,CRIME ANALYSIS WITH CRIME MAPPING (4TH EDITION)
CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CRIME ANALYSIS TEST BANK
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1) Environmental criminology
a. Attempts to explain root causes of crime and why people become criminals
b. Focuses on opportunities that exist for crime and the environments in
which criminal events occur
c. Seeks to explain why a specific offender commits a specific crime
d. None of the above
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Environmental Criminology
Difficulty Level: Easy
2) A mother drops her 16-year old son at the mall for the afternoon. The boy meets his
friends and shoplifts several CDs. His mother is a:
a. Handler
b. Place manager
c. Guardian
d. None of the above
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: under the heading Problem Analysis Triangle
Difficulty Level: Medium
3) A mother drops her 16-year old son at the mall for the afternoon. The boy meets his
friends and shoplifts several CDs. The owner of the music store is a:
a. Handler
b. Place manager
c. Guardian
d. None of the above
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: under the heading Problem Analysis Triangle
Difficulty Level: Medium
4) Which theory would explain how a person who would normally not steal may decide
to steal mulch from Home Depot when the clerk miscounted the number of bags at
checkout?
a. Rational Choice Theory
b. Crime Pattern Theory
c. Routine Activities Theory
d. Routine Pattern Theory
Ans: A
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, Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: under the heading Rational Choice Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
5) Which theory would help explain why large retail stores and movie theaters are more
likely to have crime than individual residences?
a. Rational Choice Theory
b. Crime Pattern Theory
c. Routine Activities Theory
d. Routine Pattern Theory
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Pattern Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
6) Which theory would explain how the Internet has created opportunities for new or
formerly rare crimes?
a. Rational Choice Theory
b. Crime Pattern Theory
c. Routine Activities Theory
d. Routine Pattern Theory
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: under the heading Routine Activities Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
7) A woman telling a rapist she has AIDS would be an example of which situational
crime prevention technique?
a. Increase perceived risk
b. Increase perceived effort
c. Reduce anticipated rewards
d. Reduce provocations
e. Remove excuses
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: under the heading Situational Crime Prevention
Difficulty Level: Easy
8) Stop selling alcohol in the 7th inning of a baseball game would be an example of
which situational crime prevention technique?
a. Increase perceived risk
b. Increase perceived effort
c. Reduce anticipated rewards
d. Reduce provocations
e. Remove excuses
Ans: D
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