INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY Flashcards
- This belief is true during the pagan age when any
wrongful act of man is attributed to the will of evil. The
statement is referring to:
A. Divine will theory
B. Supernatural theory
C. Classical theory
D. All of these
B. Supernatural theory
- Ex post facto law is one of the constitutional rights
of every Filipino people which means that, a person
should not be put into jeopardy where there is no
effective law forbidding the particular act, except:
A. the suspect was not yet arrested
B. the law is in favor to the offender
C. retroactive effect
D. all of these
D. all of these
- All of the following are the description of a criminal
man according to Lombroso, Except one:
A. Symmetry of the Face
B. Excessive length of Arms
C. Abnormal Dentition
D. Defects of the Thorax
A. Symmetry of the Face
- Aimed at making potential criminals fear the consequences of crime showing that crime does not pay. It focuses on potential offenders and that these offenders must receive punishment in a severe, swift and certain way. It is also manifesting societal deterrence which aimed to target would be offenders. For example: imposing long prison
sentences or in the Philippines lifetime imprisonment for violent or heinous crimes.
A. Specific Deterrence
B. General Deterrence
C. Active Precipitation
D. Incapacitation Theory
B. General Deterrence
- 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.
A. Nature Theory
B. NurtureTheory
C. Somatotype
D. Phrenology
A. Nature Theory
- Socrates held that virtue is a form of knowledge and that
the cultivation of virtue is the most important human obligation. Which ethical tenets was developed by Socrates?
A. No man is deliberately corrupt and all evil activities come
from ignorance
B. Spiritual and sensual enjoyment are associated with
greatest freedom from displeasure and pain
C. Joy and cheerfulness as the highest good
D. Justice, temperance and fortitude very well constitute the
harmony of human activities
A. No man is deliberately corrupt and all evil activities come
from ignorance
- Insanity is an abnormal mental or behavioral pattern which is an exempting circumstance in a criminal case aside from the insane who can invoke exempting circumstances?
A. neurotic
B. schizophrenic
C. imbecile
D. epileptic
C. Imbecile
- A defendant in a criminal case must have the mental capacity to understand the charges against him/her. Who is a competent defendant?
A. One who has been diagnosed with psychosis.
B. One who has poor performance on psychological tests specifically designed to assess legally relevant functional
abilities of the defendants.
C. One who has been diagnosed with psychosis
D. One who has good performance on psychological tests specifically designed to assess legally relevant functional
abilities of the defendants.
D. One who has good performance on psychological tests specifically designed to assess legally relevant functional
abilities of the defendants.
- A transmission of physical characteristics, mental traits,
tendency to disease, etc. from parents to offspring.
A. Heredity
B. Environment
C. Inheritance
D. Introvert
A. Heredity
- What is/are the realm of Developmental Psychology?
A. Inherent characteristics
B. Nature-nurture
C. Genetics
D. Environmental
B. Nature-nurture
- Criminal____ the study of milieu in relation to
criminality:
A. Ecology
B. Psychology
C. Physical Anthropology
D. Epidemiology
D. Epidemiology
- Which of the following encompasses the large mass
of people, who are relatively uneducated and are
without power?
A. Proletariat
B. Conflict Model
C. Consensus Model
D. Bourgeoisie
A. Proletariat
- Any crime committed by individual from a lower
social class of society.
A. White-Collar crime
B. Blue-collar crime
C. Political crime
D. None of these
B. Blue-collar crime
- All of the following except one are the indicative of
criminal tendency according to the Criminal anthropology of Cesare Lombroso.
A. measurement of the hairline
B. measurement of the jaw
C. measurement of the cheek bones
D. measurement of the cleft palate
B. measurement of the jaw
- Maria 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?
A. Conflict
B. Labeling
C. Self-control
D. Social control
D. Social control
- Which is not a function and consequence of crime in society according to Emile Durkheim?
A. Society becomes vigilant
B. It creates unity in the society
C. Disintegration and disunity of the society
D. Society decide what behavior must be prohibited
C. Disintegration and disunity of the society
- The Chairperson and each member shall, at the time of their appointment, must be a criminologist with a valid certificate of registration and
a valid professional identification card, having at least ____ years of practice in the profession prior to the
appointment.
a. 3
b. 5
c. 8
d. 10
d. 10
- Which describes traits of people who will often try to
justify their faults often think that any criticism is directed at them; loves praises because it gives them temporary self-confidence; and they do not like competition unless they are certain to win because it hurts them too much when they lose?
A. Superiority complex
B. Maladjusted personality
C. Anti-personality disorder
D. Inferiority complex
D. Inferiority complex
- Which takes an additional meaning when used with reference to leisure – the one domain in which they have the
opportunity to express their character through action?
A. Boredom
B. Intermittent
C. Drift
D. Malice
C. Drift
- Racial discrimination is an example of which of the
following theories on crime and delinquency?
A. Labeling
B. Strain
C. Differential Opportunity
D. Social Conflict
D. Social Conflict
- On the basis of mental attitude, this refers to a person
who commits crime because he/she is pushed to it or is induced by reward or promise without considering its consequences.
A. Active Aggressive Criminal
B. Passive Inadequate criminal
C. Socialize Delinquent
D. None of these
B. Passive Inadequate criminal
- Attempting to provide a scientific analysis of the causes
of crime is a function of criminal etiology as one of the principal divisions of Criminology. What division is treating youthful offenders?
A. Criminal etiology
B. Criminal sociology
C. Sociology of law
D. Penology
D. Penology
- Criminologists may equate the term “dark figure” of crime
as:
A. The number of unreported crimes.
B. Index crimes listed in the Uniform Crime Reports.
C. The figure of incorrectly reported crimes received by the
authorities.
D. The quantity of brutal crimes where no arrest is made.
A. The number of unreported crimes.
- Jose and his fellow adolescents are living with economic difficulties and are engaged in some unlawful activities. Adjacent in their environment is a subdivision not regularly patrolled by policemen and “tanods” and whose residents are mostly middle and upper class of the society whose houses are fully equipped with easily saleable items, fixtures and appliances. Applying the routine activity theory, which may
apply consider to Jose and his fellow adolescents?
A. Motivated offenders
B. Economically poor
C. Suitable targets
D. Capable guardians
A. Motivated offenders