Question 1

A mother drops her 16-year old son at the mall for the afternoon.The boy meets his friends and shoplifts several CDs. His mother is a:

Accepted Answer

A) Handler 
B) Place manager 
C) Guardian 
D) None of the above

Question 2

Routine activities theory focuses on how opportunities for crime change based on changes in behavior on a societal level.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Criminological theories that deal with explanations of why people offend are most relevant to crime analysis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Rational choice theory states that offenders do not make choices about committing crimes and must act once they decide to do so.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Three theoretical perspectives help crime analysts understand and anticipate patterns of behavior that create opportunities for crime: rational choice theory, crime pattern theory, and routine activities theory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which type of repeat victimization occurs when robberies occur at several locations of the same convenience store (e.g., 7-Eleven)?

Accepted Answer

A) Near victims 
B) Virtual repeats 
C) True victims 
D) Chronic victims

Question 7

A woman telling a rapist she has AIDS would be an example of which situational crime prevention technique?

Accepted Answer

A) Increase perceived risk 
B) Increase perceived effort 
C) Reduce anticipated rewards 
D) Reduce provocations 
E) Remove excuses

Question 8

The 80/20 Rule is

Accepted Answer

A) The notion that a large amount of outcomes is related to only a small amount of relative causes 
B) The notion that a large amount of causes is related to only a small amount of relative outcomes 
C) That 20 people are responsible for 80 crimes 
D) Only applicable to arrests and crime locations

Question 9

Which type of repeat victimization occurs when commercial burglaries occur at stores in the same outdoor shopping plaza?

Accepted Answer

A) Near victims 
B) Virtual repeats 
C) True victims 
D) Chronic victims

Question 10

Environmental criminology

Accepted Answer

A) Attempts to explain root causes of crime and why people become criminals 
B) Focuses on opportunities that exist for crime and the environments in which criminal events occur 
C) Seeks to explain why a specific offender commits a specific crime 
D) None of the above

Exam 2: Theoretical Foundations of Crime Analysis

A mother drops her 16-year old son at the mall for the afternoon.The boy meets his friends and shoplifts several CDs. His mother is a:

Routine activities theory focuses on how opportunities for crime change based on changes in behavior on a societal level.

Criminological theories that deal with explanations of why people offend are most relevant to crime analysis.

Rational choice theory states that offenders do not make choices about committing crimes and must act once they decide to do so.

Three theoretical perspectives help crime analysts understand and anticipate patterns of behavior that create opportunities for crime: rational choice theory, crime pattern theory, and routine activities theory.

Which type of repeat victimization occurs when robberies occur at several locations of the same convenience store (e.g., 7-Eleven) ?

A woman telling a rapist she has AIDS would be an example of which situational crime prevention technique?

The 80/20 Rule is

Which type of repeat victimization occurs when commercial burglaries occur at stores in the same outdoor shopping plaza?

Environmental criminology