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Theories of Crime Causation

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Attributes crime to sinful nature and that religious conversion is the only ―cure for crime.

a)

Classical Theory

b)

Demonological Theory

c)

Positivist Theory

d)

Divine Will Theory

2.

The pre-scientific theory, which states that persons are possessed by evil spirits that cause crime and other evil behavior and that this behavior can be eliminated only when the spirits are eliminated.

a)

Classical Theory

b)

Demonological Theory

c)

Positivist Theory

d)

Divine Will Theory

3.

These pre-scientific explanations states that demonic possession, God‘s will or other supernatural forces cause crime. But it is not scientific theory. Supernatural forces cannot be observed, and the demonic perspective is therefore not testable.

a)

Classical Theory

b)

Neo Classical Theory

c)

Demonological Theory

d)

Divine Will Theory

4.

the first formal explanations of crime and delinquency held that human behavior was a matter of choice. It has its roots in the classical of criminology developed by the eighteenth-century Italian social thinker Cesare Beccaria.

a)

Neo Classical Theory

b)

Classical Theory

c)

Rational Choice Theory

d)

Positivist Theory

5.

It was premised on the idea that people have free will in making decisions, and that punishment can be a deterrent for crime, so long as the punishment is proportional, fits the crime, and is carried out promptly.

a)

Sociological Theory

b)

Neo Classical Theory

c)

Classical Theory

d)

Positivist Theory

6.

The idea here is that crime was caused largely by demonic influence. Although the ―devil made me do it‖ is certainly an explanation of criminal behavior but it is not scientific theory.

a)

Classical Theory

b)

Positivist Theory

c)

Demonological Theory

d)

Divine Will Theory

7.

This is the process of linking facts together in order to explain something. It is an explanation.

a)

Causation

b)

Theory of Crime

c)

Theory

d)

Criminology

8.

Another student of Lombroso believed that a number of biological, social and organic factors caused delinquency and crime.

a)

Robert Dugdale

b)

Raffaele Garofalo

c)

Ada Juke

d)

Enrico Ferri

9.

Refers to the effect that punishment has on offender.

a)

Recidivism

b)

Specific Deterrence

c)

General Deterrence

d)

Rationality

10.

According to this theory, the greater their exposure to dangerous places, the more likely people will become victims of crime and violence.

a)

Rational Choice Theory

b)

Neo Classical Theory

c)

Deviant PlaceTheory

d)

Classical Theory

11.

He was the one who founded the Positivist School of Criminology.

a)

Cesare Beccaria

b)

Cesare Garofalo

c)

Cessare Lombrosso

d)

Cesare Lombroso

12.

The idea that punishing offenders will deter the rest of society.

a)

General Deterrence

b)

Specific Deterrence

c)

Utilitarianism

d)

Recidivism

13.

It is the study of "criminal" human beings.

a)

Crime Causation

b)

Theory

c)

Criminal Anthropology

d)

Anthropology

14.

Which among of the following atavistic feature does not belong to the group?

a)

Savages

b)

Extreme Size of Orbits

c)

Apes Like

d)

Sensitivity to Pain

15.

Below are the classification of criminals according to Ferri except;

a)

Passionate Criminal

b)

Insane Criminal

c)

Born Criminal

d)

Typical Criminal

16.

This theory of crime assert that deterring, reducing, or eliminating crime can occur through stricter child rearing practices, enhanced punishments, and/or an increase in surveillance and security.

a)

Classical Theory

b)

Neo Classical Theory

c)

Sociological Theory

d)

Routine Activity Theory

17.

Those who are skinny and slender; Their crimes petty thievery and fraud.

a)

Pyknic Type

b)

Athletic Type

c)

Asthenic Type

d)

Dysplastic Type

18.

Who among of the following does not belong to the group?

a)

Cesare Beccaria

b)

Cesare Lombroso

c)

Raffaele Garofalo

d)

Enrico Ferri

19.

Below are the classification of criminals according to Ferri except;

a)

Occasional Criminal

b)

Criminal deficient in probity

c)

Passionate Criminal

d)

Born Criminal

20.

Below are the classifications of criminals according to Garofalo except;

a)

Criminal deficient in probity

b)

Typical criminals or murderer

c)

Lascivious criminals

d)

Habitual Criminal

21.

He agreed that criminal is abnormal, as he thought of him to be lacking in the degree of sentiments and repugnance‘s held by the other in society.

a)

Henry Goddard

b)

Enrico Ferri

c)

Raffaele Garofalo

d)

Cesare Lombroso

22.

Those who are muscular and strong: They usually connected with crimes against violence.

a)

Pyknic Type

b)

Asthenic Type

c)

Athletic Types

d)

Dysplastic Type

23.

Those who are stout and with round bodies; They tend to commit deception, fraud and violence.

a)

Pyknic Type

b)

Athletic Type

c)

Asthenic Type

d)

Mixed Type

24.

Those who are less clear evident having any predominant type. Their offenses are against decency and morality.

a)

Dysplastic Type

b)

Athletic Type

c)

Endomorph

d)

Ectomorph

25.

According to him, human beings can be divided into three basic body types, or somatotypes, which correspond to three basic temperaments.

a)

William Sheldon

b)

Henry Goddard

c)

Robert Dugdale

d)

Ada Juke

26.

The HOLY THREE of CRIMINOLOGY

a)

Raffaele Garofalo

b)

Henry H Goddard

c)

Cesare Lombroso

d)

Enrico Ferri

27.

He traced the Juke lineage back to a notorious character named Max, a Dutch immigrant who arrived in New York in the early 1700s, Two of Max's sons married into the notorious "Juke family of girls," six sisters, all of whom were said to be illegitimate.

a)

Richard L Dugdale

b)

Robert Dugdale

c)

Henry H Goddard

d)

Jonathan Edwards

28.

He attempted to place the study of deviant families within an acceptable scientific framework via the provision of a kind of control group.

a)

Arthur Estrabrook

b)

Richard Dugdale

c)

Henry H. Goddard

d)

Enrico Ferri

29.

It has been developed from the same egg, and carry virtually the same genetic material.

a)

Dizygotic Twins

b)

Fraternal Twins

c)

Twins

d)

Identical Twins

30.

He published a follow-up to Dugdale's work, in which he identified an additional 715 Juke descendants, including 378 more prostitutes, 170 additional paupers, and 118 other criminals.

a)

Jonathan Edwards

b)

Richard L. Dugdale

c)

Arthur H. Estrabrook

d)

Hery H. Goddard

31.

He was a Puritan Preacher who was the subject of comparison of Richard Dugdale in his studies of the Juke Family.

a)

Juke Family

b)

Sir Jonathan Edwards

c)

Kallikkak Family

d)

Ada Juke

32.

Early studies of this type often focused on criminal families, or families that appeared to exhibit criminal tendencies through several generations.

a)

Theory

b)

Criminal Studies

c)

Heredity Studies

d)

Twin Studies

33.

He was the first German Physician who studied to link MZ twins to criminality .

a)

Dr. Langes A. Johannes

b)

Dr, Edward Henry

c)

Dr. Johannes Lange

d)

Dr. John H. Langes

34.

He has been an advocate of the Utilitarian Hedonism, Filicific Calculus and Penal Pharmacy.

a)

Enrico Ferri

b)

Cesare Lombroso

c)

Jeremy Bentham

d)

Cesare Beccaria

35.

Studies of the criminal tendencies of fraternal and identical twins provide a methodologically sophisticated technique for ferreting out the role of inheritance in crime causation.

a)

Heredity Study

b)

Twin Studies

c)

Motherhood Studies

d)

Zygotic Studies

36.

It was developed from different fertilized eggs and share only that genetic material common among siblings.

a)

Twin

b)

Fraternal Twins

c)

Dizygotic Twins

d)

Identical Twins

37.

The one who has acquired his habit of crime mainly through the ineffective measures employed by society for the prevention and repression of crime.

a)

Passionate Criminals

b)

Habitual Criminals

c)

Occasional Criminals

d)

Insane Criminals

38.

in this theory, they are more focus on the criminal actor rather than the criminal acts.

a)

Demonological Theory

b)

Positivist Theory

c)

Neo Classical Theory

d)

Classical Theory

39.

He viewed that the criminal act of a certain person was a result of his/her free will.

a)

Cesare Lombroso

b)

Raffaele Garofalo

c)

Cesare Beccaria

d)

Enrico Ferri

40.

What theory influenced Lombroso to pursue his development on his Theory of Atavism?

a)

The Genesis

b)

Theory of Evolution

c)

Theory of Man

d)

Bible

41.

A French Sociologist who proposed a Philosophical approach in the Positivist Theory.

a)

August Comte

b)

Jeremy Bentham

c)

Augustus Comte

d)

Auguste Comte

42.

The one who commits insignificant criminal acts, not because of his personality, but because of the circumstances in which he lives.

a)

born Criminals

b)

Occasional Criminals

c)

Passionate Criminals

d)

Habitual Criminals

43.

They are the one who suffers from criminal neurosis, which is not in itself sufficient to cause crime.

a)

Born Criminals

b)

Insane Criminals

c)

Passionate Criminals

d)

None of the Above

44.

What was the title of the book written by Cesare Beccaria?

a)

Dei Delittei dele Pene

b)

Dei Dele Pene

c)

Dei Dele Pene

d)

Dei Delittie dele Pene

45.

Which of the following is incorrect?

a)

Endomorph - Viscerotoria

b)

Ectomorph - Cerebrotonia

c)

Ectomorph - Viscerotoria

d)

Mesomorph - Somatotonia