1. Which of the following crimes is NOT included on the list of Part I or index crimes that is documented in the Uniform Crime Reports? a. criminal homicide b. motor vehicle theft c. simple assault d. arson ____ 2. The index crimes are a key unit of analysis in which of the following crime data sources? a. National Crime Victimization Survey b. Uniform Crime Reports c. Monitoring the Future Survey d. National Incident-Based Reporting System ____ 3. Which type of data is comprised of information obtained from interviews and questionnaires with high school seniors? a. official data b. victimization data c. self-report data d. observational data ____ 4. Which federal agency oversees the Uniform Crime Reports? a. the U.S. Department of Justice b. the Federal Bureau of Investigation c. the National Institute on Drug Abuse d. the Bureau of Justice Statistics ____ 5. What data source relies on a multistaged sample of housing units to collect information about citizen's encounters with criminals? a. National Crime Victimization Survey b. Uniform Crime Reports c. Monitoring the Future Survey d. National Incident-Based Reporting System ____ 6. What is the name of the new variation of the Uniform Crime Reports that focuses on an expanded list of 22 crimes including emerging issues such as hate or bias crimes? a. National Crime Victimization Survey b. Uniform Crime Reports c. Monitoring the Future Survey d. National Incident-Based Reporting System ____ 7. What are considered to be the best known and most widely cited source of criminal statistics? a. the National Crime Victimization Surveys b. the National Indicators of Drug Abuse c. the Uniform Crime Reports d. the Bureau of Justice Statistics ____ 8. The National Crime Victimization survey is prepared by what agency? a. the DEA b. the BJS c. the CIA d. the FBI ____ 9. Which of the following is NOT a problem associated with the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)? a. overreporting because of victim's misrepresentations of events b. incomplete acts are lumped together with completed ones c. underreporting stemming from the embarrassment of reporting crime d. inadequate question format ____ 10. Which of the following is an index crime? a. kidnapping b. simple assault c. motor vehicle theft d. forgery ____ 11. What type of crime is not reported in the Part I or Part II offense section of the UCR? a. drug offenses b. traffic violations c. liquor law violations d. sex offenses ____ 12. Which of the following is the current method for gathering victim information in the U.S. a. NCVS b. UCR c. NCIC d. VSS ____ 13. The UCR indicates that police clear slightly more than what percent of all reported crime? a. 20 percent b. 32 percent c. 40 percent d. 55 percent ____ 14. The National Crime Victim Survey samples roughly how many households? a. 10,000 b. 45,000 c. 525,000 d. 1 million ____ 15. What type of study is said to best measure unreported crimes? a. official records b. prison data c. self-report studies d. victimization surveys ____ 16. What does the term "dark figure of crime" refer to? a. violent crime b. unreported crime c. crimes committed at night d. crimes committed by persons of color ____ 17. Self report surveys are conducted most often on which group? a. juveniles b. death row inmates c. prisoners d. police officers ____ 18. What institution conducts the Monitoring the Future survey? a. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) b. Institute for Social Research (ISR) c. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) d. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) ____ 19. Most reported crimes occur during which months? a. Summer b. Fall c. Spring d. Winter ____ 20. What percent of robberies involve guns? a. 20% b. 35% c. 55% d. 70% ____ 21. Which constitutional amendment guarantees the right to bear arms? a. First b. Second c. Seventh d. Eleventh ____ 22. How many illegal guns are said to be in American households? a. about 2 million b. about 14 million c. about 37 million d. about 50 million ____ 23. Crimes that result from rage and frustration are termed a. expressive crimes b. anger crimes c. index crimes d. instrumental crimes ____ 24. Which of the following is a theory used to explain the difference between male and female crime rates? a. modernization view b. globalization view c. chivalry hypothesis d. due process perspective ____ 25. The masculinity hypothesis is associated with which of the following names? a. Goines b. Becarria c. Lombroso d. Cesare ____ 26. African Americans make up what percentage of the violent crime arrests? a. 10% b. 25% c. 40% d. 65% ____ 27. Most reported crimes occur during what two months? a. December and January b. April and May c. July and August d. October and November ____ 28. Which of the following crimes are exceptions to the warm weather crime trend? a. burglary and motor vehicle theft b. murder and robbery c. kidnapping and larceny d. burglary and arson ____ 29. Which of the following is considered to be an instrumental crime? a. child abuse b. domestic assault c. a bar fight d. motor vehicle theft ____ 30. Which of the following is considered to be an expressive crime? a. embezzlement b. arson c. burglary d. assault ____ 31. Which of the following is an expressive crime? a. motor vehicle theft b. burglary c. a domestic argument that ends in murder d. armed robbery ____ 32. Those who are unable to obtain desired goods and services through conventional means may use what type of crime to rectify that imbalance? a. expressive crime b. relative deprivation crime c. instrumental crime d. transitory crime ____ 33. What type of offender did Marvin Wolfgang and his associates discover? a. Chronic b. Violent c. Latent d. Psychotic ____ 34. In Wolfgang's study chronic offenders (chronic 6%) committed what percentage of offenses in the birth cohort? a. 6% b. 38% c. 52% d. 98% ____ 35. African-Americans make up 12 percent of the general population and what percent of property crime arrests? a. 6% b. 12% c. 34% d. 72% True/False Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false. ____ 36. The FBI oversees the National Crime Victimization Survey. ____ 37. UCR data is sometimes questioned because police are not required to report to the FBI. ____ 38. Crime increases may actually reflect the way the police record their data. ____ 39. The National Crime Victim Survey found that less than half of all violent crimes are reported to the police. ____ 40. One problem with victim surveys is that the victim may misinterpret the event. ____ 41. Self report data findings show that people commit far fewer crimes than those projected by official statistics. ____ 42. The availability of legalized abortion is one factor that has been used to explain the recent drop in crime rates. ____ 43. Violent crime in the United States has increased significantly in the last few years. ____ 44. Self reports of African-American teens show more criminal involvement than white teens. ____ 45. Most criminologists feel that the differences in black and white violent crime rates can be explained by racism. ____ 46. It is estimated that there are 75,000 gang members in the United States. ____ 47. According to the Philadelphia cohort study, most offenders continue with more serious crimes after their first arrest. ____ 48. Three strikes laws were inspired by the research findings of the Philadelphia birth cohort study. ____ 49. Marvin Wolfgang was the lead researcher on the Philadelphia Birth Cohort study. ____ 50. The Philadelphia Birth Cohort study found that arrest and court appearances did little to deter chronic offenders.