Deck 3: The Criminal Lawthe Criminal Law and Its Seven Basic Principles

Question 1

Dan White, the murderer of George Moscone, the mayor of San Francisco, used the ____________ to defend his actions.

A) "Twinkie defense"
B) reduced capacity defense
C) McNaughton Rule
D) "irresistible impulse" defense

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What was the final outcome of the Ted Bundy case?

A) he was executed by Florida in 1989
B) he was found not guilt of all charges
C) he is currently serving a life sentence in Florida
D) he served 20 years for his crimes and has recently been released

Answer 2

A

Question 3

According to table 3.1, poverty as a percent of the total population is greatest among ____________.

A) white people
B) black people
C) people of Hispanic origin
D) People of Asian and Pacific Island origin

Answer 3

B

Question 4

What theory explains why different behavior and different people are defined as criminal?

A) Differential Association Theory
B) Social Control Theory
C) Labeling Theory
D) Freudian Theory
E) Control Theory

Question 5

Which country uses a brain scanner that produces images of the human mind and is said to reveal signs that a suspect remembers details of the crime in question?

A) United States
B) China
C) India
D) Russia
E) All of the above

Question 6

Noted sociologists Robert Merton is best associated with _______________.

A) strain theory
B) subculture theory
C) social control theory
D) labeling theory
E) conflict theory

Question 7

Which of the following approaches are not used by psychologists in explaining criminal behavior?

A) focus on failures in psychological development
B) examine ways in which people learn to be aggressive
C) by studying personality characteristics
D) psychologists relate a particular form of psychopathy to crime
E) all of these are approaches that psychologists consider in explaining criminality

Question 8

Albert Cohen argued that _______________.

A) delinquency is the direct result of heredity
B) delinquency is based on deep root psychological problems
C) delinquency is based on race
D) delinquent gangs emerge in economically deprived areas of larger American cities

Question 9

What theory asks the question, who makes these laws, and why?

A) Differential Association Theory
B) Social Control Theory
C) Labeling and Conflict Theory
D) Freudian Theory

Question 10

A condition in which a person has no sense of responsibility; shows disregard for the truth, is insincere and feels no sense of shame, guilt, or humiliation is called __________.

A) criminal mind
B) psychopathy
C) morally deranged
D) criminal sickness

Question 11

Robert Merton argued that the number one goal of American society was ______.

A) spiritualism
B) educational achievement
C) financial success
D) a happy marriage

Question 12

According to table 3.1, poverty as a percent of the total population is lowest among _________________.

A) white people
B) black people
C) people of Hispanic origin
D) People of Asian and Pacific Island origin

Question 13

Travis Hirschi and Michael Gottfredson propose a new model of personal and social control called __________________.

A) a Psychological Theory of Crime
B) a General Theory of Crime
C) a Differential Association Theory of Crime
D) a Biological Theory of Crime

Question 14

According to ___________ crime results when the same materialistic goals are held out to all members of society without giving them equal means to achieve them.

A) strain theory
B) subculture theory
C) social control theory
D) labeling theory
E) conflict theory

Question 15

According to table 3.1, the percentage of Asians below the poverty level is _____.

A) 10.2
B) 12.2
C) 15.1
D) 21.9

Question 16

Social control theory is best related to the works of ______________.

A) Travis Hirschi
B) Albert Cohen
C) Edwin Sutherland
D) James Q. Wilson

Question 17

The means and methods by which a crime is committed is called __________.

A) mens rea
B) actus reas
C) corpus delicti
D) modus operandi

Question 18

Robert Sampson and John Laub found that ___________________.

A) family, school, and peer attachments were most strongly associated with delinquency
B) crime is the result of poor education
C) crime is a psychological problem
D) crime is caused by genetics

Question 19

A subdivision within the dominant culture that has its own norms, beliefs, and values is called ________________.

A) deviance
B) psychopathy
C) a subculture
D) society

Question 20

The Head Start program was inaugurated by ______________.

A) Ronald Reagan
B) Lyndon Johnson
C) Bill Clinton
D) Gerald Ford
E) Jimmy Carter

Question 21

Dan White, the murderer of George Moscone, the mayor of San Francisco, used the ____________ to defend his actions.

Question 22

According to table 3.1, poverty as a percent of the total population is least among the __________________.

Question 23

The means and methods by which a crime is committed is called __________.

Question 24

Travis Hirschi and Michael Gottfredson propose a new model of personal and social control called a __________________.

Question 25

A model of crime in which the criminal justice system is seen as being used by the ruling class to control the lower class is called ______________.

A) Differential Association Theory
B) Social Control Theory
C) Labeling Theory
D) Freudian Theory
E) Conflict Theory

Question 26

Which of the following is the safest place for your children?

A) the home
B) the school
C) the streets
D) the family car

Question 27

According to table 3.1, poverty as a percent of the total population is greatest among ____________.

Question 28

Robert Merton argued that the number one goal of American society was ______.

Question 29

Travis Hirschi and Michael Gottfredson propose a new model of personal and social control called __________________.

Question 30

Noted sociologists Robert Merton is best associated with _______________ theory.

Question 31

The Head Start program was inaugurated by President ______________.

Question 32

A subdivision within the dominant culture that has its own norms, beliefs, and values is called a ________________.

Question 33

Social control theory is best related to the works of ______________.

Question 34

The General Theory of Crime suggests that offenders have ________ control over their own behavior and desires.

Question 35

______________ argues that society creates criminals through its criminal justice system by passing judgment on some persons as criminals, thereby permanently stigmatizing them.

Question 36

______________ argues that society creates criminals through its criminal justice system by passing judgment on some persons as criminals, thereby permanently stigmatizing them.

A) Differential Association Theory
B) Social Control Theory
C) Labeling Theory
D) Freudian Theory
E) Conflict Theory

Question 37

According to ___________ crime results when the same materialistic goals are held out to all members of society without giving them equal means to achieve them.

Question 38

The number of school related violent deaths is _______ what it was six years ago.

A) twice
B) one-half
C) 90%
D) 120%

Question 39

______________ was charged with the murder of several patients while he was a nurse.

Question 40

A condition in which a person has no sense of responsibility; shows disregard for the truth, is insincere and feels no sense of shame, guilt, or humiliation is called __________.

Question 41

The number of school related violent deaths is _______ what it was six years ago.

Question 42

Ted Bundy received 7 consecutive life sentences for his crimes. The longest combined sentences in Florida's history.

Question 43

School is one of the safest places for young people, safer than the streets or even their homes.

Question 44

______________ is one of the safest places for young people, safer than the streets or even their homes.

Question 45

The means and methods by which a crime is committed is called the actus reas.

Question 46

A condition in which a person has no sense of responsibility; shows disregard for the truth, is insincere and feels no sense of shame, guilt, or humiliation is called psychopathy.

Question 47

According to strain theory crime results when the same materialistic goals are held out to all members of society without giving them equal means to achieve them.

Question 48

Violent crime in America's schools has been on the decline in recent years.

Question 49

The Head Start was started by Ronald Reagan.

Question 50

Troops attacked and killed four students in 1970 at _________ University.

Question 51

A model of crime in which the criminal justice system is seen as being used by the ruling class to control the lower class is called ______________.

Question 52

The number of school related violent deaths is twice what it was six years ago.

Question 53

After the Littleton, Colorado incident, school boards across the country banned trench coats and other oversized garments, apparently to prevent students from hiding weapons on their bodies or in their clothing.

Question 54

The General Theory of Crime suggests that crime is a function of poor self-control.