Criminology-Exam 1 Questions With
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criminology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of the nature,
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extent, cause, and control of criminal behavior
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interdisciplinary science - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-involving two or more | | | | | | | |
academic fields |
criminal justice - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-referring to the agencies of
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social control, such as police departments, the courts, and correctional
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institutions that handle criminal offenders
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utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the view that people's behavior
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is motivated by the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain
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classical criminology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the theoretical
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perspective suggesting that (1) people have free will to choose criminal
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or conventional behaviors; (2) people choose to commit crime for
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reasons of greed or personal need; and (3) crime can be controlled only
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by the fear of criminal sanctions
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, positivism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the branch of social science that
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uses the scientific method of the natural sciences and suggests that
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human behavior is a product of social, biological, psychological, or
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economic forces |
scientific method - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-using verifiable principles
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and procedures for the systematic acquisition of knowledge; typically
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involves formulating a problem, creating a hypothesis, and collecting
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data through observation and experiment, to verify the hypothesis
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biosocial theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-approach to criminology that
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focuses on the interaction between biological and social factors as they
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relate to crime
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sociological criminology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-approach to
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criminology, based on the work of Quetelet and Durkheim, that focuses
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on the relationship between social factors and crime
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anomie - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a lack of norms or clear social
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standards. because of rapidly shifting moral values, the individual has
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few guides to what is socially acceptable
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Chicago School - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-group of urban sociologist who
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studied the relationship between environmental conditions and crime
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criminology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of the nature,
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extent, cause, and control of criminal behavior
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interdisciplinary science - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-involving two or more | | | | | | | |
academic fields |
criminal justice - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-referring to the agencies of
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social control, such as police departments, the courts, and correctional
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institutions that handle criminal offenders
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utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the view that people's behavior
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is motivated by the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain
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classical criminology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the theoretical
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perspective suggesting that (1) people have free will to choose criminal
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or conventional behaviors; (2) people choose to commit crime for
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reasons of greed or personal need; and (3) crime can be controlled only
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by the fear of criminal sanctions
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, positivism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the branch of social science that
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uses the scientific method of the natural sciences and suggests that
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human behavior is a product of social, biological, psychological, or
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economic forces |
scientific method - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-using verifiable principles
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and procedures for the systematic acquisition of knowledge; typically
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involves formulating a problem, creating a hypothesis, and collecting
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data through observation and experiment, to verify the hypothesis
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biosocial theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-approach to criminology that
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focuses on the interaction between biological and social factors as they
| | | | | | | | | | |
relate to crime
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sociological criminology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-approach to
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criminology, based on the work of Quetelet and Durkheim, that focuses
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on the relationship between social factors and crime
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anomie - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a lack of norms or clear social
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standards. because of rapidly shifting moral values, the individual has
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few guides to what is socially acceptable
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Chicago School - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-group of urban sociologist who
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studied the relationship between environmental conditions and crime
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