Quiz 3 4-11-15

Question 1

Deterrence doctrine objective?

Answer 1

certainty and severity of criminal sanctions are high, crime rates are low

Question 2

CLASSICAL DETERRENCE THEORY

Answer 2

• People are rational and pursue their own interests, attempting to maximize their pleasure and minimize their pain
• Engage in crime if they believe it is to their advantage

Question 3

Deterrence occurs when

Answer 3

someone refrains from committing a crime because he/she fears the certainty, swiftness, and/or severity of formal legal punishments

Question 4

Specific deterrence (direct) refers to the idea that

Answer 4

punishment reduces the crime of those specific people who are punished

Question 5

Why would punishment not deter people from future crime?

Answer 5

• Many offenders may not be that rational

- The justice system does not punish in an effective way

Question 6

GENERAL DETERRENCE (indirect)

Answer 6

Refers to the idea that punishment deters crime among people in the general population

Question 7

RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY assumes

Answer 7

offenders are rational people who seek to maximize their pleasure and minimize their pain

Question 8

BOUNDED RATIONALITY

Answer 8

Offenders are doing the best they can within the limits of time, resources, and information available to them

Question 9

FOUR RATIONAL CHOICE STAGES

Answer 9

1. INITIAL INVOLVEMENT
2. CRIMINAL EVENT
3. CONTINUANCE:
4. DESISTANCE

Question 10

Environmental Criminology

Answer 10

Crime only occurs when an offender and the opportunity to offend are both present

Question 11

The following three elements must all coincide for a crime to take place

Answer 11

motivated offender, suitable target, lack of a capable guardian

Question 12

Characteristics of attractive targets (VIVA)

Answer 12

1 Value
2. Inertia
3. Visibility
4 Access

Question 13

Main proposition of environmental criminology is that

Answer 13

the nature of criminal opportunities influence the amount, nature, and location of crime

Question 14

Broken Windows Theory

Answer 14

Crime is not due to local criminogenic conditions; Rather, due to the presence of and failure to control

Question 15

3 stage development sequence broken windows theory

Answer 15

1. The spiral of decline first begins when disorderly people are allowed to take over public spaces
2. Decent people become fearful and change their behavior
3. The escalating disorder sends the message “no one cares” about how people behave