TRUE/FALSE Gaines
1 :67The67defendant67will67not67be67punished67as67harshly67for67a67crime67as67would67normally67b
e67the67case67if67the67defendant67at67the67time67of67the67crime67lacked67capacity67to67make67a67r
ational67choice67as67a67result67of67mental67disease.
A67:67true
B67:67false
Correct67Answer67:67A
2 :67A67correlation67demonstrates67a67cause67of67behavior.
A67:67true
B67:67false
Correct67Answer67:67B
3 :67Whereas67adult67criminals67are67seen67as67too67hardened67to67unlearn67their67criminal67beha
vior,67crime67prevention67policies67associated67with67social67process67theory67focus67on67juvenil
e67offenders.
A67:67true
B67:67false
Correct67Answer67:67A
4 :67Marx67believed67that67capitalist67economic67systems67necessarily67produce67income67inequ
ality67and67lead67to67the67exploitation67of67the67working67classes.
A67:67true
B67:67false
Correct67Answer67:67A
5 :67According67to67positivism,67criminal67behavior67is67determined67by67biological,67psychologi
cal,67and67social67forces67and67is67beyond67the67control67of67the67individual.
A67:67true
B67:67false
Correct67Answer67:67A
6 :67Persons67suffering67from67schizophrenia67are67at67an67unusually67high67risk67for67committing6
7suicide67or67harming67others.
A67:67true
B67:67false
Correct67Answer67:67A
7 :67After67the67Civil67War67(18611865),67many67Americans67were67driven67from67the67South67b
y67Jim67Crow67laws67designed67to67keep67them67from67attaining67power67in67the67postwar67peri
od.
A67:67true
B67:67false
Correct67Answer67:67B
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,8 :67Social67conflict67theories67view67criminal67behavior67as67a67result67of67contact67with67deviant67family
67and
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A67:67true Gaines
B67:67false
Correct67Answer67:6
7B
9 :67The67criminal67model67of67addiction67asserts67that67drug67abusers67endanger67society67wit
h67their67behavior67and67should67be67punished67the67same67as67those67who67commit67non-
drug-related67offenses.
A67:67true
B67:67false
Correct67Answer67:67A
10 :67Wolfgang,67Figlio,67and67Sellin67asserted67that67a67small67group67of67juveniles,67the67chronic
67offenders,67were67responsible67for67a67disproportionate67amount67of67violent67crime.
A67:67true
B67:67false
Correct67Answer67:67A
MULTIPLE CHOICE 67
11 :67The67scientific67study67of67crime,67including67its67causes,67responses67by67law67enforce
ment,67and67method67of67prevention67is67called
A67:67psychology.
B67:67criminology.
C67:67ideology.
D67:67sociology.
Correct67Answer67:
67B
12 :67Theories67are67based67on67all67of67the67following67EXCEPT
A67:67common67sense.
B67:67observation.
C67:67experimentation.
D67:67reasoning.
Correct67Answer67:
67A
13 :67Researchers67who67study67the67causes67of67crime67are67called
A67:67positivists.
B67:67sociologists.
C67:67ideologists.
D67:67criminologists
.
Correct67Answer67:
67D
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