CJA 346 Wk 1 – Concept Check

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CJA 346 Wk 1 - Concept Check
CJA 346 Wk 1 – Concept Check
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CJA 346 Wk 1 – Concept Check

  1. Question 1

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Which of the following is the interdisciplinary science that gathers and analyzes data on crime and criminal behavior?

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Criminology

Theory

Sociology

Law

  1. Question 2

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Which of the following do criminologists use to try to answer questions, rather than simply philosophizing about them?

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Scientific procedure

Scientific method

Technique of natural science

Observational analysis

  1. Question 3

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Which of the following involves the study of individuals who commit harmful acts, regardless of the legal status of those acts?

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Crime

Criminology

Criminality

Law

  1. Question 4

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Which of the following is a set of logically interconnected propositions explaining how phenomena are related?

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Theory

Hypothesis

Ideology

Policy

  1. Question 5

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Crime is a socially constructed phenomenon that lacks any real objective essence and is defined into existence rather than discovered.

  1. T
  2. F
  3. Question 6

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Which of the following can be defined as the actual number of reported crimes standardized by some unit of the population?

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Rate

Statistic

Degree

Ratio

  1. Question 7

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Which of the following is true of the number of crimes reported to police?

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It is the best source available to criminologists to assess the dark figure of crime.

This number is a direct reflection of the number of crimes actually committed.

Due to false reports, this number is larger than the number of crimes actually committed.

Due to unreported crimes, this number is smaller than the number of crimes actually committed.

  1. Question 8

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The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau on behalf of which organization?

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The Bureau of Justice Statistics

The Federal Bureau of Investigation

Homeland Security

The American Society of Criminology

  1. Question 9

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The hierarchy rule states that only the most serious offense be recorded in a multiple offense incident.

  1. T
  2. F
  3. Question 10

4/4

Murder is included in the victimization survey data.

  1. T

True

  1. F

False