Practice Quiz Chapter 02

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. The goal of empirical research is to ________.

a) understand individual behaviour correct incorrect

b) systematically collect observable data correct incorrect

c) collect facts correct incorrect

d) measure reality correct incorrect

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. Number of police-reported crimes x 100,000 ÷ population = ________.

a) drug offences correct incorrect

b) empirical reality correct incorrect

c) crime rate correct incorrect

d) self-report surveys correct incorrect

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. ________ is not regarded by Statistics Canada as property crime.

a) Theft under $5,000 correct incorrect

b) Theft over $5,000 correct incorrect

c) Robbery correct incorrect

d) Breaking and entering correct incorrect

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. According to the text, the public often shies away from reporting illegal activities to the police because ________.

a) certain offences are regarded as trivial correct incorrect

b) the individual or group may not know who they were victimized by correct incorrect

c) the individual or group may believe that reporting crime to the police would punish people unnecessarily correct incorrect

d) the individual or group does not want to be responsible for driving up the crime rate correct incorrect

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. ________ seek to capture information about crimes that may not have come to the attention of the police.

a) Uniform Crime Reporting systems correct incorrect

b) Observational accounts correct incorrect

c) Self-report surveys correct incorrect

d) UCR2 Surveys correct incorrect

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. The ________ method of measuring crime involves the researcher interacting with individuals on a face-to-face basis in a natural setting to gather information about the crime within the context where the crime occurred.

a) UCR correct incorrect

b) observational accounts correct incorrect

c) self-report correct incorrect

d) victimization correct incorrect

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. In Canada, the punishment for second-degree murder is ________.

a) life imprisonment correct incorrect

b) a minimum of 25 years in prison correct incorrect

c) a maximum of 25 years in prison correct incorrect

d) 10 years in prison correct incorrect

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. One of the main limitations of observational studies is that ________.

a) the data collected from such studies cannot be used to make broader generalizations about levels of crime in the population correct incorrect

b) they do not collect valid data correct incorrect

c) they are unable to gather data so that a deeper understanding and appreciation of crime and victimization can be achieved correct incorrect

d) they are unable to collect qualitative data correct incorrect

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. According to Statistics Canada, ________ has the highest level of homicide rates.

a) the United States correct incorrect

b) Canada correct incorrect

c) Hong Kong correct incorrect

d) Turkey correct incorrect

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. In Canada, ________ are all classified as homicides.

a) infanticide, suicide, and manslaughter correct incorrect

b) manslaughter, murder, and infanticide correct incorrect

c) third-degree murder, infanticide, and manslaughter correct incorrect

d) manslaughter, suicide, and second-degree murder correct incorrect

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. Police reported drug offences of ________ increased the most in Canada between 2005 and 2015.

a) heroin possession correct incorrect

b) cocaine possession correct incorrect

c) methamphetamine possession correct incorrect

d) LSD correct incorrect

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. When a crime rate is reported on the basis of 100,000 population to take into account population change over time, it means that the measure has been ________.

a) validated correct incorrect

b) standardized correct incorrect

c) synchronized correct incorrect

d) transformed correct incorrect

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. After the Youth Criminal Justice Act replaced the Young Offenders Act in 2003 the number of cases that went to youth court in Canada ________.

a) increased correct incorrect

b) remained about the same correct incorrect

c) no data to provide a reliable answer correct incorrect

d) decreased correct incorrect

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. The extent to which a measurement produces the same results on repeated trials is called ________.

a) validity correct incorrect

b) reliability correct incorrect

c) consistency correct incorrect

d) durability correct incorrect

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. ________ had the highest homicide rate in Canada in 2016.

a) Thunder Bay correct incorrect

b) Toronto correct incorrect

c) Vancouver correct incorrect

d) Montreal correct incorrect