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Defining and Measuring Crime MCQ

 

Defining and Measuring Crime MCQ

 

1. Deliberate law-breaking based on a moral objection to the law is referred to as ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Civil disobedience

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2. ______ refers to acts that are bad in themselves, such as murder.

Answer

Correct Answer: Malum in se

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3. According to Emile Durkheim, any real understanding of crime cannot be found in the acts that a society believes to be criminal.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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4. The most serious category of crimes are crimes against ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Persons

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5. The crime drop is considered to be a reliable phenomenon.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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6. Minor infractions are classified as felonies.

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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7. There is no consensus on how to define crime.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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8. ______ are committed against a person because of the victim’s race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.

Answer

Correct Answer: Hate crimes

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9. Which of the following methods of measuring crime utilizes the hierarchy rule when recording crimes?

Answer

Correct Answer: Uniform Crime Report (UCR)

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10. Hate crimes are easy to measure because they are widely reported to local law enforcement officials.

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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11. White Collar Crime is a Crime that occurs in a professional context.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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12. A means of measuring crime by asking people whether they have been the victim of a crime is called _________ .

Answer

Correct Answer: Victimization Surveys

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13. A federally run measure of crime based largely on police reports is known as:

Answer

Correct Answer: Uniform Crime Report

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14. A means of measuring crime where individuals are (usually anonymously) asked about the crimes they have committed is known as:

Answer

Correct Answer: Perpetrator Self-report Studies

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15. A survey of crime that involves calling a random selection of homes and asking about crimes that they have experienced.

Answer

Correct Answer: National Crime Victim Survey (NCVS)

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16. Relatively minor infractions, often pun- ished by under one year of imprisonment is known as:

Answer

Correct Answer: Misdemeanors

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17. The practice of the Uniform Crime Report of only counting the most serious crime in its measures is called ___________ .

Answer

Correct Answer: Hierarchy Rule

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18. Hate Crime means Crimes motivated by antipathy toward a group.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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19. Serious offenses, usually punished by over one year of incarceration is known as:

Answer

Correct Answer: Felony

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20. Crime that does not show up in traditional crime research is called __________ .

Answer

Correct Answer: Dark Figure of Crime

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21. Criminal Justice System means the various organizations that respond to criminals.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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22. Criminal Justice Policy is a Way that society seeks to prevent crime through _________ .

Answer

Correct Answer: Both

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23. Crimes Against the State are Crimes that hurt people.

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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24. Crimes that undermine society’s stability and make it a less pleasant place to live is known as:

Answer

Correct Answer: Crimes Against Public Order

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25. Crimes that cause financial or economic harm is called _________ .

Answer

Correct Answer: Crimes Against Property

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26. Crimes where a victim is physically harmed is known as:

Answer

Correct Answer: Crimes Against Persons

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27. Corporate Crimes is a crime committed for a company’s profits.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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