CMY1501
Semester 2
Assignment 2 (629314)
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, 1. Beliefs, expectations and one’s self-concept refer to:
a. Emotions
b. Motivation
c. Self-control
d. Cognitions
(Key concepts, page 91, 3.3.2)
2. The number of unreported crimes that are not reflected in official statistics refers to:
a. The classification of crimes
b. Unofficial crime statistics
c. Sub-category of crime statistics
d. Dark figure of crime
(Key concepts, page 45, 2.1.2)
3. Name the theory that attempts to account for the acquisition and maintenance of criminal
behaviour in terms of association and contact with specific social groups or environments.
a. Rational choice theory
b. Trait theory
c. General theory of crime
d. Differential association theory
(Key concepts, page 77, 3.1.2)
4. … and … factors lead to traits such as low empathy or impulsiveness that increase the
probability of criminal behaviour.
a. Individual; physical
b. Physical; biological
c. Genetic; heredity
d. Biological; personal
(Individual risk factors associated with criminal causation, page 113, 3.3.3.1)
5. The common characteristics of crime according to the general theory of crime include:
a. Immediate gratification of needs and desires and the consequences of crime for the victim are
pain and discomfort.
b. Well-planned crime to satisfy explicitly long-term needs and desires, and little detection for
successful intervention of the criminal justice system.
c. Well-planned crime to satisfy explicitly long-term needs and desires are linked to revenge and
retaliation to compensate for inadequate living standards.
d. Impulsive behaviours that result in crime to satisfy explicitly long-term needs and desires are
linked to revenge and retaliation for economic instability.
(Common characteristics of crime, page 190, 4.4.4.2)
6. … refers to the pleasure-pain principle, the underlying idea is that punishment should [not]
outweigh any pleasure derived from criminal behaviour.
a. Positivist criminology
b. Classical criminology
c. Critical criminology
d. Environmental criminology
(Question asked incorrectly, [not] should be removed. Key concepts, page 18, 1.2.2)
7. Researchers who have investigated the relationship between crimes rates and racial
composition are of the opinion that … nations have the lowest rates of violent crimes?
a. White
b. Asian
c. Black
d. Coloured
(Cultural and ethnic diversity, page 77, 3.1.3.1)
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Semester 2
Assignment 2 (629314)
1|Page
, 1. Beliefs, expectations and one’s self-concept refer to:
a. Emotions
b. Motivation
c. Self-control
d. Cognitions
(Key concepts, page 91, 3.3.2)
2. The number of unreported crimes that are not reflected in official statistics refers to:
a. The classification of crimes
b. Unofficial crime statistics
c. Sub-category of crime statistics
d. Dark figure of crime
(Key concepts, page 45, 2.1.2)
3. Name the theory that attempts to account for the acquisition and maintenance of criminal
behaviour in terms of association and contact with specific social groups or environments.
a. Rational choice theory
b. Trait theory
c. General theory of crime
d. Differential association theory
(Key concepts, page 77, 3.1.2)
4. … and … factors lead to traits such as low empathy or impulsiveness that increase the
probability of criminal behaviour.
a. Individual; physical
b. Physical; biological
c. Genetic; heredity
d. Biological; personal
(Individual risk factors associated with criminal causation, page 113, 3.3.3.1)
5. The common characteristics of crime according to the general theory of crime include:
a. Immediate gratification of needs and desires and the consequences of crime for the victim are
pain and discomfort.
b. Well-planned crime to satisfy explicitly long-term needs and desires, and little detection for
successful intervention of the criminal justice system.
c. Well-planned crime to satisfy explicitly long-term needs and desires are linked to revenge and
retaliation to compensate for inadequate living standards.
d. Impulsive behaviours that result in crime to satisfy explicitly long-term needs and desires are
linked to revenge and retaliation for economic instability.
(Common characteristics of crime, page 190, 4.4.4.2)
6. … refers to the pleasure-pain principle, the underlying idea is that punishment should [not]
outweigh any pleasure derived from criminal behaviour.
a. Positivist criminology
b. Classical criminology
c. Critical criminology
d. Environmental criminology
(Question asked incorrectly, [not] should be removed. Key concepts, page 18, 1.2.2)
7. Researchers who have investigated the relationship between crimes rates and racial
composition are of the opinion that … nations have the lowest rates of violent crimes?
a. White
b. Asian
c. Black
d. Coloured
(Cultural and ethnic diversity, page 77, 3.1.3.1)
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