Exam 1: The Problem of Crime

Which of the following is not a type of law?

Which type of crime is least likely to be covered by television news?

Law originated in a society that had little or no inequality.

A recent study found that a majority of television shows depicted scenes of sexual harassment and that these offenses were

In 1970 the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence predicted that

What percentage of Americans has no experience with crime?

One effect of globalization has been

In 1970, the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence predicted that, in the near future, society would be free of crime and violence because the known causes would be eliminated.

The successful defense of "duty" to avoid criminal responsibility usually involves cases in which

In hunter-gatherer societies

Crime is a category that has absolute and universal meaning.

Briefly explain what the criminalization process is and why the authors argue that criminalization is not a neutral process.

The ________ defense is successfully used when the defendant "lacks substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality (wrongfulness) of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law."

In a violence index from 1967 to 1987, researcher George Gerbner found that 80 percent of television programming contained violence.

When crime is reported on the evening news, it is primarily

The media almost always portrays crime accurately.

Which of the following is not an advantage of the rights approach to defining crime?

Which of the following is an example of media bias regarding crime?

Where do most people get their "knowledge" of crime from?

As social inequality increases, law