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Criminology
By Freda Adler, William S. Laufer and Gerhard O.
W. Mueller
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,TABLE OF CONTENT
Part 1 Understanding Criminology
1 The Changing Boundaries of Criminology
2 Defining Crimes and Measuring Criminal Behavior
3 Schools of Thought Throughout History
Part 2 Explanations of Crime and Criminal Behavior
N
4 Biological and Psychological Perspectives
5 Strain and Cultural Deviance Theories
U
6 The Formation of Subcultures
7 Social Control Theory
R
8 Labeling, Conflict, and Radical Theories
SE
9 Theories of Crime, Place, and Victimization
Part 3 Types of Crimes
10 Violent Crimes
D
11 Crimes against Property
12 White-Collar and Corporate
O
13 Public Order Crimes
14 International and Comparative Criminology
C
Part 4 Criminological Approach to the Criminal Justice System
15 Processes and Decisions
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16 Enforcing the Law: Practice and Research
17 The Nature and Functioning of Courts
18 A Research Focus on Corrections
,Student name:__________
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
The principal crime problems of today are totally globalized.
true
false
Conflict theorists view society as a stable entity in which laws are created for the general good.
N
true
false
U
In saying that criminologists have to study the process of lawbreaking, Edwin H. Sutherland
R
meant that they should particularly determine whether someone has violated the criminal law.
true
SE
false
Most criminological research supports the belief that escalating punishments is an effective way
to deal with the crime problem.
D
true
false
O
Criminology is a discipline composed of the accumulated knowledge of many other disciplines.
C
true
false
S
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
Which of the following individuals initially coined the term "criminology" in 1885?
Cesare Lombroso
Raffaele Garofalo
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, Enrico Ferri
Paul Topinard
All early societies imposed punishment for acts that were detrimental to their existence, such as
homicide.
treason.
N
theft.
vandalism.
U
The consensus model of law assumes that
R
the members of a society by and large agree on what is right and wrong.
the appropriate object of criminological investigation is the conflict within society.
SE
the criminal justice system is a means of controlling the classes that have no power.
the criminal law expresses the values of the ruling class in a society.
The conflict model of law assumes that
D
certain acts are deemed so threatening to the society's survival that they are designated crimes.
the criminal law expresses the values of the ruling class in a society.
O
members of a society by and large agree on what is right.
society is a stable entity in which laws are created for the general good.
C
A common characteristic of the criminal justice systems in the United States is that
S
they are based on constitutional principles.
they are unrelated to the heritage of the common law.
they are based on the assumption that crime is a universal event calling for a federal response.
they are based on the assumption that crime is unrelated to opportunity.
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Criminology
By Freda Adler, William S. Laufer and Gerhard O.
W. Mueller
N
U
R
SE
D
O
C
S
,TABLE OF CONTENT
Part 1 Understanding Criminology
1 The Changing Boundaries of Criminology
2 Defining Crimes and Measuring Criminal Behavior
3 Schools of Thought Throughout History
Part 2 Explanations of Crime and Criminal Behavior
N
4 Biological and Psychological Perspectives
5 Strain and Cultural Deviance Theories
U
6 The Formation of Subcultures
7 Social Control Theory
R
8 Labeling, Conflict, and Radical Theories
SE
9 Theories of Crime, Place, and Victimization
Part 3 Types of Crimes
10 Violent Crimes
D
11 Crimes against Property
12 White-Collar and Corporate
O
13 Public Order Crimes
14 International and Comparative Criminology
C
Part 4 Criminological Approach to the Criminal Justice System
15 Processes and Decisions
S
16 Enforcing the Law: Practice and Research
17 The Nature and Functioning of Courts
18 A Research Focus on Corrections
,Student name:__________
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
The principal crime problems of today are totally globalized.
true
false
Conflict theorists view society as a stable entity in which laws are created for the general good.
N
true
false
U
In saying that criminologists have to study the process of lawbreaking, Edwin H. Sutherland
R
meant that they should particularly determine whether someone has violated the criminal law.
true
SE
false
Most criminological research supports the belief that escalating punishments is an effective way
to deal with the crime problem.
D
true
false
O
Criminology is a discipline composed of the accumulated knowledge of many other disciplines.
C
true
false
S
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
Which of the following individuals initially coined the term "criminology" in 1885?
Cesare Lombroso
Raffaele Garofalo
Version 1 1
, Enrico Ferri
Paul Topinard
All early societies imposed punishment for acts that were detrimental to their existence, such as
homicide.
treason.
N
theft.
vandalism.
U
The consensus model of law assumes that
R
the members of a society by and large agree on what is right and wrong.
the appropriate object of criminological investigation is the conflict within society.
SE
the criminal justice system is a means of controlling the classes that have no power.
the criminal law expresses the values of the ruling class in a society.
The conflict model of law assumes that
D
certain acts are deemed so threatening to the society's survival that they are designated crimes.
the criminal law expresses the values of the ruling class in a society.
O
members of a society by and large agree on what is right.
society is a stable entity in which laws are created for the general good.
C
A common characteristic of the criminal justice systems in the United States is that
S
they are based on constitutional principles.
they are unrelated to the heritage of the common law.
they are based on the assumption that crime is a universal event calling for a federal response.
they are based on the assumption that crime is unrelated to opportunity.
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