Chapter Three
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Question 1 Canada adopted a uniform crime reporting (UCR) system in: 1952 1962 1992 1982 1972 Question 2 The observation that many more offences are reported than are prosecuted or convicted demonstrates the: crime net model of criminal administration crime funnel model of criminal administration crime needle dark figure of crime social mapping Question 3 In the 1960s and 1970s social scientists began to suggest: official records were a good measure of crime official records were biased official records show us how the criminal justice system works to create crime and criminals b and c researchers must measure crime Question 4 Counting offences, suspects, inmates, or charges is a reference to: levels of aggregation data element unit of count crime funnel crime net Question 5 Combining data for cities or combining data for nations are different: units of count levels of aggregation counting procedures data elements crime funnel Question 6 The seriousness rule is the practice of: counting more crimes, like drunk driving, as serious counting crime is a serious undertaking counting only the most serious crime in an incident involving multiple crimes counting only the more serious offender if more than one person is involved in a crime a and b Question 7 A rate of crime is calculated by dividing: the number of reported crimes by the dark figure of crime the total population by the number of crimes the number of crimes by the total population the number of convictions by the number of crimes the number of crimes by the number of convictions Question 8 The "dark figure" of crime refers to: unreported crime crime committed after dark the number of particularly horrendous crimes consensual crime b and c Question 9 Canada's best statistics are probably those regarding: reported crime sentences corrections victimization criminals Question 10 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: self-report survey UCR biased study victimization survey none of the above Question 11 Researchers can best learn about the characteristics of offenders through: UCR statistics police data self-report surveys victimization surveys aggregation Question 12 When measuring crime it is important to know that: as measures become more reliable they become less valid reliability and validity have no connection as measures become more reliable they become more valid reliability and validity are of minor importance as measures become more valid they become less reliable   Back to List of Chapters