Exam 3: Explaining Crime

Match the following criminological theory or field of study with the correct definition listed below. -According to this theory,human beings can be divided into three basic somatotypes,which correspond to three basic temperaments

According to Merton,____ pursue the cultural goal of wealth through illegitimate means.

Which of the following theories assumes that crime is committed by free-willed individuals who engage in a hedonistic rationality?

Hirschi named four characteristics of proper socialization and four reasons why deviant behavior is likely to occur.Name three of each of these.

A theory of crime attempts to explain why or how a certain thing or certain things are related to criminal behavior.

For the Chicago theorists,social disorganization is defined by several characteristics.Three of the characteristics discussed in your textbook are listed below.Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of social disorganization?

There are at least three policy implications of Seymour Halleck's humanistic psychological theory.All are listed below.Which of the following is NOT one of the three policy implications listed in your textbook?

Which of the following theorists is associated with body type theories?

Special or specific deterrence is the use of the punishment of specific individuals to prevent people in general or society at large from engaging in crime.

Cloward and Ohlin named three types of gangs in your textbook.Three are listed below.Which of the following is NOT one of these types of gangs?

Which of the following theories assumes that crime is a product of the class struggle in society?

For Cesare Beccaria,the basis of society,as well as the origin of punishments and the right to punish,is:

Match the following criminological theory or field of study with the correct definition listed below. -A theory that human behavior is determined and not a matter of free will,and criminals are fundamentally different from noncriminals.

From the perspective of ____,people are expected to commit crime and delinquency unless they are prevented from doing so.

With whom are psychoanalytic theories of crime causation associated?

Criminal anthropology is the study of "criminal" human beings.

Cesare Beccaria recommended six ways to prevent crime.Three are listed below.Which one does NOT belong?

Postmodernist criminologists prefer to replace the prevailing description of the world with new conceptions,words and phrases that convey alternative meanings,as Sutherland did when he introduced the concept of "white-collar crime."

Emile Durkheim rejected the idea that society is more than a simple aggregate of individuals,and believed that the world is simply the product of individual actions.

Low levels of the brain neurotransmitter ____ have been found in impulsive murderers and arsonists.