CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; A PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH 12TH
EDITION (PEARSON, 2020) BY CURT R. BARTOL AND ANNE M.
BARTOL, ISBN NO; 9780135618677, ALL 15 CHAPTERS COVERED
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,Test Bank for Criminal Behavior; A Psychological Approach 12th Edition (Pearson, 2020) by Curt
R. Bartol and Anne M. Bartol, Isbn no; 9780135618677, all 15 Chapters Covered
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Criminal Behavior
2. Origins of Criminal Behavior: Developmental Risk and Protective Factors
3. Origins of Criminal Behavior: Biological/Neurological Factors
4. Origins of Criminal Behavior: Learning and Situational Factors
5. Human Aggression and Violence
6. Juvenile Delinquency
7. Psychopathy
8. Crime and Mental Disorders
9. Homicide, Assault, and Intimate Partner and Family Violence
10. Multiple Murder, School, and Workplace Violence
11. Psychology of Modern Terrorism
12. Sexual Assault
13. Sexual Assault of Children and Youth
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15. Violent Economic Crime, Cybercrime, and Crimes of Intimidation
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,Test Bank for Criminal Behavior; A Psychological Approach 12th Edition (Pearson, 2020) by Curt
R. Bartol and Anne M. Bartol, Isbn no; 9780135618677, all 15 Chapters Covered
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) evoked.
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 risk of engaging in serious delinquency
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, b) Identifying the age of onset of antisocial behavior
c)
d)
e) -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 lack of funding available for research. Answer: c
6. The belief that most people deserve the misfortune that happens to them is known 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
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