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Questions
1. Where do the data in the uniform crime report come from?
-Victimization surveys
-Police departments
-self-report offender surveys
-Statistics, Canada
2. Which factor is mostly the cause of decreasing criminal activity as people age.
-An increase in testosterone levels
-An increased tolerance for frustrating events
-Having a decreased ability to avoid detection by police
-Having more commitments and more to lose, if caught
3. Regardless of economic and marital status, which factor has the greatest influence on crime rates and trends
-Race and or ethnicity
-Gender
-Age
-temperature
4. What reason is given by most Canadian police and correctional agencies for not collecting or publishing data that link racial characteristics to crime?
-The financial burden of recording, and analyzing an additional level of crime information
-The likelihood that social factors, other than race, or a play and higher crime rates among some groups
-The fear that identified racial groups, well retaliate against police if they are identified as more criminal
-The concerned that the self-fulfilling prophecy would arise if groups are identified
5. Crime peaks in adolescence, and then declines rapidly thereafter. What is the peak age for property crime?
14
16
18
20
6. Mia reads the paper daily and has all news channels on continuously when she is home despite the latest news release reporting a severe decline in the number of young offenders, she believes the statistics reported to be an accurate which data collection tool is most likely to substantiate her belief.?
-self-report surveys
-crime severity index
-uniform crime reports
-International crime survey
7. Which type of crime and it's associated criminal justice response rarely general generates public agreement among
-Youth crimes
-Fire arms crime
-Mass murder
-Sexual assault
8. Yes, you can go for it and try which variable has an inverse relationship with crime rates and is considered by criminologist to be one of the greatest influence on crime trends.
-Age
-Economy
-Opportunity
-gangs
9. On April 1, 2003 the youth criminal justice act became law in Canada. What new model for dealing with youth did it introduce?
-The youth cooperation model
-The justice model
-The alternative justice model
-The youth accountability model