Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of including minority perspectives in criminology?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are often better informed about how racialized crime affects minority communities 
B)  They challenge White hegemonic (Colonialist and Orientalist) ideas about 'Black crime' 
C)  They provide a critical understanding of race and racialized crime 
D)  They help demonstrate that academic institutions are not racist 
A)  They are often better informed about how racialized crime affects minority communities 
B)  They challenge White hegemonic (Colonialist and Orientalist) ideas about 'Black crime' 
C)  They provide a critical understanding of race and racialized crime 
D)  They help demonstrate that academic institutions are not racist D

Question 2

Which of the following best describes 'social constructionism'?

Accepted Answer

A)  The over-representation of BAMEs in the criminal justices system is explained as a result of bias, Labelling theory and power 
B)  The over-representation of BAMEs in the criminal justices system is explained as a result of biological characteristics 
C)  The over-representation of BAMEs in the criminal justices system is explained as a result of race-based psychological characteristics 
D)  The over-representation of BAMEs in the criminal justices system is explained as a result of problematic family formations 
A)  The over-representation of BAMEs in the criminal justices system is explained as a result of bias, Labelling theory and power 
B)  The over-representation of BAMEs in the criminal justices system is explained as a result of biological characteristics 
C)  The over-representation of BAMEs in the criminal justices system is explained as a result of race-based psychological characteristics 
D)  The over-representation of BAMEs in the criminal justices system is explained as a result of problematic family formations A

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT an example of racialised crime?

Accepted Answer

A)  Modern-day terrorism 
B)  The 'mugging' moral panic of the 1970s 
C)  Sexual abuse post-2012 
D)  Speeding in the 1990s 
A)  Modern-day terrorism 
B)  The 'mugging' moral panic of the 1970s 
C)  Sexual abuse post-2012 
D)  Speeding in the 1990s D

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the processes of racialisation?

Accepted Answer

A)  People are divided based on racial characteristics 
B)  Racially based characteristics are ignored when perceiving and making decisions regarding criminal or deviant behaviour 
C)  People of different races become more likely to commit certain types of crime 
D)  Racially based real and imagined biological/cultural characteristics are used to render BAME groups criminal or deviant 
A)  People are divided based on racial characteristics 
B)  Racially based characteristics are ignored when perceiving and making decisions regarding criminal or deviant behaviour 
C)  People of different races become more likely to commit certain types of crime 
D)  Racially based real and imagined biological/cultural characteristics are used to render BAME groups criminal or deviant

Question 5

Which of the following best describes 'Xeno-racisim'?

Accepted Answer

A)  A new word for racism 
B)  A newer type of cultural racism that has less of a negative impact than 'traditional' racism 
C)  A way to combat normalised racism 
D)  A newer type of cultural racism that combines different types of discrimination to become context-specific and normalised as acceptable 
A)  A new word for racism 
B)  A newer type of cultural racism that has less of a negative impact than 'traditional' racism 
C)  A way to combat normalised racism 
D)  A newer type of cultural racism that combines different types of discrimination to become context-specific and normalised as acceptable

Question 6

What are the two key points used to explain BAME experiences of criminal justice according to Critical Race Theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  'Biological positivism' and ' Interest convergence' 
B)  'Differential racialisation' and 'Interest convergence' 
C)  'Differential racialisation' and 'Biological positivism' 
D)  'Social constuctionism' and 'Interest convergence' 
A)  'Biological positivism' and ' Interest convergence' 
B)  'Differential racialisation' and 'Interest convergence' 
C)  'Differential racialisation' and 'Biological positivism' 
D)  'Social constuctionism' and 'Interest convergence'

Question 7

Which of the following best defines 'racialised crime'?

Accepted Answer

A)  Crime is radical 
B)  Racial meaning is socially associated with types of crime 
C)  The race is never a factor in how crime is perceived 
D)  Crime is committed more by people of a certain race 
A)  Crime is radical 
B)  Racial meaning is socially associated with types of crime 
C)  The race is never a factor in how crime is perceived 
D)  Crime is committed more by people of a certain race

Question 8

Which of the following describes the biological positivist approach to race and crime?

Accepted Answer

A)  Race-based characteristics are not biological 
B)  Race-based characteristics are used to explain criminal behaviour 
C)  Race-based characteristics are unrelated to criminal behaviour 
D)  Race-based characteristics are biological 
A)  Race-based characteristics are not biological 
B)  Race-based characteristics are used to explain criminal behaviour 
C)  Race-based characteristics are unrelated to criminal behaviour 
D)  Race-based characteristics are biological

Question 9

What are the aims of Black Feminist Criminology?

Accepted Answer

A)  To exclusively explore gender in relation to crime and criminal justice 
B)  To explore the intersectionality of race and gender and how this can impact the specific experiences and perceptions of BAME women in regards to crime and criminal justice 
C)  To ignore other races and gender identities 
D)  To explore the biological characteristics of BAME women 
A)  To exclusively explore gender in relation to crime and criminal justice 
B)  To explore the intersectionality of race and gender and how this can impact the specific experiences and perceptions of BAME women in regards to crime and criminal justice 
C)  To ignore other races and gender identities 
D)  To explore the biological characteristics of BAME women

Question 10

Which of the following best describes 'differential racialisation'?

Accepted Answer

A)  Different racial groups have different experiences within society and several factors inform how they are perceived and treated in the criminal justice system 
B)  White ethnic groups manipulate notions of 'race' and racial issues in order to protect their own interests 
C)  Different racial groups have the same experiences within society and they are perceived and treated equally in the criminal justice system 
D)  Different racial groups have different biological and psychological characteristics that inform how often they interact with the criminal justice system 
A)  Different racial groups have different experiences within society and several factors inform how they are perceived and treated in the criminal justice system 
B)  White ethnic groups manipulate notions of 'race' and racial issues in order to protect their own interests 
C)  Different racial groups have the same experiences within society and they are perceived and treated equally in the criminal justice system 
D)  Different racial groups have different biological and psychological characteristics that inform how often they interact with the criminal justice system

Exam 18: Race and Racialized Crime

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of including minority perspectives in criminology?

Which of the following best describes 'social constructionism'?

Which of the following is NOT an example of racialised crime?

Which of the following best describes the processes of racialisation?

Which of the following best describes 'Xeno-racisim'?

What are the two key points used to explain BAME experiences of criminal justice according to Critical Race Theory?

Which of the following best defines 'racialised crime'?

Which of the following describes the biological positivist approach to race and crime?

What are the aims of Black Feminist Criminology?

Which of the following best describes 'differential racialisation'?

History of Crime

Crime, Victimisation and Criminology

Tool of the Trade: Crime, Survey and Big Data

Crime and the Media

Approaches to Criminological Theory

Social Harm and Zemiology

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

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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