CRIMSOC Flashcards
What is NOT an element of classical criminology?
A. The use of scientific method in explaining phenomenon like criminal behavior.
B. Crime is attractive when it promises great benefits with little effort.
C. People have free will to choose lawful solutions to meet their needs or settle their problems
D. Crime may be controlled by the fear of punishment
A. The use of scientific method in explaining phenomenon like criminal behavior.
What academic discipline uses scientific method to study the nature, extent, cause, and control of criminal behavior?
Criminology
Which sub-areas constitute the discipline of criminology that utilizes scientific methods to assess the effectiveness of crime control and offender treatment programs?
. Penology and Social Control
What is/are the realm of Developmental Psychology?
Nature-nurture
What is Republic Act 11131?
A law that repeal the Republic Act 6506
Which is not a qualifications for the board examiners (the Chairperson and its members) under RA 11131?
A. Must be a naturalized-born Filipino citizens and a resident of the Philippines;
B. Must be of good moral character, good reputation and of sound mind and body;
C. Not convicted by a court of competent jurisdictions of any offense involving moral turpitude;
D. Must be a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Criminology, and a holder of a Post-Graduate Degree in Criminology or a lawyer in any reputable school recognized by CHED.
A. Must be a naturalized-born Filipino citizens and a resident of the Philippines;
In 1940s, criminology had been attacked and questioned for its fitness as a science. From among the list below, who questioned the adequacy of criminology as a science?
. George L. Wilker
This school of criminology was established based on the philosophy of utilitarianism. It was particularly founded by Cesare “Beccaria” Bonesana. This was known as the classical school. What is that treatise on the legal reform that became the pillar of the school?
Classical School
Which is NOT true about Criminology?
A. considered as an applied science
B. It is stable and it varies from one time and place to another
C. study of crime as a social phenomenon
D. none of these
B. It is stable and it varies from one time and place to another
This law is also known as “The Philippine Criminology Profession Act of 2018”
RA 11131
In relation to the previous question, when was RA 11131 approved?
November 8, 2018
All of the following except one are the examples of the penalty given to the guilty person during the time of Datu Kalantiao.
A. incarceration
B. slavery
C. flagellation
D. bitten by ants
A. incarceration
Labeling theory purports that criminal behavior may be caused by adverse reactions of the society towards a reformed offender. Now, among the following, which is the best solution to the problem at hand?
A. Strict enforcement of the law and increase imprisonment
B. Application of diversion, deinstitutionalization, and the like
C. Vocational training in jails and prisons for rehabilitation
D. Religious activities must be conducted in jails and prisons
B. Application of diversion, deinstitutionalization, and the like
Which of the following would categorize as Crime is expensive?
A. The government and private sector spend an enormous amount of money for crime detection, prosecution, correction and prevention.
B. Crime as an associate of society affects almost all people – regardless of age, sex, race, nationality, religion, financial condition, education and other personal circumstances.
C. Many lives have been lost because of crimes like murder, homicide, and other violent deaths.
D. Crime rate or incidence in a given locality is reflective of the effectiveness of the social defenses employed by the people primarily of the police system.
A. The government and private sector spend an enormous amount of money for crime detection, prosecution, correction and prevention.
Anton stabbed Billy at the back, killing the latter instantly, it was committed at Fuentes Street, Pasay and Anton left for Cavite to escape captivity for his felonious act. What type of crime did he commit?
Extinctive crime
When does frustration occur?
When goal achievement is blocked
The approach that is using the perspective of heredity in explaining the cause of crime.
biological approach
As defined by RA 11131, which of the following describes a criminologist?
A. a natural person who holds a valid certificate of registration and an updated professional identification card as criminologist issued by the Board and the Commission
B. the scientific study of crimes, criminals, and victims, it also deals with the prevention, and solution of crimes
C. any person who is a graduate of the Degree of Criminology, who has passed the examination for criminologists and is registered as such by the Board
D. a person who graduated with a B.S. in Criminology and passed the Criminologist Licensure Examination
A. a natural person who holds a valid certificate of registration and an updated professional identification card as criminologist issued by the Board and the Commission
The basis of criminal liability in classical school is _____and the purpose of penalty is_____
human free will : retribution
One of the three interrelated divisions of criminology has attempted to explain the systematic analysis of the economic, political and social conditions in which penal laws are developed, and crime and criminality are either generated or prevented. Which of the following corresponds with the preceding statements?
A. Sociology of the application of the criminal justice process and system
B. Sociology of law, crime and social psychology of criminal behavior
C. Sociology of crime and criminal law
D. Sociology of punishment and correction
C. Sociology of crime and criminal law
It is a point of view held by a particular group or belief or system of belief accepted as authoritative by some group of school.
School of thought
Cesare Lombroso focuses on biological while Raffaele Garofalo on Psychological determinism of crime. How about Enrico Ferri?
Manifold causes
The positivists maintained that crime as any other act is _____
a. A naturally immoral to be condemned even if it is not written
b. natural phenomenon and is comparable to disaster or calamity.
c. An anti-social behavior that needs to be treated with punishment
d. A deviancy that can be considered crime when the society says so.
b. natural phenomenon and is comparable to disaster or calamity.
Raffaele Garofalo traced the roots of criminal behavior not to physical features but to their psychological equivalents, which he called
Moral anomalies
Cesare Beccaria developed in his treatise a number of innovative and influential principles. According to him, punishment is:
- Must go beyond the need of preserving the public safety
- Proportionate to the crime committed.
- Severity and not probability, would achieve a preventive effect
- Must be Prompt.
- Deterrent, not a retributive, function.
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Identify the correct statement of Richard Dugdale about the Juke Family Tree.
A. Criminals in general were different from non criminal
B. Heredity as a source of criminality based on studies of generations of criminals in relations to degeneracy and depravity
C. Crime is a result of social conflict
D. Criminality was a product of physical stigmata
Heredity as a source of criminality based on studies of generations of criminals in relations to degeneracy and depravity
Tanggol was born from a criminal family and he was always looking for a pleasure in life but do not take any want risk and avoids pain. Tanggol is a great representation of a _____.
Hedonist
Who added a social dimension to Lombroso’s work by arguing that people commit crimes due to outside forces that they cannot control?
. Enrico Ferri
Michelle is showing a distinct behavior in which it is forbidden by our laws, because of the impulse of the moment. What classification would fit the statement?
acute criminal
Its fundamental notion is, “Let the children and lunatic criminals be exempted from punishment.”
. Neo-Classical School
In the field of criminology, it is an undeniable fact that there are multiple factors which lead the individual to commit crime. What perspective regarded crime as the product of internal forces. For example: A person who is suffering from kleptomania.
Biological Perspective
The following are assumptions of “social learning theory” with respect to the criminal behavior of man , except _____.
A.Humans are basically a creation of social structure
B. Reinforcement for the maintenance of behavior whether good or bad is provided by the society
C. Social environment is the most important factor in the acquisition of most human behavior
D. People do things solely to receive rewards and avoid punishment
D. People do things solely to receive rewards and avoid punishment
- Marga has a poor relationship with her parents, has no goals for the future, and participates in few extracurricular activities; hence, this can lead to deviance. Which theory explains assumption?
Social control
He believed that criminal traits can be passed from parents to offspring through genes so he proposed that individuals who possess criminal characteristics should be prohibited from having children
Goring
Holds that low intelligence is genetically determined and inherited. This was supported by Henry Goddard in his studies in 1920 that many institutionalized people were what he considered “feebleminded” and concluded that at least half of all juvenile delinquents were mentally defective.
Nature Theory
Among the following statements, which best describes the founding of Charles Goring after analyzing 3,000 English convicts?
A. Crime prone people can be seen through their features
B. There is no such thing as anthropological criminal type
C. There were no significant physical or mental abnormalities among the criminals
D. Criminals are born
C. There were no significant physical or mental abnormalities among the criminals
Beats the famous saying that says, “Opposite charges attract”.
Alternative Theory
