Criminologists conduct research to: measure the nature and extent of criminal behavior 22. The best known and most important source of official crime data is: The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) 23. When researchers want a survey to focus on a particular group of people or to be representative of all members of society they conduct: cross-sectional research 24. A research approach that asks participants to describe their recent and lifetime criminal activity is termed: a self-report survey 25. Observing a group of people who share a like characteristic, over time, is termed: cohort research 26. If criminologists want to see the direct effect of one factor on another, they conduct: experimental research 27. Many times it is difficult to randomly select subjects or manipulate conditions of a study. When this occurs, criminologists must rely on what type of design? Quasi-experimental 28. Meta-analysis involves gathering data from: previous studies 29. According to the NCVS, reported victimizations have: declined significantly during the past 30 years 30. What is known about the trend in property crime rates? Like the violent crime rate, the property crime rate has
Criminologists conduct research to: measure the nature and extent of criminal behavior 22. The best known and most important source of official crime data is: The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) 23. When researchers want a survey to focus on a particular group of people or to be representative of all members of society they conduct: cross-sectional research 24. A research approach that asks participants to describe their recent and lifetime criminal activity is termed: a self-report survey 25. Observing a group of people who share a like characteristic, over time, is termed: cohort research 26. If criminologists want to see the direct effect of one factor on another, they conduct: experimental research 27. Many times it is difficult to randomly select subjects or manipulate conditions of a study. When this occurs, criminologists must rely on what type of design? Quasi-experimental 28. Meta-analysis involves gathering data from: previous studies 29. According to the NCVS, reported victimizations have: declined significantly during the past 30 years 30. What is known about the trend in property crime rates? Like the violent crime rate, the property crime rate has