are reported in the NCVS compared to the UCR.
rob
True or false: In terms of property offenses, more incidents were reported in the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) than in the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR).
true
The figure for the number of property victimizations in the NCVS was ______ (13,582,840) compared to the UCR (7,196,045).
higher
The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) reported nearly twice as many property offenses compared to the ______.
UCR
In terms of property offenses, a greater number of motor vehicle thefts were reported in the ______ (748,841) than in the NCVS (534,010).
UCR
The text mentions that there is a stark difference between the figures reported in the NCVS and the ______.
UCR
More violent crimes are reported in the ______ than in the UCR.
NCVS
True or false: The definition of rape was amended in 2013 to be more inclusive and now includes male victims and non-vaginal penetration.
true
True or false: The majority of hate crimes reported to law enforcement in 2018 were based on racial or ethnic bias.
true
NIBRS collects information on a greater number of offenses compared to the ______.
UCR
Study Notes
Crime Perception and Media
- The common perception about crime and deviance is largely shaped by the news and popular media.
- The media is selective about what crime victimization stories they highlight, typically focusing on those crimes that are currently viewed as a threat to law, order, morality, and social control.
- The stories we hear from the popular media and elected officials do not always present an objective portrait of crime or victimization.
Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)
- The UCR includes all crimes reported to law enforcement, but only reports the most serious offense for each crime incident.
- Part II offenses of the UCR include data for 21 additional types of offenses.
National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
- NIBRS collects information on a greater number of offenses compared to the UCR.
- Approximately 61% of the incidents reported to NIBRS in 2018 involved crimes against persons.
Crime Measurement
- Crime volume is a relative number reported in terms of rates per 100,000 people in the population.
- The number of property crimes reported to the police has consistently dropped every year for the past five years.
- Violent crime rates are currently lower than they were in the 1990s.
National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
- The NCVS provides unofficial surveys on crime and victimization.
- The NCVS collects demographic information about victims but not offenders.
- Nearly one-quarter of the victims of violent crimes were between the ages of 12-24.
- Only 43% of the individuals who were victims of a violent crime reported the crime to law enforcement.
- In terms of property offenses, more incidents were reported in the NCVS than in the UCR.
- The figure for the number of property victimizations in the NCVS was 13,582,840 compared to the UCR (7,196,045).
- The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) reported nearly twice as many property offenses compared to the UCR.
Hate Crimes
- The majority of hate crimes reported to law enforcement in 2018 were based on racial or ethnic bias.
- The FBI began tracking the number of hate crimes committed by or directed against juveniles after the passing of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in 2009.
Rape and Sexual Assault
- The definition of rape was amended in 2013 to be more inclusive and now includes male victims and non-vaginal penetration.
- The number of reported rapes in the UCR has decreased since the adoption of the new definition in 2013.
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