Victimology Module 3 Quiz

In order for a theft to be considered a robbery, the offender must be in possession of a weapon.

A _____ within a victimization rate is recognizable when one category suffers significantly more than another.

Aggravated or felonious assaults outnumber the other serious interpersonal crimes of violence (murder, rape, and robbery) monitored by the UCR every year.

Among the largest United States cities, _____ had the distinction of being the homicide capital of the U.S. in 2013

Robbery always results in serious wounds or involves attacks with a deadly weapon.

Approximately _____ percent of robbery victims are wounded.

Robbery is thought to be a big-city problem and this is confirmed by the data.

The UCR's Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR) does NOT include information about _____.

During 2012, 90 people were killed and 118 were injured in mass shootings.

A continuous drop in the lethality of assaults since 1960 can be primarily attributed to advances in emergency medicine.