Crime and Justice Chapter 3 and 4 Quiz

 __________ theory focuses on a person’s bonds to society as a factor in preventing crime.

• Social learning
• Social disorganization
• Choice
• Social Control

______ theory believes that law violators may have suffered damage to their personalities early in their development that renders them powerless to control their impulses.

• Psychodynamic
• Life Course 
• Developmental 
• Sociobiological

Which group of theories equates poverty with high crime rates?

• Social structure
• Social learning
• Psyhcological 
• Choice

Mary and Louise are both 15 years old.  They were both arrested and each charged with stealing a vehicle.  Mary stole a car from the teacher’s parking lot at her school.  Louise stole her neighbor’s car when she decided that she wanted to drive to go see her boyfriend.  They both meet with Mr. Brown, a juvenile probation officer, who is trying to recommend whether or not they should be detained in a juvenile detention center prior to the disposition of their cases.   

Mr. Brown meets with Mary first.  He inquires about her background and where she is from.  Mary explains to Mr. Brown that she knows that stealing a car is wrong but that she is frustrated that her parents do not have enough money to buy her a car.  When she saw a teacher’s nice car in the parking lot she felt that she deserved to have it.  Which theory would explain Mary’s crime? 

• Biochemical
• Genetic
• Psychodynamic
• Strain

When Mr. Brown asks Mary if she thought twice about stealing the car from the teacher’s parking lot she replied, “when I saw that the gate was open and there was no security officer around, I had no fear of stealing the car.”  What situational crime prevention tactic could have prevented this crime from occurring? 

• Increase the effort needed to commit the crime
• Increase the risk of committing the crime 
• Reduce the rewards for committing the crime
• Remove excuses

When Mr. Brown meets with Louise he asks her the same questions he asked Mary about her background.  Louise explains that she has been arrested ten times before for various charges including drug possession, burglary, and assault.  Louise also explains that she has been diagnosed with ADHD and learning disabilities and she does not always know why she does the things she does.  Which biosocial view of crime would best explain Louise’s behavior? 

• Biochemical
• Neurological
• Genetic
• Precipitation

Louise also explains that she was diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder.  She cannot remember the name of the disorder.  Mr. Brown is waiting for her case file to see her diagnosis.  Which of the following is not a psychiatric disorder that Louise is likely to have? 

• Oppositional defiant disorder
• Conduct disorder
• Alexithymia
• Strain disorder

Warden Smith supervises 2000 male inmates who are incarcerated for various reasons including murder, rape, robbery, drugs, theft, arson, etc….  He meets with every inmate who is sentenced to his prison.  He likes to get an understanding of where each inmate came from and how he can possible help each inmate from returning to his institution once released.      
 
Warden Smith meets Jamaal.  He was sentenced to 20 years in prison for armed robbery.  Jamaal is argumentative and is a firm believer that the criminal justice system is just a mechanism to control the poor.  He thinks that the government should be focusing on the crimes that the wealthy commit and not those of the lower-class community.  Jamaal would most likely support which theory?  

• Critical
• Social learning 
• Psycohdynamic 
• Choice

Joey is in prison for attempted murder.  He got into a fight at a local bar with a man who he was drinking some beers with.  The man made a comment about Joey’s girlfriend and Joey just snapped and beat him until he was unconscious.  The man was in a coma for a few months before he woke up.  The man sustained permanent brain damage.  Warden Smith asked Joey why he did not just walk away from this man who commented about his girlfriend.  Joey explained to Warden Smith that he always saw his father and uncles handle disagreements by fist-fighting.  He says this is the only way he knows how to settle disputes.  Joey asks for help from Warden Smith.  What theory would explain Joey’s behavior? 

• Critical
• Social learning
• Psychodynamic
• Choice

Larry meets with Warden Smith.  Larry has been to prison 3 previous times.  He told Warden Smith that he has committed hundreds of other crimes that he never got caught for.  His current conviction is for drug dealing.  Larry was willing to take the chance in dealing drugs because he was going to make over $100,000 for the transaction and he thought the potential profit was worth the risk and the effort.  Which theory would most likely support why Larry committed his crime?   

• Critical
• Social learning
• Psychodynamic
• Choice