Race and Crime, 3eTest Bank Instructor’s Resources

Chapter 2: Extent of Crime and Victimization

* Note to the instructor: Objective, short answer and essay questions are available for each chapter. Answers are provided for objective questions only.

Objective Questions

  1. What is the primary statistical agency in the US Department of Justice?
  2. Bureau of Justice Statistics
  3. FBI
  4. Uniform Crime Report
  5. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
  1. True or False: Anti-lynching laws outlawed lynchings in the 1800s.
  2. True
  3. False
  1. ______refers to process of generalizing the crimes of individual Black criminals to the entireBlack race or community.
  1. How many offenses currently compromise the FBI’scrime index?
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 8
  5. 12
  1. This is the act that requires the FBI to collect statistics on hate crime______.
  1. True or False: Today, the National Incident-Based Reporting System is the primary source of information on victims of crime in the United States.
  2. True
  3. False
  1. Which is not one of the racial categories reported in UCR arrest data?
  2. Mexican
  3. Black
  4. American Indian
  5. Asian/Pacific Islander
  1. True or False: Homicide victimization rates have been consistently higher among African Americans than whites.
  2. True
  3. False
  1. True or False: Crime statistics were first collected in the 19th century.
  2. True
  3. False
  1. Which period of history had the largest share of recorded lynchings?
  2. 1600-1663
  3. 1770-1811
  4. 1889-1932
  5. 1905-1955
  1. True or False: The Uniform Crime Reports shows that Latino arrests have increased.
  2. True
  3. False
  1. True or False: Whites are not overrepresented in any violent index offenses.
  2. True
  3. False
  1. This racial group has the highest violent victimization rates: ______.
  1. True or False: Hate/bias crimes include those offenses that are directed against people with disabilities.
  2. True
  3. False
  1. Which of the following racial/ethnic groups is arrested for the most crime in the United States?
  2. African Americans
  3. Native Americans
  4. Latinos
  5. White Americans
  1. Which group is target of the largest share of hate-crimes in the United States?
  2. Jewish Americans
  3. Native Americans
  4. African Americans
  5. Gay Americans
  1. True or False: The UCR captures multiple offenses that occur during one criminal event.
  2. True
  3. False
  1. True or False: The NCVS was created to replace the UCR as the primary source of race and crime data.
  2. True
  3. False
  1. True or False: Only recently has prison data included information on race/ethnicity.
  2. True
  3. False
  1. Which of the following racial/ethnic groups commits the largest share of hate crimes?
  2. African Americans
  3. Jewish Americans
  4. White Americans
  5. Latino Americans
  1. Beginning in 1850, ______collected information on inhabitants of jails and penitentiaries.
  1. True or False: George H.W. Bush signed the Hate Crime Statistics Act into law in April 1990?
  2. True
  3. False
  1. A ______is whenever the facts indicate actions by an offender are motivated by bias against certain individuals or groups.
  1. Racial data first appeared in the UCR in 1933 and included three categories. Which one of the choices below was NOT one of those original racial categories?
  2. Blacks
  3. Others
  4. Hispanics
  5. Whites
  1. True or False: Recent public opinion research in Pennsylvania revealed that respondents mostly supported the collection of arrest statistics by race.
  2. True
  3. False
  1. True or False: Hate crimes tend to be underreported.
  2. True
  3. False
  1. True or False: Whites are overrepresented in arrests for alcohol-related offenses.
  2. True
  3. False
  1. Most victims of homicides are males, although White females are more likely to be victims of ______.
  1. Hate crime also is more likely to be interracial; the race of most known offenders is ______.
  2. Hispanic
  3. Black
  4. White
  5. Asian
  1. True or False: A Bureau of Justice Statistics study found that younger offenders were responsible for most hate crimes.
  2. True
  3. False

Short Answer Questions

  1. Explain two (2) trends related to race and crime in the Uniform Crime Reports data.
  1. Explain two limitations of the Uniform Crime Reports that relate to studying race and crime.
  1. What does it mean when crime gets racialized?
  1. Explain the concept of over representation.
  1. Discuss two (2) trends related to hate crimes.

Essay Questions

  1. Explain the differences between the race-related data provided by the UCR and the NCVS.
  1. Explain the trends related to lynching. Your answer should define lynching.
  1. Explain the nature of hate crime in America.

Answer Key

  1. A
  2. B (False)
  3. Racialization of crime
  4. C
  5. Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990
  6. B (False)
  7. A
  8. A (True)
  9. A (True)
  10. C
  11. B (False)
  12. A (True)
  13. Native American
  14. A (True)
  15. D
  16. C
  17. B (False)
  18. B (False)
  19. B (False)
  20. C
  21. US Marshals
  22. A (True)
  23. Hate Crime
  24. C
  25. B (False)
  26. A (True)
  27. A (True)
  28. intimate homicides
  29. C
  30. A (True)