Question 1

The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics is the most comprehensive Bureau of Justice Statistics publication.It includes a multitude of data including all of the following except _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  characteristics of criminal justice agencies
B)  public opinion answers coming from the Gallup Poll
C)  complete crime data from all local police departments
D)  specific data on states using capital punishment and their execution statisticsE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

Clinic workers in a major Northwest city have been asked to track the incidence and patterns of STDs in their patients as part of a research project dealing with public health.They ask a number of specific questions upon intake but do not ask about their clients' sexual partners.The only way to examine patterns in the spread of the STDs is to add a question to the intake form about the identity of their sexual partners.The data that was gathered illustrates _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  nonpublic agency records
B)  published statistics
C)  new data collected by agency staff
D)  content analysisE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Record-keeping systems used in most cities today are still designed more to track individual cases for individual departments than to produce data for management or research purposes.Individual agencies maintain silo databases.Silo databases refer to __________________________________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  stacks of data that are isolated from each other
B)  record-keeping procedures
C)  agency-produced data
D)  computerized criminal historyE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 4

Understanding the details of how agency records are produced is the best guard against reliability and validity problems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following is not an advantage of using secondary data?

Accepted Answer

A)  reduction in validity threats
B)  it is cheaper than collecting original data
C)  it is faster than collecting original data
D)  the researcher may benefit from the work of others established in their fieldsE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Content analysis is really a(n)__________ operation that represents the measurement process.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Content analysis is really a(n)__________ operation that...

Question 7

Which of the following statements is inaccurate concerning having agencies collect original research data?

Accepted Answer

A)  cooperation to add research questions is likely to be successful if you are asking for a major additional effort on the part of the agency staff
B)  the cooperation of the staff and their organizations are directly proportional to the intrusiveness of the data collection
C)  if the research project is likely to save the agency money or improve staff performance the chances of enlisting assistance is greater
D)  Researchers have less control over the data collection process when they rely on agency staffE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 8

Content analysis is well-suited for which of the following situations?

Accepted Answer

A)  to determine unemployment rates
B)  to find out public relations with police
C)  to answer the classic questions of communications research
D)  court recordsE) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 9

Data collected by other researchers is often used to address new research questions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The visible, objective context of a communication is known as _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  latent content
B)  manifest content
C)  concept
D)  validityE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 11

Dr.Jones is having his Introductory to Criminal Justice students analyze cartoons.He instructs them to identify the number of violent acts per show, the type of violent act and the characteristics of the victim.Dr.Jones is having his students use _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  content analysis
B)  secondary data
C)  new data collected by agency staff
D)  nonpublic agency recordsE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

Identify three different types of agencies where records would be important in the criminal justice system.Discuss the types of published statistics each agency would produce.What are the specific reliability and validity problems with each?

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Question 13

The main disadvantage of using secondary data concerns how variables were initially operationalized and whether the secondary data provide _______ measures of the variables you want to analyze.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The main disadvantage of using secondary data...

Question 14

Agency records, secondary data and content analysis do not require direct interaction with research subjects.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following is important to remember when using agency records?

Accepted Answer

A)  to ask permission before you study any agency data
B)  to examine the data through some form of content analysis
C)  the financial considerations of obtaining complete agency records are typically substantial
D)  the discretionary actions by criminal justice officials and others affect the production of virtually all agency recordsE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 16

Manifest and latent content can be distinguished by the degree of _________ required in measurement.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Manifest and latent content can be distinguished...

Question 17

Which of the following would be an appropriate target of content analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  speeches
B)  NCVS data
C)  crime rates
D)  Uniform Crime RecordsE) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

Nonpublic agency records are often made available to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  any citizen who expresses written interest
B)  criminal justice researchers
C)  nonpublic agency records are not generally made available to anyone
D)  law enforcement personnelE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 19

The publication produced by the Bureau of Justice Statistics that includes information about hundreds of justice agency data sets, characteristics of criminal justice agencies, and perceptions of crime to name just a few, is called _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  the Uniform Crime Reports
B)  the National Crime Victimization Survey
C)  the Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
D)  Gallup PollE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

Content analysis involves the systematic study of agency records.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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Which of the following would be an appropriate target of content analysis?

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The publication produced by the Bureau of Justice Statistics that includes information about hundreds of justice agency data sets, characteristics of criminal justice agencies, and perceptions of crime to name just a few, is called _____.

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