CRIME TYPOLOGIES
CMY 3702
EXAM QUESTION PAPERS & ANSWERS 2016-2017
Uploaded by: Madelein Westraadt
Mobile: 065 987 7114
, 1. Which of the following is related to public order crimes and
differs from country to country? (pg.128)
a) Moral laws, codes and standards
b) Different laws, codes and norms
c) Different opinions, standards and regulations
d) Moral laws, codes different sanctions
Answer: (a)
2. Choose the correct answer ……may be regarded as the primary
objective of organized crime (pg.58)
a) Power and status
b) Coercion and violence
c) Economic gain
d) Pervasive corruption
Answer: (c )
3. Identify which combination of existing theories can explain
conservation crime (pg.97)
a) Relative deprivation, general theory of crime, neutralization,
rational choice
b) Rational choice, neutralization, anomie, differential association
c) Neutralization, rational choice, deterrence, social learning
d) Rational choice, social learning, general theory of crime,
neutralization
Answer: (d)
4. Which one of the following is not an example of white-collar
crime? (pg.112)
a) Insider trading
b) African organized crime
c) Employee theft
d) Embezzlement
Answer: (b)
5. Crime classification refers to one of the following options (pg.18)
a) The categorization of types of crimes in order to differentiate
between crime data, crime statistics and legal definitions
representative of criminal acts
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, b) The connection between types of crime in order to separate
crime data, crime statistics and legal definitions representative
of criminal acts
c) The distribution or arrangement of crime data into precise
classes based on the fact that data on certain crimes show
distinct fundamental similarities
d) The partition or arrangement of crime data into segments
representative of legal definitions of criminal acts, according to
recorded crime statistics
Answer: (d)
6. Why is the use of the term “public order crime” preferred against
the use of the word “victimless crime”?
a) Direct victims are involved
b) Secondary victims are involved
c) No victims are involved
d) Multiple victims are involved
Answer: (b)
7. Around which one of the following does the core syndicate
activity in Africa revolve? (pg.59)
a) Weapons and drug trafficking
b) Ivory/rhino horn smuggling
c) Black market business crimes
d) Trade in human organs
Answer: (c )
8. Which term an best be used to describe crime directed at natural
resources? (pg.96)
a) Environmental crime
b) Conservation crime
c) Ecological crime
d) Green crime
Answer: (b)
9. Which one of the following crimes falls into the category of crime
Sutherland had in mind when he defined white-collar crime?
(pg.121)
a) Organizational crime
b) Occupational crime
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CMY 3702
EXAM QUESTION PAPERS & ANSWERS 2016-2017
Uploaded by: Madelein Westraadt
Mobile: 065 987 7114
, 1. Which of the following is related to public order crimes and
differs from country to country? (pg.128)
a) Moral laws, codes and standards
b) Different laws, codes and norms
c) Different opinions, standards and regulations
d) Moral laws, codes different sanctions
Answer: (a)
2. Choose the correct answer ……may be regarded as the primary
objective of organized crime (pg.58)
a) Power and status
b) Coercion and violence
c) Economic gain
d) Pervasive corruption
Answer: (c )
3. Identify which combination of existing theories can explain
conservation crime (pg.97)
a) Relative deprivation, general theory of crime, neutralization,
rational choice
b) Rational choice, neutralization, anomie, differential association
c) Neutralization, rational choice, deterrence, social learning
d) Rational choice, social learning, general theory of crime,
neutralization
Answer: (d)
4. Which one of the following is not an example of white-collar
crime? (pg.112)
a) Insider trading
b) African organized crime
c) Employee theft
d) Embezzlement
Answer: (b)
5. Crime classification refers to one of the following options (pg.18)
a) The categorization of types of crimes in order to differentiate
between crime data, crime statistics and legal definitions
representative of criminal acts
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, b) The connection between types of crime in order to separate
crime data, crime statistics and legal definitions representative
of criminal acts
c) The distribution or arrangement of crime data into precise
classes based on the fact that data on certain crimes show
distinct fundamental similarities
d) The partition or arrangement of crime data into segments
representative of legal definitions of criminal acts, according to
recorded crime statistics
Answer: (d)
6. Why is the use of the term “public order crime” preferred against
the use of the word “victimless crime”?
a) Direct victims are involved
b) Secondary victims are involved
c) No victims are involved
d) Multiple victims are involved
Answer: (b)
7. Around which one of the following does the core syndicate
activity in Africa revolve? (pg.59)
a) Weapons and drug trafficking
b) Ivory/rhino horn smuggling
c) Black market business crimes
d) Trade in human organs
Answer: (c )
8. Which term an best be used to describe crime directed at natural
resources? (pg.96)
a) Environmental crime
b) Conservation crime
c) Ecological crime
d) Green crime
Answer: (b)
9. Which one of the following crimes falls into the category of crime
Sutherland had in mind when he defined white-collar crime?
(pg.121)
a) Organizational crime
b) Occupational crime
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