Exam 1: Theoretical Criminology: An Introductory Overview

Match the perspectives to its description -Determinism

Match the word to its description -Criminality

Which of the following is an example of a research question that primarily addresses the dependent variable of criminality, not locale?

Describe how classical and positive schools of criminology perspectives differ from one another.

Which of the following statements would represent an example of where a positive correlation would most typically be found?

Much criminological theorizing generates what kind of research?

Of the following, which is most likely to make a theory scientific?

Micro-level is to macro-level as:

Contemporary criminology began during what time period?

The _______________ era focused on free will versus demonic possession when discussing the reasons for crime.

Describe the four main components necessary to demonstrate causality?

Determinism assumes that the causes of behavior can be identified and that they can enable predictions about behavioral outcomes that will be likely to occur given certain conditions.

As defined by Cressey (1978) criminology is focused on the processes of making and breaking laws.

Match the word to its description -Criminologists

Criminology is focused on:

Criminality refers to the ____________________ of offending among and between social groups.

Which group believed that isolation, labor, and Bible reading would result in repentance, or rehabilitation?

Match the perspectives to its description -Positivism

The notions of the classical school were later revised by legal reformers and this came to be known as ____________.

Which historical legacy of the Classical School continues to push for the achievement of deterrence as an objective of the criminal justice system?