2.11: CRJ 1B ch 1.3
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Multiple Choice Questions (14)
An criminal event -based reporting system used by law enforcement agencies in the United States for collecting and reporting data on crimes.
- Mala In Se
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Felon
- National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
A failure to do something that is legally required.
- Felon
- Mala Prohibita
- Omission
- U.S. Census Bureau
A term used to refer to crimes that do no direct harm to a particular victim, such as prostitution and gambling.
- National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
- Victimless Crime
- Violation
- Omission
A person who has been found guilty of committing a misdemeanor crime.
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Omission
- Misdemeanant
- Rate (Crime)
The nine common-law felonies were: murder, robbery, manslaughter, rape, sodomy, larceny, arson, mayhem and burglary.
- Mala Prohibita
- Common Law Felonies
- Misdemeanant
- Dark Figure of Crime
A Latin legal phrase referring to crimes that are “wrongs in themselves.”
- Misdemeanant
- National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
- Mala Prohibita
- Mala In Se
Official crime statistics for the United States that are collected and compiled by the FBI.
- Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)
- Mala Prohibita
- National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
- Felon
A major national survey designed to measure the dark figure of crime.
- U.S. Census Bureau
- National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
- Rate (Crime)
- Mala Prohibita
Acts that are criminal merely because they are prohibited by the government.
- National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
- Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)
- Omission
- Mala Prohibita
The number of times a crime occurs per 100,000 residents.
- National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
- National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Rate (Crime)
Crimes unknown to police and not included in the official crime statistics.
- Mala Prohibita
- Dark Figure of Crime
- Omission
- Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)
A government agency partly responsible for conducting the NCVS.
- Rate (Crime)
- Felon
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Mala In Se
A person who has been found guilty of committing a felony crime.
- Felon
- Mala In Se
- Mala Prohibita
- Omission
A category of acts that are contrary to law, but do not reach the level of a misdemeanor, such as traffic offenses.
- Mala In Se
- Omission
- Mala Prohibita
- Violation
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