FALL SEMESTER (2025)/PRM3701 ASSIGNEMENT 3
UPDATED 2025
Process theories attempt to explain how individuals become offenders. The focus is on... as
experienced by the offender rather than the ... - ANSWER-social interactions; social structure.
What is also referred to as "direct conditioning"? - ANSWER-Differential reinforcement
Discussing the existence of threatening impulses is called ... - ANSWER-denial.
According to Merton an integrated society maintains a balance between two elements -
ANSWER-social structure; culture
Which one of the following theories contend that certain changes in the modern world
have provided motivated offenders with a far greater number of opportunities to commit
crime? - ANSWER-Routine activities theory
Neo-classicists (Joyce, 2006) assert that a person is still accountable for his or her
actions but with minor reservations. Which two specific factors will influence the offender to
reform? - ANSWER-Past history and present situation
The Classical school believes that behaviour is guided by hedonism. The concept
hedonism can be described as ... whereby offenders calculate the risks and rewards of
crime. - ANSWER-a pleasure-and-pain principle
Mechanical solidarity refers to? - ANSWER-Pre-industrial societies where individuals share
common experiences
UPDATED 2025
Process theories attempt to explain how individuals become offenders. The focus is on... as
experienced by the offender rather than the ... - ANSWER-social interactions; social structure.
What is also referred to as "direct conditioning"? - ANSWER-Differential reinforcement
Discussing the existence of threatening impulses is called ... - ANSWER-denial.
According to Merton an integrated society maintains a balance between two elements -
ANSWER-social structure; culture
Which one of the following theories contend that certain changes in the modern world
have provided motivated offenders with a far greater number of opportunities to commit
crime? - ANSWER-Routine activities theory
Neo-classicists (Joyce, 2006) assert that a person is still accountable for his or her
actions but with minor reservations. Which two specific factors will influence the offender to
reform? - ANSWER-Past history and present situation
The Classical school believes that behaviour is guided by hedonism. The concept
hedonism can be described as ... whereby offenders calculate the risks and rewards of
crime. - ANSWER-a pleasure-and-pain principle
Mechanical solidarity refers to? - ANSWER-Pre-industrial societies where individuals share
common experiences
