Criminology Exam

Who was the founder of the Classical school?

• Freud

• Durkheim

• Beccaria

• Turk

According to the Classical School, what determines the choice to commit a crime?

• Socio-economic status

• Psychological disorders

• Heredity

• Free-will

What does the Classical school argue is the most effective method of punishment?

• Harsh punishments that deter people from committing crimes out of fear

• Psychological treatment instead of prison

• Punishments that are proportionate to the crime

• Force criminals to move to Detroit

How does the Neoclassical school revise the ideas of the Classical school?

• It recommends the punishments to be harsher on criminals

• It focuses on reforms for criminal behavior

• It purposes that no one has Free-will

• It suggests removing parole boards

What do Positivist argue about the human decision making process?

• It is purely based upon Free-will

• Behavior can be scientifically studied and predicted

• Everything is predetermined by God

• Humans behave according to a social contract

The first attempts at a biocriminology theory originated with Lombroso who believed that a person's physical features would affect their personality. This is known as:

• Classical School

• Learning Theory

• Strain Theory

• Physiognomy

Which theory explains the causes of crime through mental disorders cause by breaks in stages of development?

• Psychoanalytical

• Humanistic

• Intelligence and crime

• Strain theory

Psychological Theory's explanation about the causes of crime comes into question when we consider:

• Not all mentally ill people commit crimes

• Some criminals have all of their needs met, but still committed crimes

• Many criminals have an average or even above average intelligence

• Criminals exists even within the Acceptor typology

Inferred from Maslow and the Humanistic Psychological Theory, what is the cause of criminal behavior?

• Biological inferiority

• Needs that have to be met

• Mental disorders

• Lack of social control

In Merton's typology, people who accept the goals of society, but do not achieve societies' goals by legitimate means are called?

• Rebels

• Acceptors (Ritualists)

• Innovators

• Retreatists