CJ 412 Chae Southeastern Louisiana
University Test 1 questions and answers
According to rational choice theories of crime, criminal motivation is a prerequisite for any
specific crime to be committed.
True or False? - correct answer ✔✔False
Correct Answer: Routine Activity Theory
Cohen and Felson argue that for a predatory crime to take place, three components of routine
activity theory-- motivated offenders, attractive targets, and an absence of guardianships-- must
occur independently of one another.
True or False? - correct answer ✔✔False
According to routine activity theories, a criminal event requires an opportunity offender who
has the motivation to commit.
True or False? - correct answer ✔✔False Correct Answer: According to Routine Activity
Theories, a criminal event requires a motivated offender who has the opportunity to commit.
Clarke argues that the best bet to reduce crime is to alter ________ so the choice of crime will
be less attractive.
a.) victims
b.) situations
c.) motivated offenders
d.) all of the above - correct answer ✔✔b.) situations
, Rational choices are deep-rooted inclinations or dispositions to commit crime.
True or False? - correct answer ✔✔False
A key assumption of rational choice theory is that the decisions that offenders make are
independent and unconscious, instead of being purposive and thoughtful.
True or False? - correct answer ✔✔False
_______ proposes that individuals refrain from breaking the law when their perceptions of the
cost of crime outweigh their perceptions of the benefits of the crime.
a.) classical criminology
b.) rational choice theory
c.) deterrence theory
d.) none of the above
e.) all of the above - correct answer ✔✔e.) all of the above
Unlike many other criminological theories, theories such as routine activities and situational
crime prevention theories do focus on how criminality or criminal propensity develops, instead
of focusing on the proximate causes of crime.
True or False? - correct answer ✔✔False
Situational crime prevention theory posits that more crime could be prevented by increasing
funding for the correctional system and/or the juvenile justice system.
true or false? - correct answer ✔✔False
University Test 1 questions and answers
According to rational choice theories of crime, criminal motivation is a prerequisite for any
specific crime to be committed.
True or False? - correct answer ✔✔False
Correct Answer: Routine Activity Theory
Cohen and Felson argue that for a predatory crime to take place, three components of routine
activity theory-- motivated offenders, attractive targets, and an absence of guardianships-- must
occur independently of one another.
True or False? - correct answer ✔✔False
According to routine activity theories, a criminal event requires an opportunity offender who
has the motivation to commit.
True or False? - correct answer ✔✔False Correct Answer: According to Routine Activity
Theories, a criminal event requires a motivated offender who has the opportunity to commit.
Clarke argues that the best bet to reduce crime is to alter ________ so the choice of crime will
be less attractive.
a.) victims
b.) situations
c.) motivated offenders
d.) all of the above - correct answer ✔✔b.) situations
, Rational choices are deep-rooted inclinations or dispositions to commit crime.
True or False? - correct answer ✔✔False
A key assumption of rational choice theory is that the decisions that offenders make are
independent and unconscious, instead of being purposive and thoughtful.
True or False? - correct answer ✔✔False
_______ proposes that individuals refrain from breaking the law when their perceptions of the
cost of crime outweigh their perceptions of the benefits of the crime.
a.) classical criminology
b.) rational choice theory
c.) deterrence theory
d.) none of the above
e.) all of the above - correct answer ✔✔e.) all of the above
Unlike many other criminological theories, theories such as routine activities and situational
crime prevention theories do focus on how criminality or criminal propensity develops, instead
of focusing on the proximate causes of crime.
True or False? - correct answer ✔✔False
Situational crime prevention theory posits that more crime could be prevented by increasing
funding for the correctional system and/or the juvenile justice system.
true or false? - correct answer ✔✔False
