Criminological Theory: Context and
Consequences 6th Edition
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TEST BANK
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J. Robert Lilly
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Francis T. Cullen
Richard A. Ball
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Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
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and Students
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1. Each year the FBI publishes the _______ in which it lists the numbers of various crimes that
have become known to the nation’s police departments.
*a. Uniform Crime Reports
b. Self-Report Survey
c. Universal Crime Report
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d. National Crime Report
Answer location: p 2
2. Which of the following is not included in the Uniform Crime Reports “Crime Index”?
a. Murder
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b. Assault
*c. Drug Offenses
d. Rape
Answer location: p 2
3. ______ is a study in which citizens are asked whether they have been victimized.
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a. Universal Crime Report
b. National Crime Report
*c. National Crime Victimization Survey
d. Uniform Crime Report
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Answer location: p 2
4. Lawlessness in ______ surpasses that in other industrialized nations.
a. England
*b. the United States
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c. Canada
d. Italy
Answer location: p 2
5. ______ crime is especially prominent in the United States.
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a. Property
b. Drug
c. Traffic
*d. Violent/lethal
Answer location: p 2
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6. Most people have developed their own _____ of criminal behavior.
a. Penalties
b. Experiments
c. Laws
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*d. Theories
Answer location: p 3
7. _____ shape the ways in which people come to think about crime.
*a. Social experiences
b. Stereotypes
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c. The media
d. Peers
Answer location: p 4
8. Americans’ views on crime have _____ since the settlers first landed on the nation’s shores.
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*a. changed
b. become less harsh
c. become more lenient
d. stayed the same
Answer location: p 4
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9. Support for criminal justice policies eventually will collapse if the _____ on which they are
based no longer makes sense.
a. data
*b. theory
c. community
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d. research
Answer location: p 5
10. The very transformations in policy are themselves a product of _____ in society.
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a. personalities
b. individual
c. time
*d. transformation
Answer location: p 6
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11. The _____ emphasized the rejection of spiritual or religious explanations of crime in favor of
the view that offenders use their reasoning in deciding to commit crime.
a. Positivist
b. Chicago
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*c. Classical
d. New York
Answer location: p 7
12. The _____ school emphasized the scientific study of criminals.
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*a. Positivist
b. Chicago
c. Classical
d. New York
Answer location: p 7
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13. Which of the following theory is not considered one of the three mainstream theories of
criminology?
a. Differential association theory
b. Anomie-strain theory
*c. Labeling theory
Consequences 6th Edition
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TEST BANK
UV
IA
_A
J. Robert Lilly
PP
Francis T. Cullen
Richard A. Ball
RO
Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
VE
and Students
D?
© J. Robert Lilly, Francis T. Cullen & Richard A. Ball. All rights reserved. Reproduction or
distribution without permission is prohibited.
©MedConnoisseur
, D?
VE
RO
PP
©MedConnoisseur
_A
IA
UV
ST
, Lilly, Criminological Theory 6e © 2015 SAGE Publications
1. Each year the FBI publishes the _______ in which it lists the numbers of various crimes that
have become known to the nation’s police departments.
*a. Uniform Crime Reports
b. Self-Report Survey
c. Universal Crime Report
ST
d. National Crime Report
Answer location: p 2
2. Which of the following is not included in the Uniform Crime Reports “Crime Index”?
a. Murder
UV
b. Assault
*c. Drug Offenses
d. Rape
Answer location: p 2
3. ______ is a study in which citizens are asked whether they have been victimized.
IA
a. Universal Crime Report
b. National Crime Report
*c. National Crime Victimization Survey
d. Uniform Crime Report
_A
Answer location: p 2
4. Lawlessness in ______ surpasses that in other industrialized nations.
a. England
*b. the United States
PP
c. Canada
d. Italy
Answer location: p 2
5. ______ crime is especially prominent in the United States.
RO
a. Property
b. Drug
c. Traffic
*d. Violent/lethal
Answer location: p 2
VE
6. Most people have developed their own _____ of criminal behavior.
a. Penalties
b. Experiments
c. Laws
D?
*d. Theories
Answer location: p 3
7. _____ shape the ways in which people come to think about crime.
*a. Social experiences
b. Stereotypes
, Lilly, Criminological Theory 6e © 2015 SAGE Publications
c. The media
d. Peers
Answer location: p 4
8. Americans’ views on crime have _____ since the settlers first landed on the nation’s shores.
ST
*a. changed
b. become less harsh
c. become more lenient
d. stayed the same
Answer location: p 4
UV
9. Support for criminal justice policies eventually will collapse if the _____ on which they are
based no longer makes sense.
a. data
*b. theory
c. community
IA
d. research
Answer location: p 5
10. The very transformations in policy are themselves a product of _____ in society.
_A
a. personalities
b. individual
c. time
*d. transformation
Answer location: p 6
PP
11. The _____ emphasized the rejection of spiritual or religious explanations of crime in favor of
the view that offenders use their reasoning in deciding to commit crime.
a. Positivist
b. Chicago
RO
*c. Classical
d. New York
Answer location: p 7
12. The _____ school emphasized the scientific study of criminals.
VE
*a. Positivist
b. Chicago
c. Classical
d. New York
Answer location: p 7
D?
13. Which of the following theory is not considered one of the three mainstream theories of
criminology?
a. Differential association theory
b. Anomie-strain theory
*c. Labeling theory
