CJUS 300 CH 9 EXAM WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
The exclusion of troublemakers from public and semipublic places falls under order-
maintenance duties of _______, so it is not considered situational crime prevention -
Answer- Police officers
The critics view that situational crime prevention perspective on crime places the burden
of crime prevention efforts on _______ - Answer- Law-abiding citizens
In the context of situational crime prevention, ______ refers to the commission of a
quantitatively similar crime at a different time or place - Answer- Displacement
Match the forms of displacement of crime to their characteristics
Geographical displacement
Temporal displacement
Target displacement - Answer- Crimes that can be moved from one location to another
Crimes that can be moved from one time to another
Crimes that can be directed away from one victim to another
A crime that is displaced to a less serious type of crime or a crime with greater risk with
lower rewards or less serious damage is likely to have a(n) _______ effect - Answer-
Positive
The ______ perspective on crime acknowledges that everyone is vulnerable to
temptation - Answer- Situational crime prevention
Which of the following is true about rational-choice theory of crime? - Answer- It has a
great potential in developing strategies to frustrate perpetrators of crime
The ________ are the theoretical approaches to crime that analyze the situations that
enable the occurrence of specific crimes. - Answer- Opportunity theories
In the context of situational theories of crime, _________ ________ examines the
location of a specific crime and the context in which it occurred in order to understand
and explain crime patterns - Answer- Environmental criminology
According to the _______ perspective on crime, a person decides to commit a particular
crime after concluding that the benefits (the pleasure) outweigh the risks and the effort
(the pain) - Answer- Rational-choice
ANSWERS
The exclusion of troublemakers from public and semipublic places falls under order-
maintenance duties of _______, so it is not considered situational crime prevention -
Answer- Police officers
The critics view that situational crime prevention perspective on crime places the burden
of crime prevention efforts on _______ - Answer- Law-abiding citizens
In the context of situational crime prevention, ______ refers to the commission of a
quantitatively similar crime at a different time or place - Answer- Displacement
Match the forms of displacement of crime to their characteristics
Geographical displacement
Temporal displacement
Target displacement - Answer- Crimes that can be moved from one location to another
Crimes that can be moved from one time to another
Crimes that can be directed away from one victim to another
A crime that is displaced to a less serious type of crime or a crime with greater risk with
lower rewards or less serious damage is likely to have a(n) _______ effect - Answer-
Positive
The ______ perspective on crime acknowledges that everyone is vulnerable to
temptation - Answer- Situational crime prevention
Which of the following is true about rational-choice theory of crime? - Answer- It has a
great potential in developing strategies to frustrate perpetrators of crime
The ________ are the theoretical approaches to crime that analyze the situations that
enable the occurrence of specific crimes. - Answer- Opportunity theories
In the context of situational theories of crime, _________ ________ examines the
location of a specific crime and the context in which it occurred in order to understand
and explain crime patterns - Answer- Environmental criminology
According to the _______ perspective on crime, a person decides to commit a particular
crime after concluding that the benefits (the pleasure) outweigh the risks and the effort
(the pain) - Answer- Rational-choice
