CMY3702 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔Which one of the following may be regarded as a prominent characteristic of
organised crime? - ✔✔acquired power and control
✔✔The nature of organised crime In South Africa shows similarities with international
findings in that various ......... are connected. - ✔✔criminal act1v1ties
✔✔According to South and Beirne (1998) the term ......... green criminology" refers to -
✔✔the study of crime and its negative impact on natural resources.
✔✔Post-1994, the South African Crime Prevention Plan identified one of the following
priority national crimes: - ✔✔crimes involving firearms
✔✔Sutherland found that white-collar crime Is often committed by: - ✔✔powerful people
✔✔An early definition of a prostitute Is found In R v Kam Cham (2009) 1n which a
prostitute Is defined as - ✔✔a person who engages indiscriminately in sexual relations
for pecuniary reward
✔✔There Is a distinction between public order and political crimes In public order
crimes. - ✔✔the community suffers cumulatively
✔✔Prostitution In South Africa has been illegal since the - ✔✔1950s
✔✔Swanepoel (1998) identified three categories of illegal trade 1n rhino horn One of
them 1s the following - ✔✔poachers
✔✔The categories of behaviour most commonly associated with organised crime
include - ✔✔the conspiracy to commit crime and corruption
✔✔In South Africa the focus on serious and priority crimes has constantly shifted since
the 1980s With the new millennium, attention shifted to which one of the following
crimes? - ✔✔vehicle hijackings
✔✔Conklin (2001) discusses the following offence under the heading of victimless
crimes - ✔✔drug-related offences
✔✔The Priority Crimes Litigation Unit (PCLU) is a specialist prosecution unit of the
National Prosecuting Services (NPS) Which priority crime 1s managed by the PCLU? -
✔✔prosecutions arising from crimes involving terrorism
, ✔✔Reid (1997) states that the cost of organised crime to society is impossible to
determine as it goes beyond the - ✔✔loss of money
✔✔ Herbig (2004) believes that failure to classify and/or recognise conservation crime
as a unique crime category could promote .• perceptions of this type of crime among
criminological scholars and conservation officials. - ✔✔rigid and ignorant
✔✔Foundations for an environmental perspective In criminology have been laid. Which
perspective 1s required for dual purposes of innovation and consolidation? -
✔✔recognition of a viable and unambiguous criminological perspective
✔✔Which of the following will best describe the inhumane severe penalties in Saudi
Arabia? - ✔✔murder and rape are punished by cutting off the offender's head by sword
in public
✔✔The extent of corporate violence 1s difficult to determine Zimmer (2007) writes that
current global statistics show that ........ work-related deaths occur annually, and that
between 1,7 and 2 million of these deaths can be attributed to fatal (occupational)
diseases - ✔✔21 million
✔✔The phrase "they are the aristocrats of prostitution refers to the following type of
prostitute - ✔✔call girls
✔✔When def ming the concept consensual crime, one issue 1s the fact whether an the
participants are capable of giving genuine consent This may not be the case 1f one or
more of the participants - ✔✔are not fully Informed about the issues involved
✔✔According to Mesopotamian writings, which one of the following drugs Is also known
as the plant of joy? - ✔✔opium
✔✔According to Makhada and Roelofse (2013), two of the reported cases were
withdrawn 1n Musina, Limpopo for one of the following reasons - ✔✔witnesses had died
✔✔Much of what the average South African citizen assimilates and understands about
organised crime originates from the - ✔✔Mass media
✔✔Contact crime frequently affects victims m one of the following ways (SAPS Annual
Report 2007-2008, SAPS website 2007/2008} - ✔✔post-traumatic stress disorder
✔✔Different ethnic groups in South Africa are guilty of using drugs At the beginning of
the nineties, white youths introduced the international rave culture to the country with a
conconmitant increase m the so-called club drugs Club drugs refer to - ✔✔ecstacy
GRADED A+
✔✔Which one of the following may be regarded as a prominent characteristic of
organised crime? - ✔✔acquired power and control
✔✔The nature of organised crime In South Africa shows similarities with international
findings in that various ......... are connected. - ✔✔criminal act1v1ties
✔✔According to South and Beirne (1998) the term ......... green criminology" refers to -
✔✔the study of crime and its negative impact on natural resources.
✔✔Post-1994, the South African Crime Prevention Plan identified one of the following
priority national crimes: - ✔✔crimes involving firearms
✔✔Sutherland found that white-collar crime Is often committed by: - ✔✔powerful people
✔✔An early definition of a prostitute Is found In R v Kam Cham (2009) 1n which a
prostitute Is defined as - ✔✔a person who engages indiscriminately in sexual relations
for pecuniary reward
✔✔There Is a distinction between public order and political crimes In public order
crimes. - ✔✔the community suffers cumulatively
✔✔Prostitution In South Africa has been illegal since the - ✔✔1950s
✔✔Swanepoel (1998) identified three categories of illegal trade 1n rhino horn One of
them 1s the following - ✔✔poachers
✔✔The categories of behaviour most commonly associated with organised crime
include - ✔✔the conspiracy to commit crime and corruption
✔✔In South Africa the focus on serious and priority crimes has constantly shifted since
the 1980s With the new millennium, attention shifted to which one of the following
crimes? - ✔✔vehicle hijackings
✔✔Conklin (2001) discusses the following offence under the heading of victimless
crimes - ✔✔drug-related offences
✔✔The Priority Crimes Litigation Unit (PCLU) is a specialist prosecution unit of the
National Prosecuting Services (NPS) Which priority crime 1s managed by the PCLU? -
✔✔prosecutions arising from crimes involving terrorism
, ✔✔Reid (1997) states that the cost of organised crime to society is impossible to
determine as it goes beyond the - ✔✔loss of money
✔✔ Herbig (2004) believes that failure to classify and/or recognise conservation crime
as a unique crime category could promote .• perceptions of this type of crime among
criminological scholars and conservation officials. - ✔✔rigid and ignorant
✔✔Foundations for an environmental perspective In criminology have been laid. Which
perspective 1s required for dual purposes of innovation and consolidation? -
✔✔recognition of a viable and unambiguous criminological perspective
✔✔Which of the following will best describe the inhumane severe penalties in Saudi
Arabia? - ✔✔murder and rape are punished by cutting off the offender's head by sword
in public
✔✔The extent of corporate violence 1s difficult to determine Zimmer (2007) writes that
current global statistics show that ........ work-related deaths occur annually, and that
between 1,7 and 2 million of these deaths can be attributed to fatal (occupational)
diseases - ✔✔21 million
✔✔The phrase "they are the aristocrats of prostitution refers to the following type of
prostitute - ✔✔call girls
✔✔When def ming the concept consensual crime, one issue 1s the fact whether an the
participants are capable of giving genuine consent This may not be the case 1f one or
more of the participants - ✔✔are not fully Informed about the issues involved
✔✔According to Mesopotamian writings, which one of the following drugs Is also known
as the plant of joy? - ✔✔opium
✔✔According to Makhada and Roelofse (2013), two of the reported cases were
withdrawn 1n Musina, Limpopo for one of the following reasons - ✔✔witnesses had died
✔✔Much of what the average South African citizen assimilates and understands about
organised crime originates from the - ✔✔Mass media
✔✔Contact crime frequently affects victims m one of the following ways (SAPS Annual
Report 2007-2008, SAPS website 2007/2008} - ✔✔post-traumatic stress disorder
✔✔Different ethnic groups in South Africa are guilty of using drugs At the beginning of
the nineties, white youths introduced the international rave culture to the country with a
conconmitant increase m the so-called club drugs Club drugs refer to - ✔✔ecstacy
