Crime and Deviance Lesson Quiz

Which of the following is not directly connected to 'Social Order' in the diagram?

• Family

• Education

• Crime

• Social Control

Which concept is depicted on the left side of the image?

• Crime

• Deviance

• Law

• Justice

What is shown on the right side of the image?

• Deviance

• Crime

• Order

• Safety

Which concept is related to young people who engage in criminal behavior?

• Rehabilitation

• Recidivism

• Delinquency

• Prosecution

What term is used to describe the phenomenon of individuals relapsing into criminal behavior after they have been punished?

• Rehabilitation

• Recidivism

• Delinquency

• Incarceration

Who was Cesar Lombroso?

• A) A French philosopher

• B) An Italian medical doctor, psychiatrist, anthropologist, and scientist

• C) A British historian

• D) An American criminologist

What theory greatly influenced Cesar Lombroso's work on crime and deviance?

• A) Freud's theory of psychoanalysis

• B) Darwin's theory of evolution and the theory of eugenics

• C) Skinner's theory of behaviorism

• D) Piaget's theory of cognitive development

According to Cesar Lombroso, what were some of the physical deformities that he believed were associated with criminal behavior?

• A) Large jaws, high cheekbones, extra nipples, fingers or toes

• B) Short stature, baldness, left-handedness

• C) Blue eyes, red hair, freckles

• D) Long arms, small ears, gap between teeth

What concept did Cesar Lombroso argue was the cause of physical deformities in criminals?

• A) Natural selection

• B) Genetic mutation

• C) Atavism

• D) Social Darwinism

According to Lombroso's theory, individuals with physical deformities were thought to be:

• A) At the same level of evolution as the rest of society

• B) More evolved than the rest of society

• C) Less evolved than the rest of society

• D) Not related to the evolutionary process