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The data reported by the Uniform Crime Report Survey is noted for its accuracy(T/F)

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FALSE

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The Personal Risk and Victimization Survey Contains the least accurate info about crime reported in Canada(T/F)

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FALSE

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In General, self-report studies indicate that the number of people who break the law is far greater than what is projected by official stats(T/F)

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TRUE

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Canada has one of the most restrictive firearms control legislation in the world(T/F)

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TRUE

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Nationwide studies of youths have found that female crime rates are rising(T/F)

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TRUE

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A small group of criminal offenders accounts for a majority of all criminal offences(T/F)

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TRUE

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Research has found that the more severe the sanctions a chronic offender receives the more likely they will stop offending(T/F)

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FALSE

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Victims of antisocial behaviour are more likely to fall victim to "the cycle of violence"(T/F)

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TRUE

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The Routine Activity Theory assumes that motivation to commit crime and the supply of offenders vary from time to time(T/F)

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FALSE

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The Canadian criminal code requires courts to consider victim impact statements at the time of sentencing(T/F)

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TRUE

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There is growing evidence that people who are crime victims are also more likely to commit crime themselves(T/F)

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TRUE

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Survey findings in victimization patterns indicate that the nature of victimization is random and uncertain (T/F)

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FALSE

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Victim data reveal that victim risk diminishes rapidly after age 25 (T/F)

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TRUE

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More affluent members of society are less likely to become victims of crime compared to poor(T/F)

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TRUE

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Divorced and never married people are victimized more often than married people (T/F)

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TRUE

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Minorities and recent immigrants are unlikely to suffer victimization due to racism as Canada has a distinctly multicultural identity(T/F)

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FALSE

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Victims reported that most crimes were committed by a single offender over 18 (T/F)

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TRUE

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The basis of victim precipitation theory is that crime is not a random occurrence but rather a function of the victims lifestyle(T/F)

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TRUE

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According to deviant place theory, victims do not encourage crime but are prone due to where they life (T/F)

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TRUE

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Rational choice theory has roots in the positivist school of criminology (T/F)

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FALSE

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The concept behind rational choice theory is to let the punishment fit the crime (T/F)

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TRUE

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Rational choice theorists view crime as both offender and offence specific(T/F)

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TRUE

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The term "definitive space" signifies that crime can be prevented or displaced through the use of residential architectural designs that reduce criminal opportunity (T/F)

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FALSE

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The early research of Lombroso and his contemporaries is regarded as scientific fact (T/F)

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FALSE

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The twinkie defense promoted the view that biochemical conditions influence antisocial behaviour (T/F)

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TRUE

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Biosocial research has found that abnormal levels of androgens produce aggressive behaviour (T/F)

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TRUE

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Biosocial theorists suggest that there are born criminals and non-criminals (T/F)

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FALSE

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Social learning theorists believe that there is a correlation between exposure to media violence and the violent aggressive behaviour of kids (T/F)

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TRUE

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Social learning theorists view violence as something learned through a process called behaviour imitation (T/F)

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FALSE

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Biosocial theorists believe that people who are predisposed to crime may simply have more opportunities to commit illegal acts (T/F)

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TRUE

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Information processing theory has been used to explain the theory of date rape(T/F)

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TRUE

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While some criminologists find a link between intelligence and crime, others dispute any link between IQ and crime (T/F)

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TRUE

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Canada uses "low income cut-offs" as a measure of poverty in Canada (T/F)

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TRUE

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In terms of quality of life, the group of Canadians most impacted by poverty is the elderly (T/F)

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FALSE

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Findings suggest that poverty during early childhood may have a more severe impact than poverty during adolescence (T/F)

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TRUE

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Very few criminologists view the disadvantaged economic class as a primary cause of crime (T/F)

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FALSE

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Cultural deviance theory combines elements of both strain and differential opportunity theory (T/F)

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FALSE

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Rapidly changing neighborhoods are more likely to have higher crime rates than slow changing ones (T/F)

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TRUE

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Robert Agnew's general strain theory suggests that there is more than one source of Anomie (T/F)

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TRUE

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Not everyone who experiences strain will result to criminal behaviour (T/F)

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TRUE

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Merton's view of Anomie has been one of the most enduring and influential theories of criminality (T/F)

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TRUE

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Shaw and Mckay contend that criminals are biologically inferior, intellectually impaired or psychologically damaged (T/F)

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FALSE

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