Chapter 2 Self Quiz

Measuring Crime

. Which measure of crime provides an exact count of the number of offenses that have occurred in the United States in a given year?

. This term describes criminal offenses that are unreported to law enforcement officials and never recorded.

. Which study represents a major government effort to measure crime in the United States?

. The National Crime Victimization Survey provides information about victims, offenders, and _____.

. For which crime survey does the FBI collect data?

. Which of the following is not one of the four violent offenses measured by the UCR?

. What is the closure of an offense by either arrest or other means called?

. The UCR's hierarchy rule states that in an incident involving multiple offenses, only the most _____ offense is officially recorded.

. If a jurisdiction with a population of 15,001,418 has 57,612 estimated offenses in 2018, what is its crime rate?

. The UCR provides an unsatisfactory picture of this type of crime.

. Which agency conducts the National Crime Victimization Survey?

. Intimate-partner violence is abuse that occurs between two people _____.

. Most of the problems with the NCVS are related to this.

. These reports are based on data from individuals about any criminal offenses they have committed.

. This type of study follows respondents throughout much of their lives.

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