CJ Chapter 3 Quiz

1. A theory is?

• a. Hypothesis

• b. Research

• c. A kind of model

• d. A way of thought.

2. Which is NOT a category of explanations of criminal behavior.

• a. Psychological

• b. Atavism

• c. Classical and Neo Classical

• d. Biosocial

3. What theorist believe in “free will”?

• a. Lombroso

• b. Gall

• c. Beccaria

• d. Dugdale.

TRUE or False. Biosocial perspective does not see the interaction between biology and the physical and social environments as a key to understanding human behavior, including criminality.

• A. True

• B. False

True or False. One theory that attempts to explain male and female crime ratio is different testosterone levels.

• A. True

• B. False

Subcultural Theory is

• The reaction to an object or event by a person or animal can be modified by learning or conditioning.

• Study of mental disorders. Someone who is callous, unemotional, and morally depraved.

• Certain groups or subcultural in society have values and attitudes that are conducive to crime and violence.

• Criminals are primitive savages who are evolutionary backward compared to normal citizens.

What is Atavism:

• Assumes that the propensity to commit deviant acts is inherent in everyone, the determinant factors that explain both conformity and deviance is the extent to which an individual is prohibited from committing delinquent acts.

• Study of mental disorders. Someone who is callous, unemotional, and morally depraved.

• The reaction to an object or event by a person or animal can be modified by learning or conditioning.

• Criminals are primitive savages who are evolutionary backward compared to normal citizens.

What is behavioral conditioning:

• The reaction to an object or event by a person or animal can be modified by learning or conditioning.

• Study of mental disorders. Someone who is callous, unemotional, and morally depraved.

• Certain groups or subcultural in society have values and attitudes that are conducive to crime and violence.

• Criminals are primitive savages who are evolutionary backward compared to normal citizens.

Bonus Question: What is containment theory

• The reaction to an object or event by a person or animal can be modified by learning or conditioning.

• Assumes that the propensity to commit deviant acts is inherent in everyone, the determinant factors that explain both conformity and deviance is the extent to which an individual is prohibited from committing delinquent acts.

• Study of mental disorders. Someone who is callous, unemotional, and morally depraved.

• Certain groups or subcultural in society have values and attitudes that are conducive to crime and violence.

Freudian Theory posits the existence of the following?

• Id, ego, and Thanatos.

• Ed, ego, and Super-ed

• Id, ego, and egoistic

• d Id, ego, and superego.