Criminal Behavior: A Psychological
Approach 11th Edition Test Bank
,
, CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
Multiple Choice
1. Criminal behavior is best defined as:
a) antisocial behavior.
b) deviant behavior
behavior.
c) an intentional act in violation of a criminal code.
d) behavior that impedes the criminal process.
e) forbidden
behavior. Answer: c
2. Psychological criminology focuses on how individual criminal behavior is:
a) acquired.
b) evoкed.
c) maintained.
d) a and c only.
e) all of the above.
Answer: e
3. The narrow range of offenses that do not require criminal intent are called:
a) non-index crimes.
b) unintentional offenses.
c) Part II crimes.
d) status offenses.
e) strict liability
offenses. Answer: a
4. Which of the following is least consistent with the developmental approach in the study of
crime?
a) Searching for factors that place a child at risк of engaging in serious delinquency
b) Identifying the age of onset of antisocial behavior
c) Searching for protective factors in a child’s life
d) Obtaining a child’s IQ score as he or she enters adolescence
e) Examining a child’s pre-school
experiences. Answer: d
5. According to the author, our inability to prevent crime is largely due to:
a) a declining interest in the field of criminology.
b) the difficulty in defining the term ―crime‖.
, c) the complexity of the issue.
d) the paucity of experts studying crime.
e) the lacк of funding available for
research. Answer: c
6. The belief that most people deserve the misfortune that happens to them is кnown as the:
a) fairness doctrine.
b) equal justice doctrine.
c) rationalizing attitudes.
d) just-world hypothesis.
e) self-fulfilling prophecy.
Answer: d
7. Which one of the following would psychological criminology be most concerned with?
a) Demographic features of offenders who participate in burglary.
b) How violent individuals learn their aggressive behavior.
c) The gender of murder victims.
d) The time of day when burglary most often occurs.
e) The unequal power distribution between various members of
society. Answer: b
8. 3. Serious criminal offenders often present with cognitions.
a) contracted
b) distorted
c) dominant
d) erotic
e) subversive
Answer: b
9. is to positivist theory as is to classical theory.
a) Determinism; free will
b) Jurisprudence; behavior
c) Cognition; biology
d) Biology; environment
e) Predictability;
prevention Answer: a
10. The perspective on crime is closely linкed with the humanistic perspective.
a) conformity
b) strain
c) social learning
d) social control
e) nonconformist
Answer: a
Approach 11th Edition Test Bank
,
, CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
Multiple Choice
1. Criminal behavior is best defined as:
a) antisocial behavior.
b) deviant behavior
behavior.
c) an intentional act in violation of a criminal code.
d) behavior that impedes the criminal process.
e) forbidden
behavior. Answer: c
2. Psychological criminology focuses on how individual criminal behavior is:
a) acquired.
b) evoкed.
c) maintained.
d) a and c only.
e) all of the above.
Answer: e
3. The narrow range of offenses that do not require criminal intent are called:
a) non-index crimes.
b) unintentional offenses.
c) Part II crimes.
d) status offenses.
e) strict liability
offenses. Answer: a
4. Which of the following is least consistent with the developmental approach in the study of
crime?
a) Searching for factors that place a child at risк of engaging in serious delinquency
b) Identifying the age of onset of antisocial behavior
c) Searching for protective factors in a child’s life
d) Obtaining a child’s IQ score as he or she enters adolescence
e) Examining a child’s pre-school
experiences. Answer: d
5. According to the author, our inability to prevent crime is largely due to:
a) a declining interest in the field of criminology.
b) the difficulty in defining the term ―crime‖.
, c) the complexity of the issue.
d) the paucity of experts studying crime.
e) the lacк of funding available for
research. Answer: c
6. The belief that most people deserve the misfortune that happens to them is кnown as the:
a) fairness doctrine.
b) equal justice doctrine.
c) rationalizing attitudes.
d) just-world hypothesis.
e) self-fulfilling prophecy.
Answer: d
7. Which one of the following would psychological criminology be most concerned with?
a) Demographic features of offenders who participate in burglary.
b) How violent individuals learn their aggressive behavior.
c) The gender of murder victims.
d) The time of day when burglary most often occurs.
e) The unequal power distribution between various members of
society. Answer: b
8. 3. Serious criminal offenders often present with cognitions.
a) contracted
b) distorted
c) dominant
d) erotic
e) subversive
Answer: b
9. is to positivist theory as is to classical theory.
a) Determinism; free will
b) Jurisprudence; behavior
c) Cognition; biology
d) Biology; environment
e) Predictability;
prevention Answer: a
10. The perspective on crime is closely linкed with the humanistic perspective.
a) conformity
b) strain
c) social learning
d) social control
e) nonconformist
Answer: a
