CMY1501
EXAM PACK
2023
QUESTIONS WITH
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,CMY1501 MCQ EXAM
PACK 2023
LATEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
,October/November 2013
QUESTION 1
The word" criminology" literally means the study of:
1) crime.
2) criminal justice.
3) the culture of violence
4) behaviour.
The correct answer is (1) SG p6
“Criminology is an applied discipline within the human sciences and its field of study
includes the scientific study of crime, offenders and victims, the punishment of
offenders (criminal justice system) and the prevention (reduction) and control of
crime.
The word ``criminology'' literally means ``the study of crime''.”
QUESTION 2
Crime statistics were compiled for the first time by:
1) Jerome Neapolitan
2) Ted Chiricos
3) Adolphe Quetelet
4) Gary Kleck
The correct answer is (3) SG p55
“Crime statistics were compiled for the first time by Adolphe Quetelet, a Belgian
Statistician.”
, QUESTION 3
Some criminologists distinguish criminology as the study of ___.
1) crime and deviant behaviour.
2) crime and criminal justice.
3) criminal and criminal association.
4) criminal and criminal justice behaviour
The correct answer is (2) SG p9
“Some criminologists distinguish between criminology, seen as the study of crime,
and criminal justice, seen as the functional study of the police, courts and
correctional services.”
QUESTION 4
In South Africa, police crime statistics are provided by the ___.
1) Crime Information Analysis Centre (CIAC).
2) Institute for Security Studies (ISS).
3) Crime Information Management (CIM).
4) Institute for Security Studies (ISS).
The correct answer is (1) SG p57, 66
“Official (crime) statistics are the statistics collected by official state departments. In
South Africa the official sources are the Statistics South Africa, police statistics,
judicial statistics and prison statistics.”
“Statistical information is provided by the Police Crime Information Analysis Centre
(20032009).”
QUESTION 5
___ zooms in on the political and economic structures of discrimination and
exploitation as causes of crime and the reasons for some actions to be classified as
crime and others not.
1) Critical criminology
2) Feminist criminology
3) Classical criminology
4) positivist criminology
The correct answer is (1) SG p22
“Critical criminology is known as the third movement in the scientific development of
criminology and focuses on the political and economic structures of discrimination
and exploitation as causes of crime and the reasons why some actions are classified
as crime and others not.”
QUESTION 6
Alternative sources of information are needed to establish the true extent of
1) crime trends.
2) crime patterns.
3) trends in society
4) crime fluctuations.
The correct answer is (2) SG p64
“Alternative sources of information are needed to establish the true extent of crime
patterns.”
EXAM PACK
2023
QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS
EMAIL:
,CMY1501 MCQ EXAM
PACK 2023
LATEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
,October/November 2013
QUESTION 1
The word" criminology" literally means the study of:
1) crime.
2) criminal justice.
3) the culture of violence
4) behaviour.
The correct answer is (1) SG p6
“Criminology is an applied discipline within the human sciences and its field of study
includes the scientific study of crime, offenders and victims, the punishment of
offenders (criminal justice system) and the prevention (reduction) and control of
crime.
The word ``criminology'' literally means ``the study of crime''.”
QUESTION 2
Crime statistics were compiled for the first time by:
1) Jerome Neapolitan
2) Ted Chiricos
3) Adolphe Quetelet
4) Gary Kleck
The correct answer is (3) SG p55
“Crime statistics were compiled for the first time by Adolphe Quetelet, a Belgian
Statistician.”
, QUESTION 3
Some criminologists distinguish criminology as the study of ___.
1) crime and deviant behaviour.
2) crime and criminal justice.
3) criminal and criminal association.
4) criminal and criminal justice behaviour
The correct answer is (2) SG p9
“Some criminologists distinguish between criminology, seen as the study of crime,
and criminal justice, seen as the functional study of the police, courts and
correctional services.”
QUESTION 4
In South Africa, police crime statistics are provided by the ___.
1) Crime Information Analysis Centre (CIAC).
2) Institute for Security Studies (ISS).
3) Crime Information Management (CIM).
4) Institute for Security Studies (ISS).
The correct answer is (1) SG p57, 66
“Official (crime) statistics are the statistics collected by official state departments. In
South Africa the official sources are the Statistics South Africa, police statistics,
judicial statistics and prison statistics.”
“Statistical information is provided by the Police Crime Information Analysis Centre
(20032009).”
QUESTION 5
___ zooms in on the political and economic structures of discrimination and
exploitation as causes of crime and the reasons for some actions to be classified as
crime and others not.
1) Critical criminology
2) Feminist criminology
3) Classical criminology
4) positivist criminology
The correct answer is (1) SG p22
“Critical criminology is known as the third movement in the scientific development of
criminology and focuses on the political and economic structures of discrimination
and exploitation as causes of crime and the reasons why some actions are classified
as crime and others not.”
QUESTION 6
Alternative sources of information are needed to establish the true extent of
1) crime trends.
2) crime patterns.
3) trends in society
4) crime fluctuations.
The correct answer is (2) SG p64
“Alternative sources of information are needed to establish the true extent of crime
patterns.”
