CJ Chapter 3: Understanding Crime and Victimization

___________ are social scientists who use the scientific method to study the nature, extent, cause, and control of criminal behavior.

• Counselors

• Police officers

• Detectives

• Criminologists

_______ Theory- is the concept that rational criminals weigh the potential benefits and consequences of the acts, choosing to commit a crime if they believe that doing so will yield immediate benefits without the threats of long-term risks.

• Big Bang

• Social injustice

• Choice

• Crime

In the Choice Theory criminals weigh risks, identify them below (may be more than one correct answer):

• What's the chance of getting caught?

• How difficult will it be to commit the crime?

• Is the profit worth the effort?

• Will I need a get away car?

• Will I see my friends in court?

People who decide to get involved in crime consider the chances of getting caught, the psychic awards and the opportunities for easy gains versus the consequences. If the rewards are ______, the risk is ________ and the excitement is high the likelihood _________

• good, bad, stays the same

• great, small, increases

• small, great, decreases

• large, tiny, decreases

_________ -the assumed ability of the threat of criminal sanctions to discourage crime before it occurs.

• Adaptive effect

• Deterrent effect

• Lone gunman effect

• Bad guy effect

Rational Crimes-are crimes that can be easy, fast, and quick profits.

• true

• false

Situational Crime Prevention includes the following: (may be more than one correct answer)

• Increase the effort needed to commit the crime

• Increase the risks of committing the crime

• Reduce the rewards for committing the crime

• Induce shame or guilt

• Reduce Provocation

The last bullet point in the Situational Crime Prevention is to Remove excuses.

• true

• false

General Deterrence-is a crime control policy that depends on the _____________________.

• fear of heavy fines

• fear of criminal penalties

• fear of other prisoners

• fear of being taken away from families

Threat of punishment can convince rational criminals that crime does not pay.

• true

• false