Deck 3: Why Do People Commit Crimes

Question 1

Which of the following is associated with the classical school of criminology?

A) Cesare Lombroso
B) Auguste Comte
C) Jeremy Bentham
D) Emile Durkheim

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is not one of the three requirements for effective punishment according to the hedonistic calculus?

A) Certainty
B) Swiftness
C) Justification
D) Proportional

Answer 2

C

Question 3

_________is known as the "Grandfather of Criminology" because of his shift in focus to the offender.

A) Cesare Lombroso
B) Jeremy Bentham
C) Travis Hirschi
D) Emile Durkheim

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What term describes the policy of improving the human race through controlled procreation?

A) Endogenetics
B) Endogenics
C) Endocriminology
D) Eugenics

Question 5

__________describes the process by which one will continue behavior for which one has been rewarded, and eliminate behaviors that have been punished.

A) reinforcement
B) modeling
C) psychoanalysis
D) sociopathy

Question 6

Which theories share the belief that various societal factors are the main causes of crime?

A) Classical
B) Biological
C) Psychological
D) Sociological

Question 7

The assumption that men were rational and operated with free will is most associated with the classical school.

Question 8

When studying twins, concordance means that the twins do not share the same trait.

Question 9

Those diagnosed with hyperactivity as children are 25 times more likely to exhibit later delinquency.

Question 10

Antisocial personality disorder describes an individual who is without a conscious and unable to form sincere, affectionate bonds with others.

Question 11

Modeling refers to one learning behavior through rewards and punishments.