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,Chapterl1lllIntroductionltolCriminallBehavior

1.1 Multiple-ChoicelQuestions

1) Criminallbehaviorlislbestldefinedlas
A) antisociallbehavior.
B) deviantlbehavior.
C) anlintentionallactlinlviolationloflalcriminallcode.
D) alfailureltolimpedelthelcriminallprocess.l A
nswer:l C
PagelRef:l2
Objective:l Definelcriminallbehaviorlandljuvenileldelinquencyl Level:l
Basic

2) Thelendlresultloflaltheorylthatlislnotlverifiedlis
A) justification.
B) falsification.
C) clarification.
D) subjugation.
l Answer:l Bl Pa

gelRef:l6
Objective:l Identifyltheldifferentlperspectivesloflhumanlnaturelthatlunderlieltheltheoreticall developmen
tlandlresearchloflcriminallbehavior
Level:l Intermediate

3) WhichlpiecelofldatalwouldlbelincludedlinlthelUCR?
A) Alreportedlrobberylwithlnolarrest
B) Alreportedlforgerylwithlnolarrest
C) Alreportedlsimplelassaultlwithlnolarrest
D) Alreportedlstatutorylrapelwithlnolarrestl A
nswer:l A
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Objective:l Introducelthelreaderltolthelvariouslmeasurementsloflcriminallandldelinquentlbehaviorl Level
:l Difficult

4) Allloflthelfollowinglarelconsistentlwithltheldevelopmentallapproachltolthelstudyloflcrimel exce
pt
A) examininglfactorslthatlplacelalchildlatlriskloflengaginglinlseriousldelinquency.
B) identifyinglthelageloflonsetloflantisociallbehavior.
C) searchinglforlprotectivelfactorslinlalchild'sllife.




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,D) obtaininglalchild'slIQlscorelaslhelorlshelentersladolescence.l An
swer:l D
PagelRef:l13
Objective:l Pointloutlthatlthelstudyloflcriminallbehaviorlandldelinquency,lfromlalpsychologicall persp
ective,lhaslshiftedlfromlalpersonalityltowardlalmorelcognitivelandldevelopmentallfocusl Level:l Inter
mediate

5) Accordingltolthelauthors,lourlinabilityltolpreventlcrimelisllargelyldueltolthe
A) declininglinterestlinlthelfieldloflcriminology.
B) lackloflavailablelresearchlfunding.
C) complexityloflthelissue.
D) difficultylinldefininglrelevantlterms.l
Answer:l C
PagelRef:l3
Objective:l Definelcriminallbehaviorlandljuvenileldelinquencyl Level
:l Intermediate

6) Afterlhearinglthatlherlneighbors'lhomelwaslburglarized,lDeeltoldlherlco-
workerlthatlherl neighborslwerelaskinglforlthelburglarylbecauseltheylneverllockedltheirldoorslandldi
dn'tlhavelal securitylsystem.lDee'slstatementslreflectlthe
A) fairnessldoctrine.
B) self-fulfillinglprophecy.
C) cognitionldistortion.
D) just-
worldlhypothesis.lAnswer
:l D
PagelRef:l5
Objective:l Identifyltheldifferentlperspectivesloflhumanlnaturelthatlunderlieltheltheoreticall developm
entlandlresearchloflcriminallbehavior
Level:l Difficult

7) Dr.lBrownlislaldevelopmentallcriminologist.lDr.lBrown'slresearchlmostllikelylexamines
A) demographiclfeatureslofloffenderslwholparticipatelinlburglary.
B) howlviolentlindividualsllearnltheirlaggressivelbehavior.
C) thelunequallpowerldistributionlamonglmembersloflsociety.
D) whenlrobberieslmostlfrequentlyloccur.l
Answer:l B
PagelRef:l13
Objective:l Pointloutlthatlthelstudyloflcriminallbehaviorlandldelinquency,lfromlalpsychologicall persp
ective,lhaslshiftedlfromlalpersonalityltowardlalmorelcognitivelandldevelopmentallfocusl Level:l Diffic
ult

8) Saralislal23-year-
old,lsingle,lcollegelgraduatelwholhasljustlmovedlintolherlfirstlapartment.l Shelislworkinglaslalbarist
alatlthellocallcoffeelhouselwhilelshelconsiderslherlcareerloptions.l WhichltermlbestldescribeslSara's
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