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Chapter 03 Explaining Crime     
Multiple Choice Questions
  1. Which of the following is a product of the Enlightenment period, or the Age of Reason, a period of history that began in the early 1500s and lasted until the late 1700s? 
A. classical theory
B. biological positivism
C. positivist theory
D. neoclassical theory   
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Level: Basic
Topic: Classical
Topic: Neoclassical Approaches to Explaining Crime
  2. Several modific...

1) Sociologist Erving Goffman (1963) used the term stigma to refer to characteristics that discredit people, including violations of norms of ability and violations of norms of appearance. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 154 Skill: Knowledge 2) Sociologically, an act cannot be classified as deviance if it does not cause physical or emotional harm to another individual. Answer: FALSE Diff: 3 Page Ref: 154 Skill: Application 3) Human sexuality illustrates how a group’s definition...

CMY3701 THE EXPLANATION OF CRIME ESSAY EXAM LATEST PREP 2021 & 2022. Accessibility: how easy it is to gain access to the target? o The absence of capable guardians, such as police, homeowners, neighbours, friends, and relatives. o The presence of motivated offenders, such as young males, drug users and unemployed adults. • Thus, the likelihood of a crime taking place increases when there is one or more persons who are motivated to commit a crime; a suitable target or potential victim; and...

Chapters 1-10 Understand the following: 1. How sociology was founded The industrial Revolution, Aguste comte was often called the “father of sociology” 2. The 3 theoretical perspectives, their founders and their perspective on the social institutions Structural Functionalism: Society is a complete unit that consists of many parts or structures that work together. We can look at the structure (how things fit together) and function (what each part does) Robert Merton was the major...

CRIMINOLOGY FINAL EXAM 2024 attempt to explain crime primarily in terms of gender-role socialization. Liberal Feminists is defined as the unlawful taking of property from the possession of someone other than one's employer. Larceny Which of the following statements is part of Richard Quinney's conflict theory of crime? Society is divided along political lines rather than being an entity based on concensus AND The content of laws and their application tend to reflect the interests of th...

Psychological theories stress - correct answersAll of the above Freud divided the personality into three parts: - correct answersId, ego, superego Behavioral theories: - correct answersAssume that all human behavior is learned Psychological theories stress the importance of: - correct answersAll the above According to Bandura: - correct answersNone of the above Kohlbergs theory of moral development consists of the following three stages: - correct answersPreconventional, con...

CMY3701 - THE EXPLANATION OF CRIME_ ASSIGNMENT 02 . The main strength of the differential association theory is that it showed that crime was not just a product of ___ but that it could occur in all settings. 1. learned behaviour 2. poverty 3. criminal attitudes 4. delinquency Answer: The correct answer is 2 Refer: CMY3701 Study Guide, pg. 102 Reasoning: “The main strength of the theory of differential association, according to Jones (2001:147), is that it showed that crime was not ju...

Sociobiology is heavily influenced by __________. • Robin Williams Jr.'s core values of American life • Gerhard Lenski's five types of society • Charles Darwin's theory of evolution 2 The increasing influence of medicine and psychiatry in our society has resulted in a phenomenon known as __________, which describes behavior in terms of health and illness, rather than morality. • retrospective labeling • the medicalization of deviance • stigma • differential association theory 3 ...

CMY3701_The_Explanation_of_Crime, EXAM PACK 2021.Question 1 The main strength of the differential association theory is that it showed that crime was not just a product of ___ but that it could occur in all settings. 1. learned behaviour 2. poverty 3. criminal attitudes 4. delinquency Answer: The correct answer is 2 Refer: CMY3701 Study Guide, pg. 102 Reasoning: “The main strength of the theory of differential association, according to Jones (2001:147), is that it showed that crime w...

Explains status frustration as a cause of crime and focuses on working class boys. Shows why people join subcultures and the ways they react to status frustration.