Criminology - Midterm Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
the view that criminality is a product of abnormal biological or
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psychological traits - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Trait Theory*
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the view that crime is a function of a decision-making process in which
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the would-be-offender weighs the potential costs and benefits of an
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illegal act - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Rational Choice Theory*
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the view that disadvantaged economic class position is a primary cause
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of crime - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Social Structure Theory*
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the view that people commit crime when their social learning leads
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them to perceive more definitions favoring crime than favoring
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conventional behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Differential Association
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Theory*
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the scientific study of the nature, extent, cause, and control of criminal
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behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Criminology*
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, What are the (6) subareas criminologists study? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-1. Criminal Statistics | |
2. Sociology of Law
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3. Theory Construction
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4. Criminal Behavior Systems
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5. Peneology
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6. Victimology
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a subarea of criminology concerned with the role that social forces play
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in shaping criminal law and the role of criminal law shaping society -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Sociology of Law*
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the study of the victim's role in criminal events - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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*Victimology*
a subarea of criminology involves research on specific criminal types
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and patterns: violent crime, theft crime, public order crime, organized
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crime, etc. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Criminal Behavior
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theoretical perspective suggesting that people choose to commit crime
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and that crime can be controlled if potential criminals fear punishment -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Classical Criminology*
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With Correct Answers
the view that criminality is a product of abnormal biological or
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psychological traits - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Trait Theory*
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the view that crime is a function of a decision-making process in which
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the would-be-offender weighs the potential costs and benefits of an
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illegal act - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Rational Choice Theory*
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the view that disadvantaged economic class position is a primary cause
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of crime - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Social Structure Theory*
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the view that people commit crime when their social learning leads
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them to perceive more definitions favoring crime than favoring
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conventional behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Differential Association
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Theory*
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the scientific study of the nature, extent, cause, and control of criminal
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behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Criminology*
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, What are the (6) subareas criminologists study? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-1. Criminal Statistics | |
2. Sociology of Law
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3. Theory Construction
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4. Criminal Behavior Systems
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5. Peneology
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6. Victimology
|
a subarea of criminology concerned with the role that social forces play
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in shaping criminal law and the role of criminal law shaping society -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Sociology of Law*
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the study of the victim's role in criminal events - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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*Victimology*
a subarea of criminology involves research on specific criminal types
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and patterns: violent crime, theft crime, public order crime, organized
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crime, etc. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Criminal Behavior
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theoretical perspective suggesting that people choose to commit crime
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and that crime can be controlled if potential criminals fear punishment -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Classical Criminology*
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