Question 1

Beccaria started to develop his ideas in a classic text. What was this called?

Accepted Answer

A) Ad majorem Dei gloriam 
B) Dei delitti e delle pene 
C) Deo Optimo Maximo 
D) Non omnis moriar 
E) Absentem laedit cum ebrio qui litigat 
A) Ad majorem Dei gloriam 
B) Dei delitti e delle pene 
C) Deo Optimo Maximo 
D) Non omnis moriar 
E) Absentem laedit cum ebrio qui litigat B

Question 2

Sociologist Peter Hamilton (1996) has suggested that the ´Enlightenment mind' valued ten features: which of these five is not one of them?

Accepted Answer

A) Reason 
B) Empiricism 
C) Universalism 
D) Interpretivism 
E) Freedom 
A) Reason 
B) Empiricism 
C) Universalism 
D) Interpretivism 
E) Freedom A, B, C

Question 3

The ´Back to Justice model suggested by Von Hirsch and his colleagues claimed that ´The severity of punishment should be commensurate with the seriousness of the wrong´ (Von Hirsch, 1976: 66), arguing that which of these should apply?

Accepted Answer

A) The degree of likelihood that the offender might return to crime should be irrelevant to the choice of sentence. He should be sentenced on what he has done 
B) Indeterminate sentences should be abolished. Particular crimes merit particular punishments, and offenders should know what they will get 
C) Sentencing discretion should be sharply reduced. A system of standardized penalties should be introduced 
D) Imprisonment should be limited to serious offences - usually crimes leading to serious harm 
E) Milder penalties should not claim to rehabilitate, but simply be less severe punishments 
A) The degree of likelihood that the offender might return to crime should be irrelevant to the choice of sentence. He should be sentenced on what he has done 
B) Indeterminate sentences should be abolished. Particular crimes merit particular punishments, and offenders should know what they will get 
C) Sentencing discretion should be sharply reduced. A system of standardized penalties should be introduced 
D) Imprisonment should be limited to serious offences - usually crimes leading to serious harm 
E) Milder penalties should not claim to rehabilitate, but simply be less severe punishments A, C, D, E

Question 4

What are the problems with the positivist model?

Accepted Answer

The positivist model has several problem

Question 5

Although Lombroso's experimental work was flawed he is still credited with re-focusing criminological thinking from the workings of the criminal law to an understanding of the criminal what?

Accepted Answer

A) Mind 
B) Person 
C) Thief 
D) Class 
E) Type 
A) Mind 
B) Person 
C) Thief 
D) Class 
E) Type

Question 6

Cesare Lombroso (1796-1874) was a leading nineteenth-century statistician. Developing a theory of social mechanics, he believed that statistical research could outline the average features of a population, and that it would hence be possible to discover the underlying regularities for both normal and abnormal behaviour.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Classicism had much less of a focus on the criminal per se and it had little concern with establishing the causes of crime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

David Matza, in an opening chapter of his classic book, Delinquency and Drift (1964) summarized the positivist view (of which he was very critical) using three of the following:

Accepted Answer

A) ´The criminal is a specific type of person´ 
B) The criminal is created by his (sic) environment´ 
C) The criminal can be cured´ 
D) ´The criminal differs from others´ 
E) ´The criminal is ""driven"" into crime through factors outside his or her control´ 
A) ´The criminal is a specific type of person´ 
B) The criminal is created by his (sic) environment´ 
C) The criminal can be cured´ 
D) ´The criminal differs from others´ 
E) ´The criminal is ""driven"" into crime through factors outside his or her control´

Question 9

Bentham argued that punishments should be calculated to inflict pain in direct proportion to what?

Accepted Answer

A) The amount stolen 
B) The age of the offender 
C) The damage done to the public interest 
D) The severity of the offence 
E) The size of the profit made 
A) The amount stolen 
B) The age of the offender 
C) The damage done to the public interest 
D) The severity of the offence 
E) The size of the profit made

Question 10

The view that human beings have ´free will´ - human actions are not simply determined by inside or outside ´forces´ but result from freely made personal decisions. What does this mean for the study of criminology?

Accepted Answer

The belief in free will has significant

Beccaria started to develop his ideas in a classic text. What was this called?

Sociologist Peter Hamilton (1996) has suggested that the ´Enlightenment mind' valued ten features: which of these five is not one of them?

The ´Back to Justice model suggested by Von Hirsch and his colleagues claimed that ´The severity of punishment should be commensurate with the seriousness of the wrong´ (Von Hirsch, 1976: 66), arguing that which of these should apply?

What are the problems with the positivist model?

Although Lombroso's experimental work was flawed he is still credited with re-focusing criminological thinking from the workings of the criminal law to an understanding of the criminal what?

Classicism had much less of a focus on the criminal per se and it had little concern with establishing the causes of crime.

David Matza, in an opening chapter of his classic book, Delinquency and Drift (1964) summarized the positivist view (of which he was very critical) using three of the following:

Bentham argued that punishments should be calculated to inflict pain in direct proportion to what?

The view that human beings have ´free will´ - human actions are not simply determined by inside or outside ´forces´ but result from freely made personal decisions. What does this mean for the study of criminology?

Introduction

Histories of Crime

Researching Crime

Early Sociological Thinking About Crime

Radicalizing Traditions: Marxism, Feminism and Foucault

Crime, Social Theory and Social Change

Crime, Place and Space

Victims and Victimization

Life Course Criminology

Theft, Fraud and Other Property Crimes

Crime, Sexuality and Gender

Crime, the Emotions and Social Psychology

Organised Crime

Corporate Crime and Crimes of the Powerful

Drugs, Alcohol, Health and Crime

Thinking About Punishment

The Criminal Justice Process

The Police and Policing

Prisons and Imprisonment

Green Criminology and Environmental Crime

Crime and Media

Digital Criminology and Cybercrime

Filters

Exam 4: Enlightenment and Early Traditions

Beccaria started to develop his ideas in a classic text. What was this called?

Sociologist Peter Hamilton (1996) has suggested that the ´Enlightenment mind' valued ten features: which of these five is not one of them?

The ´Back to Justice model suggested by Von Hirsch and his colleagues claimed that ´The severity of punishment should be commensurate with the seriousness of the wrong´ (Von Hirsch, 1976: 66), arguing that which of these should apply?

What are the problems with the positivist model?

Although Lombroso's experimental work was flawed he is still credited with re-focusing criminological thinking from the workings of the criminal law to an understanding of the criminal what?

Classicism had much less of a focus on the criminal per se and it had little concern with establishing the causes of crime.

David Matza, in an opening chapter of his classic book, Delinquency and Drift (1964) summarized the positivist view (of which he was very critical) using three of the following:

Bentham argued that punishments should be calculated to inflict pain in direct proportion to what?

The view that human beings have ´free will´ - human actions are not simply determined by inside or outside ´forces´ but result from freely made personal decisions. What does this mean for the study of criminology?

Introduction

Histories of Crime

Researching Crime

Early Sociological Thinking About Crime

Radicalizing Traditions: Marxism, Feminism and Foucault

Crime, Social Theory and Social Change

Crime, Place and Space

Victims and Victimization

Life Course Criminology

Theft, Fraud and Other Property Crimes

Crime, Sexuality and Gender

Crime, the Emotions and Social Psychology

Organised Crime

Corporate Crime and Crimes of the Powerful

Drugs, Alcohol, Health and Crime

Thinking About Punishment

The Criminal Justice Process

The Police and Policing

Prisons and Imprisonment

Green Criminology and Environmental Crime

Crime and Media

Digital Criminology and Cybercrime

Filters