Perception-related factors identified by psychologists to explain misidentifications include all of the following, except:

a. Crime factors
b. Victim factors
c. Location factors
d. Offender factors


c. Location factors

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"Three strikes and you're out" is an example of policy based on choice theory

a. True b. False

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Approximately what percentage of cases heard in the United States are handled by state court judges?

A. 66% B. 78% C. 50% D. 97%

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Typically sitting in panels of three, __________ justices review the records in cases appealed from district courts.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Victimization surveys have been found to provide a more complete picture of crime and its occurrence in individual countries than do police reports of crime. 2. The keystone hypothesis argues that when some crimes are instrumental for other crimes (motor vehicle theft, for example, as a precursor to burglary), a reduction in the first leads to reduction in the others 3. Oftentimes, transnational crime relies on several individuals and groups in many countries to complete the crime, thus giving it an organized structure. 4. In some countries, the police are perceived as the most corrupt institution, but in no country is the judiciary seen as the most corrupt 5. The world’s most widely cultivated drug crop is opium poppy.

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