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, A) consensus
B) sociological
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Answer: A
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Chapter 1 st stst What Is Criminology? st st
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1) The view of crime as human conduct that violates the criminal law is drawn from a
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perspective.
A) political
B) sociological
C) psychological
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Answer: C
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Objective: What is crime? What is the definition of crime that the author of this text has cho
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a local jurisdiction that has the power to make such laws‖ is a definition of
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A) criminology
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reserve the existing system of society is the basis of the
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Objective: What is crime? What is the definition of crime that the author of this text has cho
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,4) Which of the following statements regarding a crime harm index (CHI) is true?
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A) A CHI counts each offense equally.
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C) A CHI primarily focuses on street crimes that are most commonly committed by i
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Objective: What is deviance? How are crime and deviance similar? How do they differ? Lev
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6) You are running late to class and there is an exam today. To get to class on time, you drive
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Objective: What is deviance? How are crime and deviance similar? How do they differ? Lev
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7) Which of the following behaviors is criminal only when committed by a child but is legal
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when committed by an adult?
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A) Shoplifting a candy bar st st st
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C) Speeding
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Objective: What is deviance? How are crime and deviance similar? How do they differ? Lev
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8) The st
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when members of society generally agree that such laws are necessary?
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, A) consensus
B) sociological
C) pluralistic
D) legalistic
Answer: A
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Objective: Who decides what should be criminal? How are such decisions made? Lev
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9) The pluralistic perspective suggests that behaviors are typically criminalized through
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Objective: Who decides what should be criminal? How are such decisions made? Lev
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10) The gun control debate is an example of the
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Objective: Who decides what should be criminal? How are such decisions made? Lev
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11) is the field of study that is concerned primarily with the causes and consequences
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of crime.
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B) Criminology
C) Criminality
D) Criminalistics s
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Objective: What is criminology? What are its many roots? Le
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vel: Basic s t
12) Criminal justice focuses on st st st st .
A) the control of lawbreaking
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B) the causes of crime st st st
C) the consequences of crime
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