Module 3

Question 1

1. Classical Criminology involves the concept of rational choice in decision making and weighing of consequences of criminal behavior.

Answer 1

True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 2

2. ___________ reflect effects of development of criminal tendencies based on body shape, hormones, brain trauma, and other physiological issues.

Answer 2

Biological theories (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 3

3. The Classical School of criminology focused on external influences, such as religion and the supernatural, as explanations of crime.

Answer 3

False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 4

4. Routine activity theory requires a motivated offender, suitable target, and lack of guardianship as explanations for the likelihood of victimization and crime.

Answer 4

True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 5

5. Certainty of punishment is considered the most important aspect of punishment as a deterrent to crime.

Answer 5

True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 6

6. Biosocial perspectives of crime include biological factors, psychological factors and ___________ as explanations for criminal behavior.

Answer 6

social factors (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 7

7. Criminal behavior learned when a person is exposed to attitudes and activities favorable to crime reflects ______________.

Answer 7

Differential Association Theory (Correct Answer)

Question 8

8. The ____________ has been administered since 1930 by the FBI.

Answer 8

Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 9

9. Part I offenses include Burglary (breaking or entering), motor vehicle theft, and ____________.

Answer 9

Arson (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 10

Classical Criminology focuses on the biology of human beings as an explanation for criminal behavior.

Answer 10

False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 11

2. Criminal behavior has been theorized to be caused by body types, brain trauma, and hormones.

Answer 11

True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 12

3. _______________ was identified as part of rational decision-making for committing crime during the 17 th and 18 th Centuries.

Answer 12

• Free will (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 13

4. Lack of guardianship reflects ___________.

Answer 13

• the lack of someone/something to watch over a target (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 14

6. Biological theories of crime were popular during the mid-1800s and emphasized the “inferior” versus “superior” human concept for crime commission.

Answer 14

• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 15

7. _____________ reflects learned behavior when a person is exposed to attitudes and activities favorable to crime.

Answer 15

• Control theory (Your Answer)
• Labeling Theory
• Drift Theory
• none of the above (Correct Answer)

Question 16

8. The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program collects data on all crimes committed throughout the United States.

Answer 16

False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 17

. Part I offenses include criminal homicide, robbery, and __________ .

Answer 17

Aggravated Assault (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 18

. Negative childhood experiences, incomplete cognitive development, and mental processes are all part of ____ theories of crime.

Answer 18

psychological

Question 19

7. Hirschi’s Social Bonding Theory reflects the following elements: Attachment, Commitment, Involvement, and Disorganization.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

8. NIBRS was created prior to the development of the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program

Answer 20

False

Question 21

1) Classical Criminology identifies that logic plays a role in rational decision making and the potential ___________ are weighed before making a decision to engage in criminal behavior.

Answer 21

-good and bad consequences

Question 22

4) Routine Activity Theory requires a motivated offender, a suitable target, and _______.

Answer 22

-Lack of Guardianship (Correct Answer/Your Answer)

Question 23

Deterrence theory requires _______, certainty of punishment, and severity of punishment to be impactful.

Answer 23

-swiftness of punishment (Correct Answer/Your Answer)

Question 24

6) Rational Choice Theory considers posits that human beings consider which of the following when making a decision about committing crime:

Answer 24

• Benefits of committing the crime
• Official forms of deterrence such as the police and court system
• Unofficial, informal factors including family reaction and peer standing
• all of the above (Correct Answer/Your Answer)

Question 25

7) Arson was not one of the original crimes to be reported through the UCR.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

3. The Classical School of criminology emphasized:

Answer 26

• Potential negative consequences of behavior
• Possible benefits of criminal behavior
• Opportunities and situations that predispose people to commit crime
• All of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 27

4. Routine activity theory requires a motivated offender, suitable target, and lack of guardianship as explanations for the likelihood of victimization and crime.

Answer 27

True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 28

. Routine Activity Theory requires a motivated offender, a suitable target, and _________.

Answer 28

Lack of Guardianship (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 29

. Deterrence theory implies that which of the following characteristics has an impact on whether an individual commits a crime or not:

Answer 29

• swiftness of punishment
• certainty of punishment
• severity of punishment
• all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)