WorksheetsCauses of Crime Test
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
_____________ is based on biological, psychological, sociological, economic factors, or some combination.
Crime
Data
Religion
Theory
Which is an assumption that attempts to explain why or how things are related to each other?
Crime
Data
Religion
Theory
Which is the explanation of criminal behavior?
Criminological explanations
Criminological data
Criminological theory
Criminological studies
Which criminological theory is based on the assumption that people exercise free will and are thus completely responsible for their actions?
Biological theory
Classical theory
Neoclassical theory
Sociological theory
Which is the prevention of people in general or society at large from engaging in crime by punishing specific individuals and making examples of them?
Crime punishment
General deterrence
Public humiliation
Specific deterrence
Which theory is based on the belief that criminals are physiologically different from non-criminals?
Biological theory
Deterrence theory
Economic theory
Sociological theory
Sigmund Freud was a key contributor to which criminological theory?
Biological theory
Economical theory
Neoclassical theory
Psychological theory
Which criminological theory assumes that a criminal’s behavior is determined by his/her social environment and rejects the notion of the “born criminal”?
Biological theory
Psychological theory
Sociological theory
Strain theory
Studies under this theory found that neighborhoods that experienced high delinquency rates also experienced social disorganization.
Biological theory
Chicago School theory
Sociological theory
Strain theory
Which theory proposes that people’s relationships, commitments, values, norms, and beliefs encourage them not to break the law?
Biological theory
Chicago School theory
Social Control theory
Strain theory
No person who, as a result of mental disease or defect, lacks capacity to understand the proceedings against the person or to assist in the person’s own defense shall be tried, convicted, or sentenced for the commission of an offense so long as such incapacity endures.
True
False
Which theory says you make a decision to engage in criminal activity for the rewards it offers?
Classical Theory
Social Control Theory
Biological Theory
Strain Theory
What theory says people become criminals because of bad or faulty DNA?
Psychological Theory
Biological Theory
Strain Theory
Classical Theory
What theory is based on research of high crime zones in Chicago?
Neoclassical Theory
Psychological Theory
Biological Theory
Social Disorganization Theory
Which theory critiques our capitalist economic system? (Hint: competing interest groups)
Social Conflict Theory
Neoclassical Theory
Biological Theory
Psychological Theory
Which theory states that factors like insanity may inhibit freewill or your choices?
Strain Theory
Biological Theory
Neoclassical Theory
Sociological Theory
