Question 1

Which of the following best defines zemiology?

Accepted Answer

A)  A way of defining social harm 
B)  An academic discipline concerned with the study of social harms 
C)  A philosophical approach to crime 
D)  An academic discipline concerned with the study of crime 
A)  A way of defining social harm 
B)  An academic discipline concerned with the study of social harms 
C)  A philosophical approach to crime 
D)  An academic discipline concerned with the study of crime B

Question 2

Who of the following defined social harm as constituting the compromising of human flourishing through the systematic denial of access to the basic pre-requisites for such flourishing?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pemberton (2007; 2016) 
B)  Hillyard and Tombs (2004) 
C)  Tombs (2018) 
D)  Yar (2012) 
A)  Pemberton (2007; 2016) 
B)  Hillyard and Tombs (2004) 
C)  Tombs (2018) 
D)  Yar (2012) A

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT one of Hilyard and Tombs' (2004) typologies of harm?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social harm 
B)  Psychological harm 
C)  Financial harm 
D)  Physical harm 
A)  Social harm 
B)  Psychological harm 
C)  Financial harm 
D)  Physical harm A

Question 4

Who, of the following, is typically credited with laying the groundwork in the 1940s for the origins of the social harm approach as part of criminology?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pemberton and Hilyard 
B)  Tombs and Sutherland 
C)  Edwin Sutherland 
D)  Hilyard and Tombs 
A)  Pemberton and Hilyard 
B)  Tombs and Sutherland 
C)  Edwin Sutherland 
D)  Hilyard and Tombs

Question 5

Which of the following describes social harm, but not a crime (in the UK)?

Accepted Answer

A)  The sale of counterfeit goods 
B)  Burglary 
C)  The housing crisis 
D)  Murder 
A)  The sale of counterfeit goods 
B)  Burglary 
C)  The housing crisis 
D)  Murder

Question 6

Who of the following defined social harm as the inter-subjective experience of being refused recognition with respect to any or all of the dimensions of need; love, rights and esteem?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pemberton (2007; 2016) 
B)  Hillyard and Tombs (2004) 
C)  Tombs (2018) 
D)  Yar (2012) 
A)  Pemberton (2007; 2016) 
B)  Hillyard and Tombs (2004) 
C)  Tombs (2018) 
D)  Yar (2012)

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT an example of legal social harm?

Accepted Answer

A)  The housing crisis 
B)  Poverty 
C)  Burglary 
D)  Licensed pollution 
A)  The housing crisis 
B)  Poverty 
C)  Burglary 
D)  Licensed pollution

Question 8

Which of the following best describes negative liberty?

Accepted Answer

A)  Freedom to commit crime 
B)  Freedom from harm 
C)  Freedom from state control 
D)  Freedom to cause harm 
A)  Freedom to commit crime 
B)  Freedom from harm 
C)  Freedom from state control 
D)  Freedom to cause harm

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a criticism of the applicability of the social harm approach within criminology?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is no clear definition of social harm 
B)  Social harm is largely difficult to measure 
C)  Social harm includes some criminal harms 
D)  The concept of social harm is underdeveloped 
A)  There is no clear definition of social harm 
B)  Social harm is largely difficult to measure 
C)  Social harm includes some criminal harms 
D)  The concept of social harm is underdeveloped

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT one of the interrelated reasons why the concept of crime fails to cover social harms mentioned in this chapter?

Accepted Answer

A)  Crime consists of many 'petty events' 
B)  Crime has no ontological reality 
C)  Crime excludes many serious harms 
D)  Crime describes harmful and deviant behaviour 
A)  Crime consists of many 'petty events' 
B)  Crime has no ontological reality 
C)  Crime excludes many serious harms 
D)  Crime describes harmful and deviant behaviour

Exam 6: Social Harm and Zemiology

Which of the following best defines zemiology?

Who of the following defined social harm as constituting the compromising of human flourishing through the systematic denial of access to the basic pre-requisites for such flourishing?

Which of the following is NOT one of Hilyard and Tombs' (2004) typologies of harm?

Who, of the following, is typically credited with laying the groundwork in the 1940s for the origins of the social harm approach as part of criminology?

Which of the following describes social harm, but not a crime (in the UK)?

Who of the following defined social harm as the inter-subjective experience of being refused recognition with respect to any or all of the dimensions of need; love, rights and esteem?

Which of the following is NOT an example of legal social harm?

Which of the following best describes negative liberty?

Which of the following is NOT a criticism of the applicability of the social harm approach within criminology?

Which of the following is NOT one of the interrelated reasons why the concept of crime fails to cover social harms mentioned in this chapter?

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Crime, Victimisation and Criminology

Tool of the Trade: Crime, Survey and Big Data

Crime and the Media

Approaches to Criminological Theory

Feminist Criminologies

Developmental and Life-Course Criminology

Cultural Criminology: An Introduction

Southern and Comparative Criminology

Cybercrime

Terrorism

Corporate Crime and the Regulation of Ecocide

Organised and Transnational Crime

Green Crimes and Green Criminology

Trafficking and Exploitation

Hate Crime

Race and Racialized Crime

Gender, Crime Victimisation

Social Control

Models of Justice

Partnership and Multi-Agency Working: Tackling Domestic Abuse

Policing

The Crown Prosecution Service

The Court System in England Wales

Out of Court Disposals Diversion

Non-Custodial Sentencing

Prisons

Youth Crime and Youth Justice

Victims, Witnesses and the Criminal Justice System

Being a Criminologist and Doing Real-World Criminological Research

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