WorksheetsCHP 3: THEORY OF CRIME PS3134 (CRIMINOLOGY)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which criminological perspective emphasizes the role of rational decision-making in criminal behavior?
Classical perspective
Biological perspective Psychological perspective
Psychological perspective
Social disorganization perspective
The positivist perspective of crime emphasizes the influence of which factors?
Biological, psychological, and social factors
Economic and political factors only
Cultural and environmental factors only
Biological factors only
Which of the following is NOT a key feature of the positivist perspective of crime?
Emphasis on biological, psychological, and social factors
Focus on individual choice and rational decision-making
Use of scientific research methods
Emphasis on intervention and rehabilitation
According to the classical perspective, what is the primary purpose of punishment?
Rehabilitation
Deterrence
Retribution
Social integration
Which theory emphasizes the role of unconscious conflicts and unresolved childhood experiences in criminal behavior?
Strain theory
Behavioral theory
Psychodynamic theory
Social learning theory
According to the Classical Theory of Crime, how should an offender be punished?
Swiftly
Severely
Harshly
All of the above
Why does someone commit a crime, according to the Classical Theory of Crime?
Biological Factors
Social Pressures
Free Will
Family Issues
This theory states that body type determines criminal behavior.
Atavism
Somatotyping
Physiology
Positivism
This man is considered the father of modern psychology. His studies on dreams and the unconscious mind are still effective today.
Pavlov
Lombardio
Freud
Shelton
According to Freud, this is the first part of self to develop. "The Devil," it relies on selfishness, instant gratification, and pleasures.
Id
Ego
Superego
Which sociologists is associated with Structural Strain theory?
Robert Merton
Sutherland
Hirshi
Durkheim
When people abandon both the approved goals and the approved means (Merton's Typology)
Innovation
Ritualism
Rebellion
Retreatism
When people abandon the goals as irrelvant to their lives but still enact the means (Merton's typology)
Retreatism
Innovation
Ritualism
Rebellion
