Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best
completes the statement or answers the question.
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Canada
adopted a uniform crime reporting (UCR) system in: a. | 1952 | b. | 1962 | c. | 1992 | d. | 1982 | e. | 1972 | | |
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In the
1960s and 1970s social scientists began to suggest: a. | official records were a good measure of
crime | b. | official records
were biased | c. | official records
show us how the criminal justice system works to create crime and criminals | d. | b and c | e. | researchers must measure crime | | |
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Counting offences, suspects, inmates, or charges is a reference to: a. | levels of aggregation | b. | data element | c. | unit of count | d. | crime funnel | e. | crime net | | |
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Combining data for cities or combining data for nations are
different: a. | units of
count | b. | levels of
aggregation | c. | counting
procedures | d. | data
elements | e. | crime
funnel | | |
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5.
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The
seriousness rule is the practice of: a. | counting more crimes, like drunk driving, as
serious | b. | counting crime is
a serious undertaking | c. | counting only the most serious crime in an incident
involving multiple crimes | d. | counting only the more serious offender if more than one
person is involved in a crime | e. | a and b | | |
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A rate
of crime is calculated by dividing: a. | the number of reported crimes by the dark figure of
crime | b. | the total
population by the number of crimes | c. | the number of crimes by the total
population | d. | the number of
convictions by the number of crimes | e. | the number of crimes by the number of
convictions | | |
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The
“dark figure” of crime refers to: a. | unreported crime | b. | crime committed after dark | c. | the number of particularly horrendous
crimes | d. | consensual
crime | e. | b and
c | | |
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Canada’s best statistics are probably those regarding: a. | reported crime | b. | sentences | c. | corrections | d. | victimization | e. | criminals | | |
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A
survey that takes a random sample of Canadians and asks them through an interview or a survey if they
have been at the receiving end of criminal activity, is a: a. | self-report survey | b. | UCR | c. | biased survey | d. | victimization survey | e. | none of the above | | |
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Researchers can best learn about the characteristics of offenders
through: a. | UCR
statistics | b. | police
data | c. | self-report
surveys | d. | victimization
surveys | e. | aggregation | | |
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When
measuring crime it is important to know that: a. | as measures become more reliable they become less
valid | b. | reliability and
validity have no connection | c. | as measures become more reliable they become more
valid | d. | reliability and
validity are of minor importance | e. | as measures become more valid they become less
reliable | | |
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