Quiz 2- Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice system

The Differential Association Theory provides a good illustration of a social learning approach perspective in Criminology Criminal behavior according to this theory is:

• result of an emotional disturbance

• An innate quality of goodness or badness

• Learned and not inherited

• An excess of wisdom

In this theory of crime causation, mankind is viewed as manifestations of basically evil human nature reflecting either with the prince of darkness or an expression of divine wrath.

• Classical theory

• positivist theory

• Demonological theory

• neo-classical theory

Among the following classical thoughts in Criminology is not correct:

• The Classical school of Criminology is spearheaded by Bentham and Beccaria.

• The Classical School of Criminology is an advocate of punishment as a deterrent to crime.

• The Classical School of Criminology argues that criminals were primitive creatures, incapable of living normally in society.

• The Classical School of Criminology also argued that nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, "pain" and "pleasure'.

An attempt to determine intelligence and personality on the basis of the size and shape of the skull.

• Physiognomy

• Palmistry

• Craniology

• Somatotype

It is a popular notion that the brutal, violent and apparently senseless crime is usually committed by someone who is mentally ill or sick. Or if not sick, then the person is an animal. The kind of alternate explanation is an influence of the:

• Positivist theory of Criminology

• Classical theory of Criminology

• Neoclassical theory of Criminology

• Differential Association theory of Criminology

According to Sheldon, the three "somatotypes" or body built which have relationships to personality characteristics are the following, EXCEPT:

• Ectomorph

• Extomorph

• Endomorph

• Mesomorph

introduced the theory of imitation which proposes the

process by which people become criminals.

• Emile Durkheim

• Gabriel Tarde

• Adolphe Quetelet

• Andre Michael Guerry

the first to take advantage of the criminal statistic that was beginning to become available in the 1820’s.

• Emile Durkheim

• Gabriel Tarde

• Adolphe Quetelet

• Andre Michael Guerry

Popularized by Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay

It focuses on the conditions within the urban environment that affects crime rates.

• Social Disorganization Theory

• Strain Theory

• Cultural Deviance Theory

• Differential Association Theory

This theory holds that crime is a function of the conflict between the goals people have and the means they can use to legally obtain them.

• Social Disorganization Theory

• Strain Theory

• Cultural Deviance Theory

• Differential Association Theory