CMY1501 CRIMINOLOGY
EXAM PACK QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
, CMY1501 CRIMINOLOGY EXAM PACK QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
___ feel that certain factors make women more vulnerable to crime
1) Radical feminist
2) Liberal feminist
3) Positivist criminologists
4) Postmodern criminologists - -Answer--1) Radical feminist
___ is the statistical data compiled by the police, courts and corrections and routinely
published by governments as indices of the extent of crime.
1) Code of crime list
2) Official crime statistics
3) Crime trends
4) Crime patterns - -Answer--2) Official crime statistics
___ law resolves disputes between private individuals, the chief aim being
compensation for a private injustice.
1) Criminal
2) Civil
3) Statutory
4) Common - -Answer--2) Civil
___ theories focus on psychological processes that affect motivation.
1) Process
2) Content
3) Instrumental
4) Rational choice - -Answer--1) Process
___ theory developed from the assumption that a chaotic society causes strain which
leads to delinquency and crime.
1) Strain
2) Classical
3) Radical
4) Liberal - -Answer--1) Strain
___ theory is essentially idealistic in unequal societies and economic conditions
influence choices.
1) feminist
2) radical
3) classical
4) positivist - -Answer--3) classical
___ zooms in on the political and economic structures of discrimination and
exploitation as causes of crime and the reasons for some actions to be classified as
crime and others not - -Answer--Critical criminology
A wrongful act can be defined as ___.
1) an act that conflicts with the legal norm in the form of a prescription or
EXAM PACK QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
, CMY1501 CRIMINOLOGY EXAM PACK QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
___ feel that certain factors make women more vulnerable to crime
1) Radical feminist
2) Liberal feminist
3) Positivist criminologists
4) Postmodern criminologists - -Answer--1) Radical feminist
___ is the statistical data compiled by the police, courts and corrections and routinely
published by governments as indices of the extent of crime.
1) Code of crime list
2) Official crime statistics
3) Crime trends
4) Crime patterns - -Answer--2) Official crime statistics
___ law resolves disputes between private individuals, the chief aim being
compensation for a private injustice.
1) Criminal
2) Civil
3) Statutory
4) Common - -Answer--2) Civil
___ theories focus on psychological processes that affect motivation.
1) Process
2) Content
3) Instrumental
4) Rational choice - -Answer--1) Process
___ theory developed from the assumption that a chaotic society causes strain which
leads to delinquency and crime.
1) Strain
2) Classical
3) Radical
4) Liberal - -Answer--1) Strain
___ theory is essentially idealistic in unequal societies and economic conditions
influence choices.
1) feminist
2) radical
3) classical
4) positivist - -Answer--3) classical
___ zooms in on the political and economic structures of discrimination and
exploitation as causes of crime and the reasons for some actions to be classified as
crime and others not - -Answer--Critical criminology
A wrongful act can be defined as ___.
1) an act that conflicts with the legal norm in the form of a prescription or
