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Introduction to Criminology Exam 1UIOWA Questions and Answers
Deviant Behavior - Answer-Behavior outside of social norm
Mala Prohibita - Answer-offenses prohibited by law but not wrong in themselves
Mala in se - Answer-offenses that are wrong by their very nature
Type 1 offenses - Answer-Serious crimes of homicide, rape, arson, aggravated assault,
robbery, burglary, auto theft, and larceny, according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports;
also called "Index crimes."
type 2 offenses - Answer-Other Assaults
Forgery
Stolen Property
Vandalism
Weapons
Prostitution
Sex offenses
Uniform Crime Report: Who collects, reports, and beginning/ Major changes - Answer-
FBI collects from local police agencies, began 1930's, major changes in 1960's
Uniform Crime report: Types of Data - Answer-type 1 and type 2 offenses
Uniform Crime report: limitations - Answer-Not all crimes are recorded
NIBRS: Who collects, who Reports, what data? - Answer-Type 2 police data, used by
local/state/federal LEA's, report criminal offenses at incident level
NIBRS: Limitations, advantages - Answer-Only about 1/3 of police agencies report via
NIBRS, Provides circumstances and context
NCVS: Who collects data, how, what data? - Answer-Self Reported, Collected by
census and bureau of justice statistics, property crime(excludes arson), violent
crime(excludes murder)
NCVS: Advantages - Answer-Gets a "dark figure" of crime, Gets at the circumstances of
crime
NCVS: limitations - Answer-Inaccurate reporting, Sample must be large, Studying
sensitive crime(rape, domestic violence) in this way is problematic
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