Answer each question in at least one paragraph.
1. What are the differences between felonies and misdemeanors? Provide examples of each of these types of crimes.
2. Explain the "process of justice" as illustrated in your text.
3. Explain a hypothetical scenario in which a plea bargain may be used for a criminal convicted of multiple felonies.
4. Compare and contrast the Uniform Crime Report and the National Crime Victimization Survey. What are the differences in the way data are collected for these primary crime data sources?
5. Discuss the reasons why crime may be considered a lower-class phenomenon. Which factors contribute to this view?
6. Several factors explain gender differences in the crime rate. Identify and discuss these factors.
7. Identify and discuss the costs of victimization and the problems that victims experience.
8. Describe the household that is most likely and least likely to be victimized.
9. Discuss how routine activities theory is used to explain criminal victimization.
10. Every state has a Victim's Bill of Rights. What are the general rights legally accorded to victims of crime?