Comparative Criminal Justice: Test Review #1

Homicide

Official crime statistics are especially reliable for measuring _.

Dark figure of crime

The _ refers to crimes that are not known to the police.

Influence

Police practices and priorities can _ official crime statistics.

Victimization surveys

____ measure crime by asking victims to report their victimization.

Reported to police

Victimization surveys include crimes whether or not they were _.

Juvenile delinquency

Self-report surveys are commonly used to study ___.

Self-report surveys

_ ask individuals to report crimes they have committed.

Official reports

The UNODC surveys of crime trends and criminal justice systems (CTS) rely on _.

The UNODC and CTS

_ collects official crime and criminal justice data from governments.

International crime victimization survey (ICVS)

The _ is conducted every 7 or 8 years in some country.

Not reported to police

The ICVS captures crimes that are _.

Europe

Eurostat collects crime data from ____.

Police-recorded crime data

Eurostat relies primarily on ___ submitted by member states.

Lower

Eurostat data show ___ homicide rates in Western Europe than in Eastern Europe.

Homicide

____ is considered a relatively reliable crime to compare across countries because it is less likely to go unreported.

United Kingdom

The birthplace of the common law system.

Code-based law system

France's legal system is an example of a ____.

Socialist

_ law views law as an instrument to achieve socialist, political, and economic goals.

Roman

____ law introduced important legal concepts such as contracts, property rights, and legal personhood.

Common law

In ____ systems, judges create binding precedents that other courts must follow.

Code-based law

____ systems use an inquisitorial approach where judges actively investigate cases.

Islamic Law (Sharia)

In _, the Quran and Hadith serve as the primary sources of legal authority.

Judges

In common law systems, _ create binding precedents other courts must follow.