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| Delinquency refers to ________. |
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| violations of the criminal law and other misbehavior committed by young people |
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| The proportion of reported or discovered crime within a given offense category which is solved by the police is known as the ________ rate. |
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| The view of crime as human conduct that violates the criminal law is drawn from a ________ perspective. |
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| The first major shift in crime rates in the United States since the beginning of the collection of official crime statistics was due to the ________. |
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| Which of the following statements about deviance and crime is true? |
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| Deviant behavior and criminal behavior overlap. |
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| A human activity that violates social norms, but not criminal law, is termed as________. |
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| The ________ perspective of criminalization is most applicable to homogeneous societies. |
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| The concept of ________ refers to the view that social events are interpreted differently according to the viewer. |
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| Which of the following defines translational criminology? |
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| It is a form of contemporary criminology that seeks to apply research findings in the field into practical and workable policy initiatives. |
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| The pluralistic perspective suggests that behaviors are typically criminalized through ________. |
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| Which of the following individuals would NOT be considered a criminalist? |
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| According to the various professional groups, violence in television, music, video games, and movies ________. |
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| may lead to increased levels of violent behavior among children |
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| Which of the following does the study of criminal justice NOT emphasize? |
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| the causes of criminal behavior |
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| People appear to be particularly fascinated by ________ crimes. |
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| Which of the following is NOT true about criminology? |
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| It is a notion that social events are interpreted differently by observers. |
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| Which of the following is NOT a reason why rape victims fail to report their victimization? |
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| fear that the crime is not important enough to report |
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| Which of the following crimes was NOT one of the original seven UCR Part I offenses? |
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| Which of the following was NOT a possible cause of the decrease in reported crime that occurred between 1991 and 2007? |
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| What is generally considered an acceptable degree for an academic or research criminologist? |
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| doctorate in criminology or criminal justice |
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| Which of the following refers to unreported crimes that don't make it into official crime statistics? |
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| Which of the following is NOT a finding of the National Youth Survey? |
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| Females are involved in a smaller proportion of crime than previously thought. |
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| Contemporary criminologists operate primarily from a ________ perspective. |
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| A police officer or probation officer is best described as a(n) ________. |
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| criminal justice professional |
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| The number of personnel employed by private security agencies today is approximately ________ that of public law enforcement agencies. |
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| A formal written enactment of a legislative body is known as a ________. |
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| According to the NCVS, ________ crimes are most likely to be reported to the police. |
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| Which of the following does NOT represent the correct set of major crimes as defined under UCR? |
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| murder, drug abuse, motor vehicle theft |
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| According to the NCVS, ________ is the least likely crime to be reported to the police. |
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| ________ theories have potentially wider explanatory power than other types. |
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| Criminologists work for both federal and government-funded agencies. Which of the following is NOT a federal agency? |
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| Which of the following statements is true? |
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| Crime increased in the United States from 1960 to 1980, partly because baby boomers were getting older. |
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| A(n) ________ theory of crime is one that attempts to explain all or most forms of criminal conduct through a single overarching approach. |
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| The ________ is considered by many researchers to be a more accurate measure of the actual incidence of crime in the United States. |
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| Which of the following is NOT considered a property crime by the UCR? |
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| One of the two most common reasons for not reporting violent crime is that the victim ________. |
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| considers the crime to be a private matter |
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| Which of the following is NOT one of the three elements included in Edwin Sutherland's definition of criminology? |
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| the operation of the criminal justice system |
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| A ________ is made up of clearly stated propositions suggesting relationships between events and occurrences being studied. |
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| The Bureau of Justice Statistics is responsible for the ________. |
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| National Crime Victimization Survey |
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