Chapter 1 An Overview of Crime and Criminology
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A correlate is that segment of the phenomenon of interest that is measured and analyzed.
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False
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Question 2
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A hypothesis is best described as a set of interconnected propositions that explain how phenomena are related.
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False
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Question 3
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A trial by a jury of one’s peers is a(n) ______ right.
Fourth Amendment Fifth Amendment
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Sixth Amendment Eighth Amendment
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A(n) ______ is a set of logically interconnected propositions explaining how phenomena are related. ➔
theory hypothesis ideology
policy
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Question 5
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Cesare Lombroso’s concept of the born criminal is also known as his theory of ______. ➔
atavism ideal types phrenology somatotypes
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Question 6
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Concurrence means that the act (actus reus) and the mental state (mens rea) concur in the sense that the criminal intention actuates the criminal act. ➔
True False
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Question 7
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Crimes that are time and culture bound are referred to as ______.
mala in se
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mala prohibita actus reus mens rea
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Question 8
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Criminality is an identifiable trait that some people possess, and others do not.
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Question 9
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Criminality is the scientific study of crime and criminals.
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Question 10
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Criminologists use what is known as the ______ to try to answer the questions they ask rather than simply philosophize about them.
scientific procedure
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scientific method technique of natural science observational analysis
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Question 11
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Criminology is an interdisciplinary field. ➔
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Question 12
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Criminology is concerned with how the criminal justice system investigates, prosecutes, and controls/ supervises individuals who have committed crimes.
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False
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Question 13
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During the Progressive Era, ______ became the primary disciplinary home of criminology.
biology psychology
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sociology theology
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Question 14
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In which case did the Supreme Court invalidate anti−flag burning statutes as unconstitutional? ➔
Texas v. Johnson Lawrence v. Texas Bowers v. Hardwick Mapp v. Ohio
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Question 15
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Lombroso’s theory of the born criminal was aligned with which school of thought?
biosocial classical
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positivist psychological
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Question 16
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One concept that John Hagan examined in an effort to distinguish between “real” crimes and “socially constructed” arbitrary crimes was the degree of public agreement on the seriousness of an act, also known as ______.
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consensus harm severity effectiveness
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Question 17
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Private wrongs are socially harmful, but not sufficiently so to require the heavy hand of the criminal law. ➔
True False
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Question 18
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The ______ school of thought emphasizes human rationality and free will in its explanations of criminal behavior.
biosocial
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classical positivist psychological
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Question 19
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The constrained vision maintains that there is an innate human nature that is self−centered and largely unalterable. ➔
True False
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Question 20
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The criteria for judging the merits of a theory include predictive accuracy, predictive scope, simplicity, and falsifiability.