1. Between 1992 and 2000, the number of child sexual abuse cases in the United States
Increased
Remained constant
Child sexual abuse cases were not counted before 2001
Declined
Question 2
1. Women who suffer the highest rate of intimate-partner violence were____________ when the violence occurred.
Never married
Separated
Divorced
Living together (or cohabitating)
Question 3
1. What is NOT a characteristic of “youthful killers: school shootings” type of mass murder.
Rural or suburban communities
Loners or members of an outcast school group
White male(s)
Disadvantaged background
Question 4
1. According to research done for the National Institute of Justice, crime cost the United States approximately _______ billion dollars per year in the early 1990s.
450
100
300
250
Question 5
1. Hate crimes are defined as any crime being committed on the basis of which characteristics? (Select all that apply)
Gender or gender identity
Disability
Race
Income or wealth
Question 6
1. The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program includes primarily three types of information. Which of the following is NOT one of these types of information?
Persons convicted
Persons arrested
Crimes cleared through arrest
Crimes known to police
Question 7
1. According to lecture, the National Crime Victimization Survey indicates that the number of crimes in America is __________ the number reported in the Uniform Crime Reports.
Equal to
Not comparable to
Greater than
Less than
Question 8
1. According to lecture, the age period when people are most likely to be involved in crime is referred to as the:
Age effect
Convergence hypothesis
Age correlation period
Crime-prone years
Question 9
1. Constructing profiles of serial killers have proven especially useful to law enforcement.
True
False
Question 10
1. Select TWO of the social demographic factors related to criminal offending and victimization (from lecture). Discuss how and why each is related to offending AND victimization.
a) Individuals’ lifestyle – Socio-demographic factors influence individuals’ lifestyle, which consequently influence individuals’ potential for criminal involvement in both offenders and victims. An individual’s probability of personal victimization are highly dependent on the degree to which the victim shares demographic attributes with the offender(s).
b) routine activities – an individual’s chance for falling victim or offending is highly dependent on the extent to which the victim and offender share common ways of using time (e.g. schooling, leisure activities, employment) as well as allocate interest and participate in social roles (e.g. student, friend, spouse, employee).
