School of criminology Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

CRIMINOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% COMPLETE ANSWERS. A teenager is accused of committing a violent crime against another. He insists that he was told to commit the crime by voices in his head. The voices evidently told him that he had to listen to them or everyone in the world would die. What kind of motive would the teenager MOST likely offer for his crime? insanity Amelia is studying Spanish in school. Her teacher explains to her that there are two different ways to address a pe...

Criminology Exam 1 UMD Mal in Se -Latin phrase that means evil or no good -wrong or evil in themselves -Core of legal code=homoicide and robbery -shown wrong by nature Mala Prohibita -Wrong because a particular place or time said they can't do it. -prohibited -smoking weed is legal some places but illegal (prohibited) in others -wrong because prohibited *changes over time in society are gambling and prositiution Edwin Sutherlands definition- The scientific study of lawmaking,...

CMY3701 Part 1: The rational actor model of crime and criminal behaviour + Theme 1: The rational actor model Aggravating circumstances, Classical Criminology, Criminal event decision, Criminal involvement, Bounded rationality, Mitigating cirumstances, Neo-classical school, Routine activities theory (Marcus Felcon), Rational choice theory....

Hagan, Introduction to Criminology 9e Instructor Resource 1. While crime was rising in the 1960s in the United States, crime was decreasing in Japan. This observation is significant because: a. It highlighted the inaccuracy of our statistics on crime, since it is common knowledge that crime rates are consistent across nations. b. It proved beyond a reasonable doubt that American society is particularly prone to criminality. *c. It discredited the assumption that modernization inev...

criminology correct answers the scientific study of the nature, extent, cause, and control of criminal behavior interdisciplinary science correct answers involving two or more academic fields criminal justice correct answers referring to the agencies of social control, such as police departments, the courts, and correctional institutions that handle criminal offenders utilitarianism correct answers the view that people's behavior is motivated by the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidanc...

Forensic Psychology Exam 1 (Gelfand) Qs & As Graded A+ Forensic Psychology -Answer-A subfield of psychology in which basic and applied psychological science or scientifically-oriented professional practice is applied to the law to help resolve legal, contractual, or administrative matters What do forensic psychologists do? -Answer-psychologists who help courts make decisions about people when some question related to psychology is involved pre-adjudication -Answer-before the legal decision...

What was the first prison designed to house sentenced offenders in the U.S. called? correct answers Walnut Street Jail How do correctional agencies fulfill their mission? I. By imprisoning offenders who receive a sentence of incarceration from the courts II. By assisting courts in the decision to grant bail III. By supervising offenders in the community under court jurisdiction correct answers I, II, III Which of the following statements is true of Walnut Street Jail? correct answers Pr...

What is Criminology? Edwin Sutherland Criminology is the study of 1) law making, (2) law breaking, (3) societal reaction to law breaking. Lenses Normative: Good vs. bad, right and wrong Legalistic: concerned with law, legal definitions of conduct Medical: Crime/Deviance as illness to be cured Psychological: generally focuses on causes of and reactions to crime based on personality, cognition, emotion, and/or mental illness Sociological: What is the sociological imaginatio...

Crime A violation of the criminal law without acceptable legal justification Deviance A violation of social norms defining appropriate behavior under a particular set of circumstances, may include crime but not necessarily Theory In simple terms, theory is an explanation of something Hypotheses An explanation that accounts for a set of facts and that can be tested by further investigation. Also, something that is taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigat...

Bachman, The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice 6th Edition Chapter 1: Science, Society, and Criminological Research Test Bank 1. Ben interviews ten juvenile gang members and discovers that most regularly carry weapons. Based on this information, he argues that all juvenile gang members carry weapons. This is an example of: a. Careful observation b. Systematic reasoning *c. Overgeneralization d. Inaccurate observation Section: Everyday Errors of Reason...