Question 1

Research conducted by ________ criminologists has allowed us to conclude that juveniles as a group are over-represented in nonviolent property offenses.

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Question 2

The UCR's four violent crimes are

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A)  burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. 
B)  murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. 
C)  homicide, sex offenses, arson, and robbery. 
D)  aggravated assault, homicide, larceny-theft, and vandalism.

Question 3

The modern form of classical theory is ________ theory.

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Question 4

Explain the developmental approach to explaining delinquency and criminal behavior.

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Question 5

Which statement reflects the basic premise of strain theory?

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A)  Crime occurs when there is a discrepancy between the materialistic values and goals cherished in our society and the availability of legitimate means for reaching these goals. 
B)  Crime occurs when a society's values are too materialistic. 
C)  Crime occurs when society places too much value and emphasis on doing the right thing for the highest number of individuals. 
D)  Crime occurs when one's of stress outweighs one's coping mechanisms.

Question 6

How individual criminal activity is acquired,evoked,maintained,and modified is a focus of ________ criminology.

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Question 7

Criminology is the psychological study of crime.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

All of the following are consistent with the developmental approach to the study of crime except

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A)  examining factors that place a child at risk of engaging in serious delinquency. 
B)  identifying the age of onset of antisocial behavior. 
C)  searching for protective factors in a child's life. 
D)  obtaining a child's IQ score as he or she enters adolescence.

Question 9

Child abuse is an example of a status offense.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Belief in a(n)________ just-world is associated with less compassion for others and a derogation of victims of crime.

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Question 11

Which crime is the exception to the hierarchy rule?

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A)  Rape 
B)  Homicide 
C)  Arson 
D)  Robbery

Question 12

When one person is arrested for a crime,charged with the offense and remanded to the court for prosecution,the offense is considered to be

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A)  remanded by exceptional means. 
B)  cleared by arrest. 
C)  adjudicated as detected. 
D)  mandated in hierarchy.

Question 13

How does the legal definition of crime limit our understanding of criminal behavior? What role does culture play in one's definition of crime?

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Question 14

Truancy and running away are examples of ________ offenses.

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Question 15

Three disciplines that have traditionally dominated the study of crime are

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A)  sociology, psychology and psychiatry. 
B)  psychology, sociology and anthropology. 
C)  psychology, anthropology and economics. 
D)  psychology, anthropology and medicine.

Question 16

Sigmund Freud is most associated with which one of the following fields?

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A)  Traditional psychiatric criminology 
B)  Sociological criminology 
C)  Psychological criminology 
D)  Contemporary psychiatric criminology

Question 17

In general,individuals sentenced to prison accurately represent the "true" criminal population.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Positivist theory is to ________ as classical theory is to ________.

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A)  determinism; free will 
B)  jurisprudence; behavior 
C)  cognitions; biology 
D)  predictability; social norms

Question 19

Social control theory is an example of

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A)  the conformity perspective. 
B)  the confirmation perspective. 
C)  Merton's strain perspective. 
D)  the nonconformist perspective.

Question 20

The great majority of crime in the United States and other countries is neither serious nor violent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 1: Introduction to Criminal Behavior

Research conducted by ________ criminologists has allowed us to conclude that juveniles as a group are over-represented in nonviolent property offenses.

The UCR's four violent crimes are

The modern form of classical theory is ________ theory.

Explain the developmental approach to explaining delinquency and criminal behavior.

Which statement reflects the basic premise of strain theory?

How individual criminal activity is acquired,evoked,maintained,and modified is a focus of ________ criminology.

Criminology is the psychological study of crime.

All of the following are consistent with the developmental approach to the study of crime except

Child abuse is an example of a status offense.

Belief in a(n)________ just-world is associated with less compassion for others and a derogation of victims of crime.

Which crime is the exception to the hierarchy rule?

When one person is arrested for a crime,charged with the offense and remanded to the court for prosecution,the offense is considered to be

How does the legal definition of crime limit our understanding of criminal behavior? What role does culture play in one's definition of crime?

Truancy and running away are examples of ________ offenses.

Three disciplines that have traditionally dominated the study of crime are

Sigmund Freud is most associated with which one of the following fields?

In general,individuals sentenced to prison accurately represent the "true" criminal population.

Positivist theory is to as classical theory is to .

Social control theory is an example of

The great majority of crime in the United States and other countries is neither serious nor violent.