October/November 2013
QUESTION 1
The word" criminology" literally means the study of:
1) crime.
2) criminal justice.
3) the culture of violence
4) behaviour.
The correct answer is (1) SG p6
“Criminology is an applied discipline within the human sciences and its field of study
includes the scientific study of crime, offenders and victims, the punishment of
offenders (criminal justice system) and the prevention (reduction) and control of
crime.
The word ``criminology'' literally means ``the study of crime''.”
QUESTION 2
Crime statistics were compiled for the first time by:
1) Jerome Neapolitan
2) Ted Chiricos
3) Adolphe Quetelet
4) Gary Kleck
The correct answer is (3) SG p55
“Crime statistics were compiled for the first time by Adolphe Quetelet, a Belgian
Statistician.”
,QUESTION 3
Some criminologists distinguish criminology as the study of ___.
1) crime and deviant behaviour.
2) crime and criminal justice.
3) criminal and criminal association.
4) criminal and criminal justice behaviour
The correct answer is (2) SG p9
“Some criminologists distinguish between criminology, seen as the study of crime,
and criminal justice, seen as the functional study of the police, courts and
correctional services.”
QUESTION 4
In South Africa, police crime statistics are provided by the ___.
1) Crime Information Analysis Centre (CIAC).
2) Institute for Security Studies (ISS).
3) Crime Information Management (CIM).
4) Institute for Security Studies (ISS).
The correct answer is (1) SG p57, 66
“Official (crime) statistics are the statistics collected by official state departments. In
South Africa the official sources are the Statistics South Africa, police statistics,
judicial statistics and prison statistics.”
“Statistical information is provided by the Police Crime Information Analysis Centre
(20032009).”
QUESTION 5
___ 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.
1) Critical criminology
2) Feminist criminology
3) Classical criminology
4) positivist criminology
The correct answer is (1) SG p22
“Critical criminology is known as the third movement in the scientific development of
criminology and focuses on the political and economic structures of discrimination
and exploitation as causes of crime and the reasons why some actions are classified
as crime and others not.”
QUESTION 6
Alternative sources of information are needed to establish the true extent of
1) crime trends.
2) crime patterns.
3) trends in society
4) crime fluctuations.
The correct answer is (2) SG p64
“Alternative sources of information are needed to establish the true extent of crime
patterns.”
,QUESTION 7
In relation to intelligence as risk indicator for criminal behaviour, studies indicate that
a large fraction of offenders' IQ is at the __ scale.
1) high end of intelligence
2) far end of intelligence
3) middle end intelligence
4) low end of intelligence
The correct answer is (4) SG p109
“In relation to intelligence as a risk indicator for criminal behaviour, studies have
indicated that a large proportion of offenders' IQs are at the low end of the
intelligence scale (Siegel & Welsh 2009:102)”
QUESTION 8
Social ___ refers to the dynamic, multi-dimensional process of being shut out, fully or
partially, from the various social, economic, political or cultural system which serves
to assist the integration of a person into society.
1) exclusion
2) mobility
3) theory
4) cohesion
The correct answer is (1) SG p164
“Marginalisation/social exclusion. Social exclusion refers to the dynamic, multi-
dimensional process of being shut out, fully or partially, from the various social,
economic, political or cultural systems which serve to assist the integration of a
person into society.”
QUESTION 9
___ law resolves disputes between private individuals, the chief aim being
compensation for a private injustice.
1) Criminal
2) Civil
3) Statutory
4) Common
The correct answer is (2) SG p11
“Civil law resolves disputes between private individuals, the chief aim being
compensation for a private injustice.”
QUESTION 10
Criminology is an applied discipline within the human sciences. Its field of study
includes the scientific study of ___.
1) crime, criminals, victims, punishment and the prevention and control of crime.
2) crime, victims, families of victims and criminals and crime control only.
3) victims, punishment and the prevention and control of unknown offenders.
4) punishment and the prevention and control of law enforcement agencies.
The correct answer is (1) SG p6
“Criminology is an applied discipline within the human sciences and its field of study
includes the scientific study of crime, offenders and victims, the punishment of
, offenders (criminal justice system) and the prevention (reduction) and control of
crime.”
QUESTION 11
Generally speaking, criminologists study crime from two points of view, and those
points of view are the ___.
1) classical and modern definitions of crime.
2) cultural and societal definitions of crime.
3) juridical and non-juridical definitions of crime.
4) Juridical and professional definitions of crime.
The correct answer is (3) SG p11
“Generally speaking, criminologists study crime from two points of view, the juridical
(legal) and the non-juridical (social) definitions of crime.”
QUESTION 12
12. According to the ___ crime is a product of the capitalist system.
1) Rational choice theory
2) Social process approach
3) Social structure approach
4) Marxist criminology approach
The correct answer is (4) SG p19
“Radical theory (criminology). The view that crime is a product of the capitalist
system (Marxist criminology).”
QUESTION 13
Recidivism means ___.
1) prevention of crime
2) punishment of crime.
3) relapses into crime
4) in relation to crime.
The correct answer is (3) SG p8
“Criminologists also research the criminal justice system and suitable treatment for
offenders to help prevent recidivism (relapses into crime).”
QUESTION 14
14. A wrongful act can be defined as ___.
1) an act that conflicts with the legal norm in the form of a prescription or
prohibition.
2) a culpable frame of mind in which a person commits a wrongful act.
3) an antisocial conduct that is In conflict with the law or detrimental to the sound
normal life of an individual.
4) punishment that comprises a prison sentence, a fine, correctional supervision,
a suspended or deferred sentence or a combination of any of these
The correct answer is (1) SG p12
“A wrongful act may be defined as an act that conflicts with the legal norm in the
form of a prescription or prohibition. While wrongfulness is stated as an objective
requirement, there are circumstances that legalise an ``illegal'' act Ð for instance, if a
person acts in self-defence, during an emergency or even with the victim's consent.
QUESTION 1
The word" criminology" literally means the study of:
1) crime.
2) criminal justice.
3) the culture of violence
4) behaviour.
The correct answer is (1) SG p6
“Criminology is an applied discipline within the human sciences and its field of study
includes the scientific study of crime, offenders and victims, the punishment of
offenders (criminal justice system) and the prevention (reduction) and control of
crime.
The word ``criminology'' literally means ``the study of crime''.”
QUESTION 2
Crime statistics were compiled for the first time by:
1) Jerome Neapolitan
2) Ted Chiricos
3) Adolphe Quetelet
4) Gary Kleck
The correct answer is (3) SG p55
“Crime statistics were compiled for the first time by Adolphe Quetelet, a Belgian
Statistician.”
,QUESTION 3
Some criminologists distinguish criminology as the study of ___.
1) crime and deviant behaviour.
2) crime and criminal justice.
3) criminal and criminal association.
4) criminal and criminal justice behaviour
The correct answer is (2) SG p9
“Some criminologists distinguish between criminology, seen as the study of crime,
and criminal justice, seen as the functional study of the police, courts and
correctional services.”
QUESTION 4
In South Africa, police crime statistics are provided by the ___.
1) Crime Information Analysis Centre (CIAC).
2) Institute for Security Studies (ISS).
3) Crime Information Management (CIM).
4) Institute for Security Studies (ISS).
The correct answer is (1) SG p57, 66
“Official (crime) statistics are the statistics collected by official state departments. In
South Africa the official sources are the Statistics South Africa, police statistics,
judicial statistics and prison statistics.”
“Statistical information is provided by the Police Crime Information Analysis Centre
(20032009).”
QUESTION 5
___ 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.
1) Critical criminology
2) Feminist criminology
3) Classical criminology
4) positivist criminology
The correct answer is (1) SG p22
“Critical criminology is known as the third movement in the scientific development of
criminology and focuses on the political and economic structures of discrimination
and exploitation as causes of crime and the reasons why some actions are classified
as crime and others not.”
QUESTION 6
Alternative sources of information are needed to establish the true extent of
1) crime trends.
2) crime patterns.
3) trends in society
4) crime fluctuations.
The correct answer is (2) SG p64
“Alternative sources of information are needed to establish the true extent of crime
patterns.”
,QUESTION 7
In relation to intelligence as risk indicator for criminal behaviour, studies indicate that
a large fraction of offenders' IQ is at the __ scale.
1) high end of intelligence
2) far end of intelligence
3) middle end intelligence
4) low end of intelligence
The correct answer is (4) SG p109
“In relation to intelligence as a risk indicator for criminal behaviour, studies have
indicated that a large proportion of offenders' IQs are at the low end of the
intelligence scale (Siegel & Welsh 2009:102)”
QUESTION 8
Social ___ refers to the dynamic, multi-dimensional process of being shut out, fully or
partially, from the various social, economic, political or cultural system which serves
to assist the integration of a person into society.
1) exclusion
2) mobility
3) theory
4) cohesion
The correct answer is (1) SG p164
“Marginalisation/social exclusion. Social exclusion refers to the dynamic, multi-
dimensional process of being shut out, fully or partially, from the various social,
economic, political or cultural systems which serve to assist the integration of a
person into society.”
QUESTION 9
___ law resolves disputes between private individuals, the chief aim being
compensation for a private injustice.
1) Criminal
2) Civil
3) Statutory
4) Common
The correct answer is (2) SG p11
“Civil law resolves disputes between private individuals, the chief aim being
compensation for a private injustice.”
QUESTION 10
Criminology is an applied discipline within the human sciences. Its field of study
includes the scientific study of ___.
1) crime, criminals, victims, punishment and the prevention and control of crime.
2) crime, victims, families of victims and criminals and crime control only.
3) victims, punishment and the prevention and control of unknown offenders.
4) punishment and the prevention and control of law enforcement agencies.
The correct answer is (1) SG p6
“Criminology is an applied discipline within the human sciences and its field of study
includes the scientific study of crime, offenders and victims, the punishment of
, offenders (criminal justice system) and the prevention (reduction) and control of
crime.”
QUESTION 11
Generally speaking, criminologists study crime from two points of view, and those
points of view are the ___.
1) classical and modern definitions of crime.
2) cultural and societal definitions of crime.
3) juridical and non-juridical definitions of crime.
4) Juridical and professional definitions of crime.
The correct answer is (3) SG p11
“Generally speaking, criminologists study crime from two points of view, the juridical
(legal) and the non-juridical (social) definitions of crime.”
QUESTION 12
12. According to the ___ crime is a product of the capitalist system.
1) Rational choice theory
2) Social process approach
3) Social structure approach
4) Marxist criminology approach
The correct answer is (4) SG p19
“Radical theory (criminology). The view that crime is a product of the capitalist
system (Marxist criminology).”
QUESTION 13
Recidivism means ___.
1) prevention of crime
2) punishment of crime.
3) relapses into crime
4) in relation to crime.
The correct answer is (3) SG p8
“Criminologists also research the criminal justice system and suitable treatment for
offenders to help prevent recidivism (relapses into crime).”
QUESTION 14
14. A wrongful act can be defined as ___.
1) an act that conflicts with the legal norm in the form of a prescription or
prohibition.
2) a culpable frame of mind in which a person commits a wrongful act.
3) an antisocial conduct that is In conflict with the law or detrimental to the sound
normal life of an individual.
4) punishment that comprises a prison sentence, a fine, correctional supervision,
a suspended or deferred sentence or a combination of any of these
The correct answer is (1) SG p12
“A wrongful act may be defined as an act that conflicts with the legal norm in the
form of a prescription or prohibition. While wrongfulness is stated as an objective
requirement, there are circumstances that legalise an ``illegal'' act Ð for instance, if a
person acts in self-defence, during an emergency or even with the victim's consent.
