Criminology Final Exam Questions With
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attempt to explain crime primarily in terms of gender-role socialization.
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Liberal Feminists
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is defined as the unlawful taking of property from the possession of
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someone other than one's employer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Larceny
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Which of the following statements is part of Richard Quinney's conflict
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theory of crime? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Society is divided along
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political lines rather than being an entity based on concensus AND The
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content of laws and their application tend to reflect the interests of the
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powerful, because the powerful typically control or manipulate
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members of law enforcement. | | |
According to your text, _____ is defined as unlawful entry of a house,
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busines, or other structure with the intent to commit a felony. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-burglary |
people are present during robberies, but not during most burglaries -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The significant difference between burglary and
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robbery is... |
,According to the UCR, robbery is a property crime; however, your text
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includes robbery in the interpersonal violence chapter due to the
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motive behind most robberies. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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According to the NCVS, men are more likely than women to be victims
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of crime. In particular, men are victims of theft more than women;
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however, women are more likely to be victims of IPV. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
According to the UCR, caucasians are arrested for the majority of crime
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in the United States. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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According to James Meseserschmidt, low female crime rates are related
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to women's powerless position in the United States, due to patriarchy
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and women's fewer opportunities to commit crime. High crime rates
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among men can be explained through constructions of masculinity,
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where crime becomes a way for boys and men to "do their gender." -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True |
Although a considerable amount of variation exists among feminist
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scholars, most agree that... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-more attention
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needs to be paid to female criminality and conformity.
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, According to the UCR, all of the following are among the top 5 offenses
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for which BOTH men and women were arrested except: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Disorderly conduct (included are drug abuse violations, | | | | | | |
simple assaults, and larceny/theft.)
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According to the NCVS, which of the following describes the "typical"
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victim? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A caucasian male between the ages of
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12 and 24.
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Which of the following statements is FALSE? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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According to Marx and Engles, the main conflict in capitalist societies is
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between the lumenproletariat and the bourgeoisie.
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______prioritizes neither class nor gender; ratehr, it recognized the | | | | | | | | |
intersectionality of class, race/ethnicty, and gender. - CORRECT| | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Socialist feminism |
Motor vehicle theft is the crime most often reported to the police; while
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over half of burglaries and thefts are not reported to the police,
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because victims do not believe the police can find the perpetrators
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and/or the value of the property taken was insignificant. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
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attempt to explain crime primarily in terms of gender-role socialization.
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Liberal Feminists
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is defined as the unlawful taking of property from the possession of
| | | | | | | | | | | |
someone other than one's employer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Larceny
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Which of the following statements is part of Richard Quinney's conflict
| | | | | | | | | | |
theory of crime? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-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 the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
powerful, because the powerful typically control or manipulate
| | | | | | | |
members of law enforcement. | | |
According to your text, _____ is defined as unlawful entry of a house,
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
busines, or other structure with the intent to commit a felony. -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-burglary |
people are present during robberies, but not during most burglaries -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The significant difference between burglary and
| | | | | | |
robbery is... |
,According to the UCR, robbery is a property crime; however, your text
| | | | | | | | | | | |
includes robbery in the interpersonal violence chapter due to the
| | | | | | | | | |
motive behind most robberies. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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According to the NCVS, men are more likely than women to be victims
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
of crime. In particular, men are victims of theft more than women;
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however, women are more likely to be victims of IPV. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
According to the UCR, caucasians are arrested for the majority of crime
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in the United States. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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According to James Meseserschmidt, low female crime rates are related
| | | | | | | | | |
to women's powerless position in the United States, due to patriarchy
| | | | | | | | | | |
and women's fewer opportunities to commit crime. High crime rates
| | | | | | | | | |
among men can be explained through constructions of masculinity,
| | | | | | | | |
where crime becomes a way for boys and men to "do their gender." -
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True |
Although a considerable amount of variation exists among feminist
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scholars, most agree that... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-more attention
| | | | | | | |
needs to be paid to female criminality and conformity.
| | | | | | | |
, According to the UCR, all of the following are among the top 5 offenses
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
for which BOTH men and women were arrested except: - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Disorderly conduct (included are drug abuse violations, | | | | | | |
simple assaults, and larceny/theft.)
| | |
According to the NCVS, which of the following describes the "typical"
| | | | | | | | | | |
victim? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A caucasian male between the ages of
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12 and 24.
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Which of the following statements is FALSE? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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According to Marx and Engles, the main conflict in capitalist societies is
| | | | | | | | | | | |
between the lumenproletariat and the bourgeoisie.
| | | | |
______prioritizes neither class nor gender; ratehr, it recognized the | | | | | | | | |
intersectionality of class, race/ethnicty, and gender. - CORRECT| | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Socialist feminism |
Motor vehicle theft is the crime most often reported to the police; while
| | | | | | | | | | | |
over half of burglaries and thefts are not reported to the police,
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
because victims do not believe the police can find the perpetrators
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and/or the value of the property taken was insignificant. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
