Comparing Victimization Survey Responses to Police Reports Shows That About

question 39

Multiple Choice

Comparing victimization survey responses to police reports shows that about what percentage of serious crime is known to police?

• A)less than 10 percent of violent crime and property crime
• B)about half of violent crime and one-third of property crime
• C)about half of violent crime and almost all property crime
• D)more than 95 percent of violent crime and property crime

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Definitions:

Criminal Commitment

The process of incarcerating an individual found guilty of a crime, or in some cases, detaining someone determined to be mentally unfit to stand trial.

Civil Commitment

A legal process through which an individual with severe mental illness can be mandated to undergo treatment or hospitalization.

M'Naghten Rule

A legal standard used to determine whether a defendant was insane at the time they committed a crime, focusing on whether they understood the nature of their act or knew right from wrong.

Irresistible Impulse Test

A legal test for insanity that holds people to be insane at the time they committed a crime if they were driven to do so by an uncontrollable “fit of passion.”