Quiz 4

Handgun availability contributed to the rise in homicides among people ages 14-24 in the 1980s.

True

Incarceration rates in the U.S. have decreased since the 1970s.

False

Immigration is more strongly related to fear of crime than actual crime rates.

True

The majority of people arrested in the U.S. are from lower social classes.

True

Mass media has no significant impact on crime trends.

False

Crime rates tend to increase in larger cities compared to smaller communities.

False

The gender gap in crime rates indicates that men are more likely to engage in violent crime, while women are more likely to engage in property crime

True

Victim surveys, like the NCVS, are the only source of crime data.

False

Ethnography is less time-consuming than participant observation.

False

Experiments can establish causality between a treatment and its effects on crime rates.

True

According to the slides, which of the following contributed to the crime increase in the 1980s?

Emergence of crack cocaine 

Which type of research method is known as the "gold standard" in crime research?

Experiments 

The Liberation Hypothesis in criminology suggests that racial discrimination in sentencing is more prevalent for:

Less serious crimes 

The process of "aging out" of crime is known as:

Desistance 

Which of the following hypotheses suggests that exposure to media violence increases the likelihood of crime?

Precipitation Hypothesis

According to the slides, why did crime decrease in the 1990s?

Changes in policing and mass incarceration 

Which age group is most likely to be arrested for violent crimes?

18-34

What is a major weakness of using Big Data in crime research?

Ethical concerns 

One of the key strengths of qualitative methods like participant observation is:

Access to difficult-to-reach groups 

Which of the following is NOT a common source of crime data?

Random Street Interviews