Exam 1: An Overview of Crime and Criminology

Briefly explain the concept of correlation.How do we know if two factors are correlates?

Crimes that are time and culture bound are described as ______.

Which of the following is an example of a direct cost of crime?

Provide an overview of some of the major historical developments of criminological theory.Be sure to identify and describe at least three of the main eras or schools of thought from the history of criminology.

Provide two examples of acts that would be considered mala prohibita.

Universally condemned crimes are known as ______.

______ is a way of looking at the world, a general emotional picture of how things should be.

Criminality is an identifiable trait that some people possess, and others do not.

The Enlightenment is associated with advances in mathematics, science, and the dignity and worth of the individual as exemplified by a concern for human rights.

The unconstrained vision denies the existence of an innate human nature, instead holding that human nature is formed anew in each different culture.

The definition of crime is problematic because acts that are defined as criminal vary across time and culture.

______ is an interdisciplinary science that gathers and analyzes data on crime and criminal behavior.

In which case did the Supreme Court invalidate anti-flag burning statutes as unconstitutional?

What constitutes a crime can be defined in and out of existence by courts and legislators.

When two factors are correlates, it means that

A(n) ______ is a set of logically interconnected propositions explaining how phenomena are related.

According to John Hagan, which of the following criteria helps us differentiate between real crimes and those which are arbitrary and socially constructed?

Briefly explain the difference between socially harmful acts and private wrongs.

Define ideology.

Define mala in se and mala prohibita.Discuss the differences between these two types of acts and give examples of each.