Question 1

A model that holds that drug abusers commit crimes as a direct result of the drugs they have ingested is _________________.

Accepted Answer

A) The psychopharmacological model 
B) The economically impulsive model 
C) The physical addiction model 
D) The systemic model

Question 2

A proposition that can be tested by researchers to determine if it is valid is a(n):

Accepted Answer

A) Hypothesis 
B) Scientific method 
C) Theory 
D) Correlation

Question 3

Self-report surveys are designed to gather crime data from:

Accepted Answer

A) Victims 
B) Participants' their own involvement in crime 
C) People with knowledge of other people's criminal activity 
D) Law enforcement officers' involvement with their own illegal activity while on the job

Question 4

Discuss the difference between a hypothesis and a theory in the context of criminology. Why is the scientific method an important part of criminology?

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Question 5

Which theory suggests that certain biological or psychological traits in individuals could incline them toward criminal behavior given a certain set of circumstances?

Accepted Answer

A) Choice theory 
B) Social process theory 
C) Social structure theory 
D) Trait theory

Question 6

The UCR is comprised of agency data which represents __________ of the American population.

Accepted Answer

A) 95% 
B) 88% 
C) 76% 
D) 65%

Question 7

What are criminological theories primarily concerned with?

Accepted Answer

A) Assisting the criminal justice professional 
B) Constructing grounds to explain the behavior of criminal justice professionals 
C) Determining the reasons behind criminal behavior 
D) Providing support to criminal psychologists

Question 8

The hormone _______________________ has been associated with aggression.

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Question 9

Since its inception in 1930, the ____ has attempted to measure the overall rate of crime in the United States by organizing "crimes known to the police."

Accepted Answer

A) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) 
B) National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) 
C) Self-report surveys 
D) Uniform Crime Report (UCR)

Question 10

A theory is:

Accepted Answer

A) A relationship between two variables in which they vary together 
B) An educated guess by a criminologist about the relationship between two variables 
C) A statement in which a variable is denoted as the cause of change in another variable 
D) An explanation for a phenomenon based on observation, experimentation, and reasoning

Question 11

In the 1980s, the Department of Justice began seeking ways to improve its data system.The result was the ____.

Accepted Answer

A) National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) 
B) National Crime Victimization (NCVS) 
C) Self-report surveys 
D) Uniform Crime Report (UCR)

Question 12

Epidemiologist Paul Goldstein has devised three models to explain the relationship between drugs and crime. Which of the below is NOT one of them?

Accepted Answer

A) Chronic offender model 
B) Psychopharmacological model 
C) Economically impulsive model 
D) Systemic model

Question 13

Crime is an overwhelmingly male activity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

A delinquent or criminal who commits multiple offenses and is considered part of a small group of wrongdoers who are responsible for a majority of the antisocial activity in any given community is a:

Accepted Answer

A) Constant criminal 
B) Chronic offender 
C) Career offender 
D) Persistent perpetrator

Question 15

A theory of crime in which offenders weigh the possible benefits of criminal activity against the costs of being apprehended is:

Accepted Answer

A) Choice theory 
B) Social disorganization theory 
C) Social process theory 
D) Trait theory

Question 16

According to Wolfgang, Figlio, and Sellin, what percent of juvenile offenders has been shown to be responsible for a disproportionate amount of violent crime?

Accepted Answer

A) 6% 
B) 10% 
C) 14% 
D) 80%

Question 17

Discuss Delinquency in a Birth Cohort, as published by Marvin Wolfgang, Robert Figlio, and Thorsten Sellin, including reference to the policy implications that have followed this research.

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Question 18

____ is a phrase used to describe the actual amount of crime that takes place.

Accepted Answer

A) "Hidden figure of crime" 
B) "Dark prediction of crime" 
C) "Dark figure of crime" 
D) "Hidden prediction of crime"

Question 19

As a reaction to the research of the "chronic 6%," law enforcement agencies and district attorneys' offices have devised specific strategies to apprehend and prosecute repeat offenders.

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