Chapter 1 An Overview of Crime and Criminology
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Question 1 pts
A correlate is that segment of the phenomenon of interest that is measured and analyzed.
True
➔ False
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Question 2 pts
A hypothesis is best described as a set of interconnected propositions that explain how phenomena are
related.
True
➔ False
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Question 3 pts
A trial by a jury of one’s peers is a(n) ______ right.
Fourth Amendment
Fifth Amendment
➔ Sixth Amendment
Eighth Amendment
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Question 4 pts
A(n) ______ is a set of logically interconnected propositions explaining how phenomena are related.
➔ theory
hypothesis
ideology
, policy
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Question 5 pts
Cesare Lombroso’s concept of the born criminal is also known as his theory of ______.
➔ atavism
ideal types
phrenology
somatotypes
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Question 6 pts
Concurrence means that the act (actus reus) and the mental state (mens rea) concur in the sense that the
criminal intention actuates the criminal act.
➔ True
False
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Question 7 pts
Crimes that are time and culture bound are referred to as ______.
mala in se
➔ mala prohibita
actus reus
mens rea
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Question 8 pts
, Criminality is an identifiable trait that some people possess, and others do not.
True
➔ False
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Question 9 pts
Criminality is the scientific study of crime and criminals.
True
➔ False
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Question 10 pts
Criminologists use what is known as the ______ to try to answer the questions they ask rather than simply
philosophize about them.
scientific procedure
➔ scientific method
technique of natural science
observational analysis
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Question 11 pts
Criminology is an interdisciplinary field.
➔ True
False
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Question 12 pts
Criminology is concerned with how the criminal justice system investigates, prosecutes, and controls/
supervises individuals who have committed crimes.
True
, ➔ False
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Question 13 pts
During the Progressive Era, ______ became the primary disciplinary home of criminology.
biology
psychology
➔ sociology
theology
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Question 14 pts
In which case did the Supreme Court invalidate anti−flag burning statutes as unconstitutional?
➔ Texas v. Johnson
Lawrence v. Texas
Bowers v. Hardwick
Mapp v. Ohio
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Question 15 pts
Lombroso’s theory of the born criminal was aligned with which school of thought?
biosocial
classical
➔ positivist
psychological
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Question 16 pts
One concept that John Hagan examined in an effort to distinguish between “real” crimes and “socially
constructed” arbitrary crimes was the degree of public agreement on the seriousness of an act, also
known as ______.
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Question 1 pts
A correlate is that segment of the phenomenon of interest that is measured and analyzed.
True
➔ False
Unanswered
Question 2 pts
A hypothesis is best described as a set of interconnected propositions that explain how phenomena are
related.
True
➔ False
Unanswered
Question 3 pts
A trial by a jury of one’s peers is a(n) ______ right.
Fourth Amendment
Fifth Amendment
➔ Sixth Amendment
Eighth Amendment
Unanswered
Question 4 pts
A(n) ______ is a set of logically interconnected propositions explaining how phenomena are related.
➔ theory
hypothesis
ideology
, policy
Unanswered
Question 5 pts
Cesare Lombroso’s concept of the born criminal is also known as his theory of ______.
➔ atavism
ideal types
phrenology
somatotypes
Unanswered
Question 6 pts
Concurrence means that the act (actus reus) and the mental state (mens rea) concur in the sense that the
criminal intention actuates the criminal act.
➔ True
False
Unanswered
Question 7 pts
Crimes that are time and culture bound are referred to as ______.
mala in se
➔ mala prohibita
actus reus
mens rea
Unanswered
Question 8 pts
, Criminality is an identifiable trait that some people possess, and others do not.
True
➔ False
Unanswered
Question 9 pts
Criminality is the scientific study of crime and criminals.
True
➔ False
Unanswered
Question 10 pts
Criminologists use what is known as the ______ to try to answer the questions they ask rather than simply
philosophize about them.
scientific procedure
➔ scientific method
technique of natural science
observational analysis
Unanswered
Question 11 pts
Criminology is an interdisciplinary field.
➔ True
False
Unanswered
Question 12 pts
Criminology is concerned with how the criminal justice system investigates, prosecutes, and controls/
supervises individuals who have committed crimes.
True
, ➔ False
Unanswered
Question 13 pts
During the Progressive Era, ______ became the primary disciplinary home of criminology.
biology
psychology
➔ sociology
theology
Unanswered
Question 14 pts
In which case did the Supreme Court invalidate anti−flag burning statutes as unconstitutional?
➔ Texas v. Johnson
Lawrence v. Texas
Bowers v. Hardwick
Mapp v. Ohio
Unanswered
Question 15 pts
Lombroso’s theory of the born criminal was aligned with which school of thought?
biosocial
classical
➔ positivist
psychological
Unanswered
Question 16 pts
One concept that John Hagan examined in an effort to distinguish between “real” crimes and “socially
constructed” arbitrary crimes was the degree of public agreement on the seriousness of an act, also
known as ______.
