Quiz on Theories of Crime Causation

Who is considered the Father of Modern Criminology?

• Jeremy Bentham

• Cesare Beccaria

• Cesare Lombroso

• Enrico Ferri

Which school of criminology argued that individuals have free will to choose between legal and illegal means?

• Neo-Classical School of Criminology

• Positive School of Criminology

• Classical School of Criminology

• Positivist/Italian School

Who advocated the Differential Association Theory, stating that criminal behavior is learned and not inherited?

• Edwin Sutherland

• Enrico Ferri

• Cesare Lombroso

• Raffaele Garofalo

Which theory explains that crimes are caused by the absence of norms in society?

• Containment Theory

• Neutralization Theory

• Strain Theory

• Anomie Theory

Who is known for advocating the Sub-Culture Theory of Delinquency?

• Lloyd Ohlin

• Frank Tennenbaum

• Albert Cohen

• Gresham Sykes

Which criminologist proposed the Instrumentalist Theory of capitalist rule?

• Earl Richard Quinney

• Robert King Merton

• Howard Becker

• Edwin Lemert

According to the Classical School of Criminology, what is the aim of punishment?

• To prevent the criminal from committing new crimes

• To seek revenge on the criminal

• To extract confessions through torture

• To deter others from committing crimes

Which school of criminology argued that crime is a natural phenomenon comparable to disaster or calamity?

• Pre-Classical Era

• Positivist/Italian School

• Classical School of Criminology

• Neo-Classical School of Criminology

Who is considered the leader of the Positivist School of Criminology?

• Cesare Lombroso

• Enrico Ferri

• Raffaele Garofalo

• Ernest Kretschmer

Which theory explains that individuals calculate the consequences of their actions based on the pleasure and pain they would derive?

• Neutralization Theory

• Containment Theory

• Strain Theory

• Felicific Calculus