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The National Incident-Based Reporting System has been designed to replace the UCR and provide |
| | A) | easy access to data for the general public. |
| | B) | more comprehensive information on each incident. |
| | C) | legally mandated reporting by police agencies. |
| | D) | better information on syndicated and white-collar crime. |
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The Crime Index, or Part I of the Uniform Crime Reports, includes data on: |
| | A) | arson, robbery, and drug offenses. |
| | B) | rape, aggravated assault, and drug offenses. |
| | C) | syndicated crime, motor vehicle theft, and larceny/theft. |
| | D) | aggravated assault, robbery, and burglary. |
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One limitation of the National Crime Victimization Survey is that |
| | A) | no information is collected on crimes committed against businesses. |
| | B) | children under 12 cannot remember accurately when a crime occurred and thus skew the data. |
| | C) | police use their discretion in deciding what to report. |
| | D) | its methodology is not scientific. |
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In self-report studies, subjects are asked to: |
| | A) | count the number of crimes which they reported to the police in a given yearr. |
| | B) | report the number of times they engaged in a given act during a given period of time. |
| | C) | report their delinquencies to the police. |
| | D) | report what they know about the delinquencies of their friends. |
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In their landmark 1958 self-report study, Short and Nye found that: |
| | A) | serious delinquency is relatively rare. |
| | B) | most delinquency is concentrated in lower-class areas. |
| | C) | demeanor and race are predictors of whether formal action will be taken against a juvenile. |
| | D) | there is no detectable relationship between social class and delinquency. |
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The self-report methodology has problems, including: |
| | A) | juveniles being unable to remember what they have done. |
| | B) | juveniles embellishing what they have done. |
| | C) | juveniles not reporting what they have done. |
| | D) | all of the above |
| | E) | none of the above |
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Juveniles make up about 26 percent of the U.S. population. In 2003, juveniles were roughly _____ percent of those arrested for serious violent offenses and _____ percent of those arrested for property offenses. |
| | A) | 30 / 40 |
| | B) | 15 / 29 |
| | C) | 40 / 50 |
| | D) | 20 / 50 |
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In 2003, 52.1 percent of those arrested for _____ were juveniles. |
| | A) | forcible rape |
| | B) | larceny-theft |
| | C) | arson |
| | D) | motor vehicle theft |
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Frequent explanations for the disparity between white and African-American rates of juvenile offending include: |
| | A) | economic deprivation |
| | B) | culture of poverty |
| | C) | subculture of violence |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Differential law enforcement, particularly _____, may account for race-arrest differences observed in American society. |
| | A) | police discretion |
| | B) | racist police officers |
| | C) | racial profiling |
| | D) | racist hiring patterns in police departments |
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2006 McGraw-Hill Higher Education