ADJ 107 Test 1 With Questions and
Correct Solutions
Which of the following behaviors is not aggression directed at ones self? - ANSWER They
are all forms of self-directed aggression
A possible psychogenic cause of antisocial personality disorder is - ANSWER a separation
from the mother during the first six months of life
_____ helps police investigators better understand people wanted for serious crimes -
ANSWER Psychological profiling
Which of the following was not part of Mobilization for Youth? - ANSWER Welfare-to-
work programs
Which of the following is not one of the major principles of sociological theories of
crime causation? - ANSWER It is possible to predict the specific behavior of an
individual member of a given group
______ was directly based on the work of Cloward and Ohlin's differential opportunity
theory - ANSWER Mobilization for Youth
According to general strain theory, which of the following is not a strain likely to
cause crime? - ANSWER A strain that is associated with high levels of self-control
, The development of favorable attitudes towards the use of violence involves -
ANSWER learned behavior
A juvenile who desires wealth but not entry into the middle class is the most crime-
prone and is an example of Cloward and Ohlin's Type ______ youth - ANSWER III
______ is the process in which a person openly rejects that which he or she wants or
aspires to but cannot obtain or achieve - ANSWER Reaction formation
According to James Clark, the black subculture of violence was created by generations of
_______ violence - ANSWER white-on-black
The concentric zone research conducted by Park and Burgess identified Zone ______ as
being in transition - ANSWER II
Which of the following is characteristic of an individual experiencing
personal deprivation? - ANSWER Feelings of social isolation
Walter Miller identified six key values or ______ which are considered important by
members of a delinquent subculture - ANSWER focal concerns
A shoplifter who claims she is not really a criminal because "no one really got hurt"
and "the shop can afford it" is employing the ______ technique of neutralization -
ANSWER denying injury
Social ______ refers to institutional arrangements within society's institutions - ANSWER
structure
Social structures theories see ______ as a fundamental cause of crime - ANSWER social
disenfranchisement
Correct Solutions
Which of the following behaviors is not aggression directed at ones self? - ANSWER They
are all forms of self-directed aggression
A possible psychogenic cause of antisocial personality disorder is - ANSWER a separation
from the mother during the first six months of life
_____ helps police investigators better understand people wanted for serious crimes -
ANSWER Psychological profiling
Which of the following was not part of Mobilization for Youth? - ANSWER Welfare-to-
work programs
Which of the following is not one of the major principles of sociological theories of
crime causation? - ANSWER It is possible to predict the specific behavior of an
individual member of a given group
______ was directly based on the work of Cloward and Ohlin's differential opportunity
theory - ANSWER Mobilization for Youth
According to general strain theory, which of the following is not a strain likely to
cause crime? - ANSWER A strain that is associated with high levels of self-control
, The development of favorable attitudes towards the use of violence involves -
ANSWER learned behavior
A juvenile who desires wealth but not entry into the middle class is the most crime-
prone and is an example of Cloward and Ohlin's Type ______ youth - ANSWER III
______ is the process in which a person openly rejects that which he or she wants or
aspires to but cannot obtain or achieve - ANSWER Reaction formation
According to James Clark, the black subculture of violence was created by generations of
_______ violence - ANSWER white-on-black
The concentric zone research conducted by Park and Burgess identified Zone ______ as
being in transition - ANSWER II
Which of the following is characteristic of an individual experiencing
personal deprivation? - ANSWER Feelings of social isolation
Walter Miller identified six key values or ______ which are considered important by
members of a delinquent subculture - ANSWER focal concerns
A shoplifter who claims she is not really a criminal because "no one really got hurt"
and "the shop can afford it" is employing the ______ technique of neutralization -
ANSWER denying injury
Social ______ refers to institutional arrangements within society's institutions - ANSWER
structure
Social structures theories see ______ as a fundamental cause of crime - ANSWER social
disenfranchisement
