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20 questions
01
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1 point

Which statement best distinguishes criminology from criminal justice?

  1. A

    Criminology focuses mainly on police, courts, and corrections, while criminal justice studies crime’s causes and consequences.

  2. B

    Criminology studies crime, its causes and consequences, and responses to it; criminal justice focuses more directly on justice institutions.

  3. C

    Criminology studies only conduct prohibited by federal law, while criminal justice studies all harmful conduct.

  4. D

    Criminology and criminal justice are different names for the same field and have identical scopes.

02
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1 point

Two cities have different population sizes and you want to compare how common recorded crime is in each. Which approach is most appropriate?

  1. A

    Compare the raw counts, because they already account for population size.

  2. B

    Compare the populations’ shares of all recorded crimes, regardless of population size.

  3. C

    Compare rates using the same time period and a consistent population denominator.

  4. D

    Compare only the population sizes; the number of recorded crimes is not relevant.

03
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1 point

An incident includes both a robbery and an assault. Which statement best describes how the traditional SRS and NIBRS may represent it?

  1. A

    Both systems always count only the most serious offense in an incident.

  2. B

    SRS generally counts only the most serious offense under its hierarchy rule, while NIBRS can record multiple offenses.

  3. C

    SRS records details about each individual incident, while NIBRS records only aggregate counts.

  4. D

    NIBRS counts only offenses reported by victims, while SRS counts all offenses known to police.

04
Choose all
1 point

Select all statements that accurately describe the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

  1. A

    NIBRS records details about individual incidents, including victims and circumstances.

  2. B

    NIBRS always limits an incident to its most serious offense, just as the SRS hierarchy rule does.

  3. C

    NIBRS can record multiple offenses in one incident.

  4. D

    NIBRS is a survey that interviews a representative sample of household residents.

05
Choose all
1 point

Select all statements that accurately describe the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).

  1. A

    It asks about selected crimes whether or not they were reported to police.

  2. B

    It covers every offense and every person in the United States.

  3. C

    Its household survey population excludes people under age 12 and people who are homeless or institutionalized.

  4. D

    It directly surveys homicide victims about their own victimization.

06
True or false
1 point

If a jurisdiction changes which conduct is legally classified as a crime, recorded crime figures may change even if underlying behavior does not.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

07
True or false
1 point

Self-report studies can reveal some offending that never comes to police attention, although answers depend partly on memory and willingness to disclose.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

08
Written response
1 point

Which survey interviews a representative sample of people age 12 or older in U.S. households about selected crimes, whether or not they were reported to police? Enter its acronym.

09
Written response
1 point

What is the statistical term for the share of people who were victimized? Enter one term.

10
Fill in the blank
1 point

To compare recorded crime across populations of different sizes, researchers often use a that relates the crime count to a population.

11
Fill in the blank
1 point

In a self-report study, researchers ask people to .

12
Open ended
1 point

A researcher finds that a social condition and a crime rate rise together. Explain why this finding alone does not show that the social condition caused the crime rate to rise.

13
Choose one
1 point

A city’s police-recorded assaults rise over a year. What is the most careful interpretation of this change?

  1. A

    It proves that residents committed more assaults because police data directly measure all offending.

  2. B

    It could reflect more assaults, but it could also reflect reporting, recording, or data-submission changes.

  3. C

    It proves that police effectiveness declined, because police data directly measure effectiveness.

  4. D

    It must be a sampling fluctuation because police data come from a representative household sample.

14
Choose one
1 point

Police data and victimization-survey estimates differ for a type of crime. Which conclusion is best supported?

  1. A

    They capture different parts of crime, so differences do not automatically mean either source is wrong.

  2. B

    The police figure must be correct because police data include every crime committed.

  3. C

    The survey figure must be incorrect because unreported victimizations cannot be estimated.

  4. D

    They can be compared directly without checking definitions, populations, or time periods.

15
Choose one
1 point

A research team uses sociology, psychology, and statistics to study why a type of crime occurs and how institutions respond to it. Which field best describes the team’s work?

  1. A

    Criminology, because it studies crime and society’s responses to it

  2. B

    Criminal justice, because it studies crime’s causes across disciplines

  3. C

    Criminology, because it focuses only on police and courts

  4. D

    Criminal justice, because it measures only the number of recorded crimes

16
Written response
1 point

Researchers ask participants to disclose their own offending, including behavior that may never have come to police attention. What research method are they using?

17
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1 point

A researcher wants to estimate selected victimizations that may not have been reported to police, using interviews with a representative sample of people age 12 or older in U.S. households. Which source best fits this purpose?

  1. A

    The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

  2. B

    The FBI’s Summary Reporting System (SRS)

  3. C

    The FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

  4. D

    A study based only on police records

18
Written response
1 point

A survey result reports the share of people who were victimized at least once during a period. What statistical measure is this?

19
Choose one
1 point

An incident includes both robbery and assault. Which statement best describes how the FBI’s traditional SRS and NIBRS may represent it?

  1. A

    Both systems generally count only the most serious offense in an incident.

  2. B

    NIBRS can record both offenses, while the SRS hierarchy rule generally counts only the most serious.

  3. C

    The SRS records individual incident details, while NIBRS records only aggregate counts.

  4. D

    Neither system records more than one offense from an incident.

20
True or false
1 point

True or false: If a social condition and a crime rate are correlated, that relationship by itself establishes that the social condition caused the crime.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False