Crim 1001 - 082/083 final Question and
answers correctly solved 2025
Emile Durkheim was a French sociologist who adopted a critical stance on the
positivist approach, and claimed a certain amount of crime is normal. true or
false - correct answer True
According to labeling theory, individuals who are identified as deviant are
better able to internalize this label and avoid developing a self-image in line
with how others view them.
Question options:True or False - correct answer true
A positivist theorist/approach tends to view individuals who engage in
behaviour/acts deemed to be illegal/"criminal" using the "medical model"
which sees these persons as being "sick" and "in need of treatment." true or
false - correct answer true
Contemporary explanations of criminal behaviour rely mainly on theological
theories involving spirituality and demon possession. true or false - correct
answer false
Most people have an opinion (or two) about what we know as "crime"; still,
criminological theories are incredibly complex and are continually influenced
by social, historical, cultural, political, and economic events. tue or false -
correct answer true
Biological theories have had an interesting history in explaining
incidents/involvement in illegal conduct/criminality. Complete this statement:
most recently, biological approaches ... - correct answer are being adopted in
relation to the role of DNA, genes, and neurotransmitters in understanding
involvement in certain behaviours and also in court case proceedings
, The key elements used to explain engagement in illegal/"criminal" according
to classical school theories include: - correct answer free will and rational
choice
Edwin Sutherland's differential association theory purports that criminality is: -
correct answer learned the same way other behaviours are, which is through
their social interaction with important others
Which of the following ideas did Jeremy Bentham assert were important
elements of punishment and its deterrent effect: - correct answer certainty
and swiftness
Many principles/practices that comprise our current justice system, including
the right to be presumed innocent, have a trial with a jury of peers, and
proportionate punishments came from the ideas of which Classical theorist? -
correct answer Cesare Becarria
Shaw and McKay studied young people in Chicago to examine their ideas of
social disorganization and found that rates of illegal conduct/"crime"
decreased the further away one moved from the city centre. true or false -
correct answer true
Following neo-Marxist thinking, police officers' role today has become the
protection of private property. true or false - correct answer true
Feminist criminologists assert that criminological research has been
patriarchal and thus is androcentric, but that this has not led to a complete
disregard for women's issue in the justice system. true or false - correct
answer false
answers correctly solved 2025
Emile Durkheim was a French sociologist who adopted a critical stance on the
positivist approach, and claimed a certain amount of crime is normal. true or
false - correct answer True
According to labeling theory, individuals who are identified as deviant are
better able to internalize this label and avoid developing a self-image in line
with how others view them.
Question options:True or False - correct answer true
A positivist theorist/approach tends to view individuals who engage in
behaviour/acts deemed to be illegal/"criminal" using the "medical model"
which sees these persons as being "sick" and "in need of treatment." true or
false - correct answer true
Contemporary explanations of criminal behaviour rely mainly on theological
theories involving spirituality and demon possession. true or false - correct
answer false
Most people have an opinion (or two) about what we know as "crime"; still,
criminological theories are incredibly complex and are continually influenced
by social, historical, cultural, political, and economic events. tue or false -
correct answer true
Biological theories have had an interesting history in explaining
incidents/involvement in illegal conduct/criminality. Complete this statement:
most recently, biological approaches ... - correct answer are being adopted in
relation to the role of DNA, genes, and neurotransmitters in understanding
involvement in certain behaviours and also in court case proceedings
, The key elements used to explain engagement in illegal/"criminal" according
to classical school theories include: - correct answer free will and rational
choice
Edwin Sutherland's differential association theory purports that criminality is: -
correct answer learned the same way other behaviours are, which is through
their social interaction with important others
Which of the following ideas did Jeremy Bentham assert were important
elements of punishment and its deterrent effect: - correct answer certainty
and swiftness
Many principles/practices that comprise our current justice system, including
the right to be presumed innocent, have a trial with a jury of peers, and
proportionate punishments came from the ideas of which Classical theorist? -
correct answer Cesare Becarria
Shaw and McKay studied young people in Chicago to examine their ideas of
social disorganization and found that rates of illegal conduct/"crime"
decreased the further away one moved from the city centre. true or false -
correct answer true
Following neo-Marxist thinking, police officers' role today has become the
protection of private property. true or false - correct answer true
Feminist criminologists assert that criminological research has been
patriarchal and thus is androcentric, but that this has not led to a complete
disregard for women's issue in the justice system. true or false - correct
answer false
