Deck 1: What Is Criminology

Question 1

An American visitor witnessing a crime in Japan may interpret the events differently than someone born within the Japanese culture.This is an example of ___________.

A)social event
B)social relativity
C)deviant relativity
D)criminal event

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which field has contributed most to criminology?

A)psychology
B)sociology
C)economics
D)mathematics

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which viewpoint says that the laws should be enacted as criminal forms of behavior when members of society generally agree that such laws are necessary?

A)the sociologically perspective
B)deviant ruling
C)the pluralistic perspective
D)the consensus perspective

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Theoretical criminology posits explanations for ________.

A)deviant behavior
B)criminal behavior
C)justice
D)theory

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of the pluralistic view of the political process?

A)deciding that all theft is socially unacceptable
B)deciding that all theft is culturally acceptable
C)deciding that new laws should be created after debate
D)deciding that laws should not be debated

Question 6

Which one of the following is not considered part of the definitional perspectives in contemporary criminology?

A)political
B)sociological
C)mathematical
D)legalistic

Question 7

Which of the following is most likely to be considered both deviant and legal behavior?

A)wearing a mohawk
B)skinny dipping
C)physical violence
D)using narcotics

Question 8

Experimental criminology uses _________ techniques to test the accuracy of theories about crime.

A)social scientific
B)scientific
C)general theory
D)mathematical

Question 9

Sociologically speaking,many crimes can be regarded as ______ behavior.

A)logical
B)childish
C)deviant
D)common

Question 10

A criminalist specializes in which aspects of a crime?

A)collecting and examining physical evidence
B)examining witnesses
C)interrogating the main suspect
D)analyzing any traces of identity fraud

Question 11

Decisions about what to do with a criminal are made through a ________.

A)political process
B)social process
C)psychological process
D)general theory

Question 12

This book recognizes that crime is not an isolated individual activity but a ________.

A)social event
B)economic event
C)deviant event
D)political event

Question 13

This book sees crime as a __________ event.

A)individual
B)social
C)political
D)justifiable

Question 14

The belief crime manifests from underlying social problems such as poverty,discrimination,and family violence is the __________ perspective.

A)scientific
B)pluralistic
C)deviant
D)social problems

Question 15

Which definition of crime does this book take?

A)legalistic
B)psychological
C)sociological
D)mathematical

Question 16

Which of the following is not a role of a criminal justice professional?

A)defense attorney
B)social policy creator
C)cybercrime investigator
D)corrections officer

Question 17

Which of the following is not a commonly agreed-upon law established by the United States?

A)rape
B)murder
C)gambling
D)theft

Question 18

The social responsibility perspective on crime reduction focuses on the ________.

A)individual
B)society
C)government
D)justice system as a whole

Question 19

Which of the following complicates defining a common deviant legal behavior?

A)The Bill of Rights
B)jurisdiction
C)prostitution
D)gambling

Question 20

The legalistic perspective of crime can be defined as human conduct in violation of criminal laws of the state,the federal government,or a local jurisdiction that has power to make such laws.

Question 21

The federal government has the only say in making laws in the United States.

Question 22

Crime can be defined as a law-breaking event whose significance rises out of a social nexus of a variety of participants.

Question 23

Speeding on interstate highways is an example of an illegal behavior that is not deviant.

Question 24

Many disciplines,including biology,economics,psychology,and sociology,have influenced the study of crime and crime causation.

Question 25

A criminologist who believes the definition of crime should include all forms of antisocial behavior follows the _________ perspective of the field.

Question 26

A ________ studies crime,criminals,and criminal behavior.

Question 27

Without a law in place to circumscribe a particular behavior,there can be no crime.

Question 28

Laws are made when members of society agree that the law should be created.

Question 29

Because crime is a social event,it can have more than one interpretation.

Question 30

The United States is a multicultural society and uses the ________ perspective when deciding what should be considered criminal.

Question 31

The United States does not use the political process to criminalize laws.

Question 32

A serious shortcoming of the legalistic approach to crime is that it leaves _______ decisions to powerful individuals influencing the making of laws.

Question 33

Laws are social products.

Question 34

Statutory law means that social events can be interpreted differently based on cultural experiences.

Question 35

Effective social policy is important because all crimes are political in nature.

Question 36

Deviant behavior is always a form of criminal activity.

Question 37

A prison program director is considered a criminologist.

Question 38

__________ is referred to as the dean of American criminology.

Question 39

When criminal behavior is described as a pronounced difficulty that the individual has in reacting to the environment,we can describe this view as the ________ perspective of criminal behavior.

Question 40

In the legalistic perspective,the nature of crime can be separated from the nature of law.

Question 41

The field of _______ has contributed the most theoretical understandings of crime causation over the past century.

Question 42

What are the two contrasting viewpoints on which the book is built?

Question 43

What limitations do we see with the legal perspective of crime?

Question 44

Criminal justice is the _______ study of crime,criminal law,and the components of the criminal justice system.

Question 45

Studying poverty and economic conditions in relation to criminal activity is an example of ____________.

Question 46

Every crime has a unique set of causes,consequences,and participants.Understanding the _____ context of the crime helps criminologists understand criminal events that took place.

Question 47

What is the study of criminology and the different types of career paths available in the discipline?

Question 48

How do the different roles of criminologists,criminalities,and criminal justice vary in the field? How do these roles contribute to the field of criminology? Who contributes to social policy?

Question 49

Perpetrators of a crime should be dealt with individually.This is a belief of the ______ responsibility perspective.

Question 50

What are the similarities and differences between criminal behavior and deviant behavior? Please explain with examples of each.