Criminology Quiz

What is the Broken Windows theory in criminology?

• A school of criminology based on the belief that individuals have free will to engage in any behavior, including criminal behavior

• A theory about the lack of individual self-control as the main factor behind criminal behavior

• A theory that criminal laws are designed by those in power to help them keep power at the expense of those who do not have power

• A criminological theory stating that signs of urban decay signal that an area is not monitored, encouraging more destructive criminal behavior

What is the General theory of crime about?

• The lack of individual self-control as the main factor behind criminal behavior

• An explanation of a happening or circumstance that is based on observation, experimentation, and reasoning

• The scientific study of crime and the causes of criminal behavior

• The relationship between two measurements or behaviors that tend to move in the same direction

What is the hedonistic calculus according to Jermey Bentham?

• An approach to ethical reasoning in which the 'correct' decision is the one that results in the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people affected by that decision

• A criminological theory about the lack of individual self-control as the main factor behind criminal behavior

• An ethical hedonist's belief that the moral rightness or wrongness of an action is a function of the amount of pleasure or pain that it produced

• A possible explanation for an observed occurrence that can be tested by further investigation

What is the choice theory in criminology based on?

• The scientific study of mental processes and behavior

• A school of criminology that holds that wrongdoers act as if they weight the possible benefits of criminal or delinquent activity against the expected costs of being apprehended

• The assumption that crime is the result of frustration felt by individuals who cannot reach their financial and personal goals through legitimate means

• The relationship between two measurements or behaviors that tend to move in the same direction

What is the positivism school of criminology based on?

• The school of the social sciences that see criminal and delinquent behavior as the result of biological, psychological, and social forces

• The patterned social arrangements in society that are both emergent from and determinant of the actions of the individuals

• The study of how certain traits or qualities are transmitted from parents to their offspring

• The scientific study of mental processes and behavior

What is the social disorganization theory in criminology about?

• The assumption that crime is the result of frustration felt by individuals who cannot reach their financial and personal goals through legitimate means

• The hypothesis that society creates crime and criminals by labeling certain behavior and certain people as deviant

• The theory that deviant behavior is more likely in communities where social institutions fail to exert control over the population

• The theory that criminal laws are designed by those in power to help them keep power at the expense of those who do not have power

What is the medical model of addiction in relation to drug abuse?

• An approach to drug addiction that treats drug abuse as a mental illness

• An approach to drug abuse that treats illegal drug use as a criminal act

• A delinquent or criminal who commits multiple offenses

• Chemicals that affect the brain, causing changes in emotions, perceptions, and behavior

What is the social reality of crime theory about?

• The theory that criminal laws are designed by those in power to help them keep power at the expense of those who do not have power

• The theory that views criminal behavior as the result of class conflict

• The theory that deviant behavior is more likely in communities where social institutions fail to exert control over the population

• The theory that attributes our thoughts and actions to unconscious motives

What are psychoactive drugs?

• Any substance that modifies biological, psychological, or social behavior

• An approach to drug addiction that treats drug abuse as a mental illness

• Chemicals that affect the brain, causing changes in emotions, perceptions, and behavior

• The use of drugs that results in physical or psychological problems for the users

What is the chronic offender in criminology?

• A branch of psychology that studies how people’s thoughts and behaviors are influenced by the presence of others

• A delinquent or criminal who commits multiple offenses

• The patterned social arrangements in society that are both emergent from and determinant of the actions of the individuals

• A group exhibiting certain values and behavior patterns that distinguish it from the dominant culture