Question 1

Nodes that draw potential victims to the area are considered:

Accepted Answer

A)  crime generators 
B)  social templates 
C)  crime attractors 
D)  edges 
E)  none of the above 
A)  crime generators 
B)  social templates 
C)  crime attractors 
D)  edges 
E)  none of the above A

Question 2

The most common form of displacement considered in evaluations is tactical displacement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Crime displacement represents change in crime due to the preventive actions of the individual or society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a key assumption for displacement?

Accepted Answer

A)  crime is inelastic 
B)  offenders have mobility 
C)  offenders make rational choices 
D)  alternative targets and choices are limited 
E)  all of the above are assumptions 
A)  crime is inelastic 
B)  offenders have mobility 
C)  offenders make rational choices 
D)  alternative targets and choices are limited 
E)  all of the above are assumptions

Question 5

Which of the following ideas is NOT related to Crime Pattern Theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  guardians 
B)  paths, nodes, and edges 
C)  crime attractors 
D)  social template 
E)  all of the above are related 
A)  guardians 
B)  paths, nodes, and edges 
C)  crime attractors 
D)  social template 
E)  all of the above are related

Question 6

Soft determinism means that individuals make choices but only within the realm of available opportunities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The term that refers to the social, economic, cultural, and physical conditions within which people operate is:

Accepted Answer

A)  social template 
B)  crime template 
C)  environmental backcloth 
D)  rational choice 
E)  none of the above 
A)  social template 
B)  crime template 
C)  environmental backcloth 
D)  rational choice 
E)  none of the above

Question 8

The environmental backcloth is the idea that people have templates that outline expectations of what will happen at certain times and places given certain behavior by the individual.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a factor in the construction of cognitive maps?

Accepted Answer

A)  evaluation 
B)  recognition 
C)  consideration 
D)  prediction 
E)  all are factors 
A)  evaluation 
B)  recognition 
C)  consideration 
D)  prediction 
E)  all are factors

Question 10

Guerette and Bowers's evaluation of displacement and diffusion in situational crime prevention studies report that displacement appears in roughly how many of the studies?

Accepted Answer

A)  10% 
B)  25% 
C)  40% 
D)  50% 
E)  60% 
A)  10% 
B)  25% 
C)  40% 
D)  50% 
E)  60%

Question 11

__________ means that the commission of crime decreases as the distance from the offender's home increases.

Accepted Answer

A)  Euclidean distance 
B)  Distance decay 
C)  Benign displacement 
D)  Journey to crime 
E)  none of the above 
A)  Euclidean distance 
B)  Distance decay 
C)  Benign displacement 
D)  Journey to crime 
E)  none of the above

Question 12

The shift of crime due to the action of a crime prevention program is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  crime movement 
B)  deviance shifting 
C)  crime displacement 
D)  preventive spillover 
E)  none of the above 
A)  crime movement 
B)  deviance shifting 
C)  crime displacement 
D)  preventive spillover 
E)  none of the above

Question 13

Distance as measured following roadways and walkways, generally selecting those that reduce both distance and travel time, is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  Manhattan distance 
B)  Euclidean distance 
C)  Elfers distance 
D)  Polar distance 
E)  none of the above 
A)  Manhattan distance 
B)  Euclidean distance 
C)  Elfers distance 
D)  Polar distance 
E)  none of the above

Question 14

Offenders are driven to commit a certain number of offenses over a given period of time. This statement refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  offender mobility 
B)  crime inelasticity 
C)  functional displacement 
D)  rational choice 
E)  none of the above 
A)  offender mobility 
B)  crime inelasticity 
C)  functional displacement 
D)  rational choice 
E)  none of the above

Question 15

The idea that available choices are limited by time, place, or circumstance refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  soft determinism 
B)  displacement 
C)  routine activities 
D)  crime fuses 
E)  none of the above 
A)  soft determinism 
B)  displacement 
C)  routine activities 
D)  crime fuses 
E)  none of the above

Question 16

An offender who utilizes new means to commit the same offense is definition of:

Accepted Answer

A)  temporal displacement 
B)  functional displacement 
C)  target displacement 
D)  tactical displacement 
E)  none of the above 
A)  temporal displacement 
B)  functional displacement 
C)  target displacement 
D)  tactical displacement 
E)  none of the above

Question 17

Functional displacement occurs when one offender ceases his or her deviant behavior, only to be replaced by another offender.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT one of the criteria necessary for crime outlined by Cohen and Felson?

Accepted Answer

A)  a suitable target 
B)  an absence of guardians 
C)  an outlet for stolen goods 
D)  a motivated offender 
E)  none of the above 
A)  a suitable target 
B)  an absence of guardians 
C)  an outlet for stolen goods 
D)  a motivated offender 
E)  none of the above

Question 19

A hunting ground for offenders is one where potential victims frequent an area and there is a lack of guardians at that location and, consequently, the offender follows the victims to that place.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Areas in which society, either consciously or unconsciously, has allowed crime to operate until it explodes are known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  crime fuses 
B)  malign displacement 
C)  diffusion of benefits 
D)  rational choice 
E)  none of the above 
A)  crime fuses 
B)  malign displacement 
C)  diffusion of benefits 
D)  rational choice 
E)  none of the above

Nodes that draw potential victims to the area are considered:

The most common form of displacement considered in evaluations is tactical displacement.

Crime displacement represents change in crime due to the preventive actions of the individual or society.

Which of the following is NOT a key assumption for displacement?

Which of the following ideas is NOT related to Crime Pattern Theory?

Soft determinism means that individuals make choices but only within the realm of available opportunities.

The term that refers to the social, economic, cultural, and physical conditions within which people operate is:

The environmental backcloth is the idea that people have templates that outline expectations of what will happen at certain times and places given certain behavior by the individual.

Which of the following is NOT a factor in the construction of cognitive maps?

Guerette and Bowers's evaluation of displacement and diffusion in situational crime prevention studies report that displacement appears in roughly how many of the studies?

__________ means that the commission of crime decreases as the distance from the offender's home increases.

The shift of crime due to the action of a crime prevention program is referred to as:

Distance as measured following roadways and walkways, generally selecting those that reduce both distance and travel time, is known as

Offenders are driven to commit a certain number of offenses over a given period of time. This statement refers to:

The idea that available choices are limited by time, place, or circumstance refers to

An offender who utilizes new means to commit the same offense is definition of:

Functional displacement occurs when one offender ceases his or her deviant behavior, only to be replaced by another offender.

Which of the following is NOT one of the criteria necessary for crime outlined by Cohen and Felson?

A hunting ground for offenders is one where potential victims frequent an area and there is a lack of guardians at that location and, consequently, the offender follows the victims to that place.

Areas in which society, either consciously or unconsciously, has allowed crime to operate until it explodes are known as:

Crime and the Fear of Crime

Crime Prevention

Evaluation and Crime Prevention

The Physical Environment and Crime Prevention

Neighborhood Crime Prevention

Developmental Crime Prevention

General Deterrence

Prediction for Secondary Prevention

Situational Crime Prevention

Displacement and Diffusion

Partnerships for Crime Prevention

Substance Use, Crime, and Crime Prevention

The School and Crime Prevention

Specific Deterrence and Incapacitation

Rehabilitation

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Exam 6: The Mass Media and Crime Prevention

Nodes that draw potential victims to the area are considered:

The most common form of displacement considered in evaluations is tactical displacement.

Crime displacement represents change in crime due to the preventive actions of the individual or society.

Which of the following is NOT a key assumption for displacement?

Which of the following ideas is NOT related to Crime Pattern Theory?

Soft determinism means that individuals make choices but only within the realm of available opportunities.

The term that refers to the social, economic, cultural, and physical conditions within which people operate is:

The environmental backcloth is the idea that people have templates that outline expectations of what will happen at certain times and places given certain behavior by the individual.

Which of the following is NOT a factor in the construction of cognitive maps?

Guerette and Bowers's evaluation of displacement and diffusion in situational crime prevention studies report that displacement appears in roughly how many of the studies?

__________ means that the commission of crime decreases as the distance from the offender's home increases.

The shift of crime due to the action of a crime prevention program is referred to as:

Distance as measured following roadways and walkways, generally selecting those that reduce both distance and travel time, is known as

Offenders are driven to commit a certain number of offenses over a given period of time. This statement refers to:

The idea that available choices are limited by time, place, or circumstance refers to

An offender who utilizes new means to commit the same offense is definition of:

Functional displacement occurs when one offender ceases his or her deviant behavior, only to be replaced by another offender.

Which of the following is NOT one of the criteria necessary for crime outlined by Cohen and Felson?

A hunting ground for offenders is one where potential victims frequent an area and there is a lack of guardians at that location and, consequently, the offender follows the victims to that place.

Areas in which society, either consciously or unconsciously, has allowed crime to operate until it explodes are known as:

Crime and the Fear of Crime

Crime Prevention

Evaluation and Crime Prevention

The Physical Environment and Crime Prevention

Neighborhood Crime Prevention

Developmental Crime Prevention

General Deterrence

Prediction for Secondary Prevention

Situational Crime Prevention

Displacement and Diffusion

Partnerships for Crime Prevention

Substance Use, Crime, and Crime Prevention

The School and Crime Prevention

Specific Deterrence and Incapacitation

Rehabilitation

Filters