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Quiz on Theories of Crime Causation

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is considered the Father of Modern Criminology?

a)

Jeremy Bentham

b)

Cesare Beccaria

c)

Cesare Lombroso

d)

Enrico Ferri

2.

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

a)

Neo-Classical School of Criminology

b)

Positive School of Criminology

c)

Classical School of Criminology

d)

Positivist/Italian School

3.

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

a)

Edwin Sutherland

b)

Enrico Ferri

c)

Cesare Lombroso

d)

Raffaele Garofalo

4.

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

a)

Containment Theory

b)

Neutralization Theory

c)

Strain Theory

d)

Anomie Theory

5.

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

a)

Lloyd Ohlin

b)

Frank Tennenbaum

c)

Albert Cohen

d)

Gresham Sykes

6.

Which criminologist proposed the Instrumentalist Theory of capitalist rule?

a)

Earl Richard Quinney

b)

Robert King Merton

c)

Howard Becker

d)

Edwin Lemert

7.

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

a)

To prevent the criminal from committing new crimes

b)

To seek revenge on the criminal

c)

To extract confessions through torture

d)

To deter others from committing crimes

8.

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

a)

Pre-Classical Era

b)

Positivist/Italian School

c)

Classical School of Criminology

d)

Neo-Classical School of Criminology

9.

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

a)

Cesare Lombroso

b)

Enrico Ferri

c)

Raffaele Garofalo

d)

Ernest Kretschmer

10.

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

a)

Neutralization Theory

b)

Containment Theory

c)

Strain Theory

d)

Felicific Calculus

11.

Who is known for advocating the Strain Theory, which states that individuals commit crimes due to anger, relative deprivation, and inequality?

a)

Lloyd Ohlin

b)

Albert Cohen

c)

Gresham Sykes

d)

Robert King Merton

12.

Which criminologist proposed the Neutralization Theory, stating that individuals obey or disobey societal rules based on their ability to rationalize the consequences?

a)

Gresham Sykes

b)

Frank Tennenbaum

c)

Lloyd Ohlin

d)

Earl Richard Quinney

13.

According to the Demonological Theory, what was believed to cause criminal behavior?

a)

Psychological disorders

b)

Social and moral phenomenon

c)

Biological characteristics

d)

Evil spirits and demons

14.

Which school of criminology argued that situations or circumstances that made it impossible to exercise free will are reasons to exempt the accused from conviction?

a)

Positivist/Italian School

b)

Classical School of Criminology

c)

Pre-Classical Era

d)

Neo-Classical School of Criminology

15.

Who is known for advocating the Differential Opportunity Theory, which explains that society provides greater opportunities for lower class groups to engage in deviant acts?

a)

Lloyd Ohlin

b)

Frank Tennenbaum

c)

Albert Cohen

d)

Earl Richard Quinney