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| The Federal Bureau of Investigation runs the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. |
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| Spam is the result of malicious computer programs such as viruses, worms, and Trojan horses. |
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| Online file-sharing services may be held liable for copyright infringement if they promote their services explicitly as a way for users to download copyrighted music and other content. |
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| The federal fetal homicide statute passed in 2004 prohibits the prosecution of abortionists who are acting with the consent of the pregnant woman. |
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| Property crimes typically have lower clearance rates than personal/violent crimes. |
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| Men are more likely to be victims of crime than women. |
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| Most UCR/NIBRS information is reported as a rate of crime. |
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| The clearance rate of any crime refers to the proportion of reported crimes that have been solved. |
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| Stalking is the repeated harassing and threatening behavior by one individual against another, aspects of which may be planned or carried out in secret. |
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| Most murders are perpetrated by offenders classified as strangers. |
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| Forcible rape is the least reported violent crime. |
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| In identity theft, the victim is often left with a ruined credit history and the time consuming and complicated task of repairing the financial damage. |
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| Older victims are more likely to attempt to protect themselves than younger ones. |
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| The National Crime Victimization Survey does NOT contain data about murder. |
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| When women are victims of violent crime, they are less likely to be injured than men. |
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| The theft of a motorboat would be classified by the UCR/NIBRS Program as a motor vehicle theft. |
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| The National Incident-Based Reporting System represents a significant redesign of the original Uniform Crime Reporting Program. |
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| The weapons used most often to commit murder are ________. |
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| Which major crime has the highest clearance rate? |
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Each of the following are Part I offenses, EXCEPT ________.
a. robbery
b. murder
c. rape
d. fraud |
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| embarrassment about the crime itself |
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| The most cited reason why rape victims do NOT report crimes is ________. |
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| The unlawful taking or attempted taking of property that is in the immediate possession of another, by force or the threat of force, is known as ________. |
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| A criminal offense committed against a person, property, or society that is motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity/national origin is called ________. |
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| b. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) |
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Which of the following agencies is responsible for compiling the NCVS?
a. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
b. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
c. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
d. International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) |
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| National Crime Victimization Survey |
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The ________ is based on victims’ reports rather than on police reports.
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| c. Women are more likely to be victimized by crime than men. |
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Which of the following is NOT a fact revealed by the NCVS statistics in the recent years?
a. Younger people are more likely than the elderly to be victims of crime.
b. City residents are about twice as likely as rural residents to be victims of crime.
c. Women are more likely to be victimized by crime than men.
d. About half of all violent crimes are reported to the police. |
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| have the lowest rate of crime victimization of any age group |
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| According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, the elderly ________. |
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| One example of violent crime is ________. |
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Each of the following offenses falls under the category of larceny, EXCEPT ________.
a. purse snatching
b. bicycle theft
c. robbery
d. shoplifting |
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| provided for a five-day waiting period before the purchase of a handgun |
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| The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act ________. |
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| Phishing is a form of ________. |
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| The killing of four or more victims at one location within one event is termed as ________. |
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| Nonforcible rape with a victim younger than the age of consent is generally defined as ________. |
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| ________ were the most common target of robbers in 2010. |
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| Most hate crimes are motivated by ________. |
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| What type of terrorism describes the unlawful use of force or violence by a group whose activities transcend national boundaries? |
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| Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, and so on is termed as ________. |
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| Men are more likely than women to be victimized for all of the following offenses, EXCEPT ________. |
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| What was the title used for the simple aggregation of the Part I offenses? |
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| Most aggravated assaults are committed with ________. |
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| What term describes a classification of crimes along a particular dimension, such as legal categories, offender motivation, victim behavior, or the characteristics of individual offenders? |
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Which of the following data sources asks respondents to reveal an illegal activity in which they have been involved?
a. victimization data
b. criminal justice data
c. self-report data
d. crime offense data |
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| The National Crime Victimization Survey does NOT include information about which crime? |
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| Murder is considered as a ________ crime. |
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| Among major crimes known to police in 2010, which Part I offense had the lowest number of occurrences? |
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| b. lawful entry where force is used |
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Which of the following is NOT a classification of burglary according to the UCR/NIBRS Program?
a. forcible entry
b. lawful entry where force is used
c. unlawful entry where no force is used
d. attempted forcible entry |
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All of the following crimes are UCR/NIBRS Part I offenses, EXCEPT ________.
a. murder
b. robbery
c. drug use
d. forcible rape |
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| The U.S. Congress authorized the attorney general to gather and publish the Uniform Crime Reports in ________. |
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Law enforcement agencies do NOT submit regular reports to the FBI on which crime?
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For which of the following crimes would you find information in the National Crime Victimization Survey?
a. kidnapping
b. murder
c. victimless
d. robbery |
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The following are UCR/NIBRS violent crime offenses, EXCEPT ________.
a. aggravated assault
b. burglary
c. forcible rape
d. murder |
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Each of the following are UCR/NIBRS property crime offenses, EXCEPT ________.
a. motor vehicle theft
b. larceny-theft
c. burglary
d. robbery |
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| According to a 1992 government-sponsored study, only ________ percent of forcible rapes were reported to the police. |
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| In 1979, ________ was the eighth index crime to be added to the UCR’s Crime Index. |
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| What term describes a nonviolent crime for financial gain, utilizing deception and committed by anyone having special technical and professional knowledge of business and government, irrespective of the person’s occupation? |
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| Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act |
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| What piece of federal gun-control legislation established a national instant criminal background check system? |
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| A murderer who kills at two or more locations with almost no time break between murders is a ________. |
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Which of the following is NOT considered larceny?
a. stealing a car
b. stealing a bicycle
c. stealing from stores
d. stealing farm animals |
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| stealing motor vehicle parts |
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| What is the most common form of larceny? |
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| What was the most common form of arson reported in 2010? |
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| Approximately 50% of hate crimes are motivated by ________. |
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| The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics is published by the ________. |
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| Approximately how many law enforcement agencies provide crime data to the FBI for the UCR? |
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| Clearances are based primarily on ________. |
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| The theft of farm animals would be classified as ________. |
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| UCR/NIBRS terminology may differ from ________ definitions of crime. |
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| An incident-based reporting system that collects detailed data on every single crime occurrence is called a ________. |
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| What type of terrorism, according to the 1996 RAND report, is distinguished by how terrorist groups organize and by how they use high technology? |
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| information technology crime |
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| What is another name for cybercrime? |
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