Module 3 Flashcards
- Classical Criminology involves the concept of rational choice in decision making and weighing of consequences of criminal behavior.
True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
- ___________ reflect effects of development of criminal tendencies based on body shape, hormones, brain trauma, and other physiological issues.
Biological theories (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
- The Classical School of criminology focused on external influences, such as religion and the supernatural, as explanations of crime.
False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
- Routine activity theory requires a motivated offender, suitable target, and lack of guardianship as explanations for the likelihood of victimization and crime.
True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
- Certainty of punishment is considered the most important aspect of punishment as a deterrent to crime.
True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
- Biosocial perspectives of crime include biological factors, psychological factors and ___________ as explanations for criminal behavior.
social factors (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
- Criminal behavior learned when a person is exposed to attitudes and activities favorable to crime reflects ______________.
Differential Association Theory (Correct Answer)
- The ____________ has been administered since 1930 by the FBI.
Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
- Part I offenses include Burglary (breaking or entering), motor vehicle theft, and ____________.
Arson (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
Classical Criminology focuses on the biology of human beings as an explanation for criminal behavior.
False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
- Criminal behavior has been theorized to be caused by body types, brain trauma, and hormones.
True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
- _______________ was identified as part of rational decision-making for committing crime during the 17 th and 18 th Centuries.
• Free will (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
- Lack of guardianship reflects ___________.
• the lack of someone/something to watch over a target (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
- Biological theories of crime were popular during the mid-1800s and emphasized the “inferior” versus “superior” human concept for crime commission.
• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
- _____________ reflects learned behavior when a person is exposed to attitudes and activities favorable to crime.
- Control theory (Your Answer)
- Labeling Theory
- Drift Theory
- none of the above (Correct Answer)
- The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program collects data on all crimes committed throughout the United States.
False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
. Part I offenses include criminal homicide, robbery, and __________ .
Aggravated Assault (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
. Negative childhood experiences, incomplete cognitive development, and mental processes are all part of ____ theories of crime.
psychological
- Hirschi’s Social Bonding Theory reflects the following elements: Attachment, Commitment, Involvement, and Disorganization.
False
- NIBRS was created prior to the development of the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program
False
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.
-good and bad consequences
4) Routine Activity Theory requires a motivated offender, a suitable target, and _______.
-Lack of Guardianship (Correct Answer/Your Answer)
Deterrence theory requires _______, certainty of punishment, and severity of punishment to be impactful.
-swiftness of punishment (Correct Answer/Your Answer)
6) Rational Choice Theory considers posits that human beings consider which of the following when making a decision about committing crime:
- 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)
7) Arson was not one of the original crimes to be reported through the UCR.
True
- The Classical School of criminology emphasized:
- 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)
- Routine activity theory requires a motivated offender, suitable target, and lack of guardianship as explanations for the likelihood of victimization and crime.
True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
. Routine Activity Theory requires a motivated offender, a suitable target, and _________.
Lack of Guardianship (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
. Deterrence theory implies that which of the following characteristics has an impact on whether an individual commits a crime or not:
- swiftness of punishment
- certainty of punishment
- severity of punishment
- all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
