,Chapter 01 - The Changing Boundaries of Criminology
Chapter 01
The Changing Boundaries of Criminology
Multiple Choice Questions
1. According to the wheel of terrorism, which is not a transnational crime that is directly
relevant to terrorism?
A. illicit arms trafficking
B. money laundering
C. animal poaching
D. computer crime
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2. Who initially coined the term "criminology" in 1885?
A. Cesare Lombroso
B. Raffaele Garofalo
C. Enrico Ferri
D. Paul Topinard
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3. Edwin H. Sutherland mandated that criminologists, like all other scientists, collect
information for study and analysis in accordance with
A. the research methods of modern science.
B. history.
C. the law.
D. what the research design will allow.
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4. Which of the following disciplines is related to criminology?
A. sociology
B. economics
C. political science
D. all of these
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5. Criminology is the scientific study of
A. the making of laws.
B. the breaking of laws.
C. society's reaction to the breaking of laws.
D. all of these
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6. Natural-law philosophers believed that
A. some forms of behavior are innately criminal.
B. homicide and theft should not be universally condemned.
C. criminology is narrowly focused on crime.
D. none of these
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7. All early societies imposed punishment for acts that were detrimental to their existence,
such as
A. homicide.
B. treason.
C. theft.
D. vandalism.
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8. Research has revealed that society's reaction to lawbreaking has often been
A. productive.
B. irrational.
C. nonarbitrary.
D. impassive.
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9. According to Emile Durkheim, an act can be considered criminal if it violates or offends
the
A. criminal law.
B. civil law.
C. collective conscience.
D. natural law.
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10. The consensus model of law assumes that
A. members of society by and large agree on what is right and wrong.
B. the appropriate object of criminological investigation is conflict within society.
C. the criminal justice system is a means of controlling the classes that have no power.
D. the criminal law expresses the values of the ruling class in a society.
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11. The conflict model of law assumes that
A. certain acts are deemed so threatening to the society's survival that they are designated
crimes.
B. the criminal law expresses the values of the ruling class in a society.
C. members of a society by and large agree on what is right.
D. society is a stable entity in which laws are created for the general good.
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