Contemporary Issues in Criminology Review
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This course explores the current debates, challenges, and topics shaping the field of criminology today. Students will critically examine emerging trends such as cybercrime, terrorism, environmental crime, and the impact of social media on criminal behavior. The course also addresses issues of social justice, policing reform, incarceration, race, and gender within the criminal justice system. Through case studies, recent research, and policy analysis, students will develop a nuanced understanding of how contemporary societal changes influence crime, law enforcement, and criminal justice policy.
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Criminology Today An Integrative Introduction 6th Edition by Frank J. Schmalleger
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Chapter 1: What Is Criminology
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Q1) Because crime is a social event,it can have more than one interpretation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Experimental criminology uses _________ techniques to test the accuracy of theories about crime.
A)social scientific
B)scientific
C)general theory
D)mathematical
Answer: A
Q3) This book sees crime as a __________ event.
A)individual
B)social
C)political
D)justifiable
Answer: B
Q4) Criminal justice is the _______ study of crime,criminal law,and the components of the criminal justice system.
Answer: scientific
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Chapter 2: Where Do Theories Come From
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of a dilemma facing criminologists hoping to use statistical evidence to influence social policy?
A)common laws
B)three-strikes laws
C)deviant behavior
D)participant observation
Answer: B
Q2) A __________ design is useful when social settings are beyond the control of the researcher.
Answer: quasi-experimental
Q3) Properly selected control groups help criminology researchers eliminate threats to __________.
Answer: internal validity
Q4) Evidence-based criminology is founded on the ___________ method.
Answer: experimental/scientific
Q5) Research should be closely related to social policy creation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Classical and Neoclassical Thought
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Q1) Bentham's approach to crime and punishment has been described as utilitarianism because of its emphasis on the worth any action holds for an individual undertaking it.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The Enlightenment-era concept that human beings abandon their natural state of individual to join a society is which of the following?
A)the Magna Carta
B)constitutional law
C)social contract
D)common law
Answer: C
Q3) In the classic school of thought,what are the two central determinants of human behavior?
A)pride and pleasure
B)pride and greed
C)pain and pleasure
D)pain and greed
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Biological Roots in Criminal Behavior
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Q1) Many believe that biological theories of crime are actually theories of criminality.
A)True
B)False
Q2) One of the first ideas to make use of chromosomes in crime causation can be seen with the
A)supermale.
B)deviant.
C)territoriality.
D)Twinkie defense.
Q3) Which theoretical perspective was developed by Edward Wilson?
A)sociobiology
B)positivism
C)biosocial criminology
D)constitutional theories
Q4) Lorenz's greatest contribution to the study of human behavior is his claim that all human behavior is adapted instinctive behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q5) _________ such as testosterone are studied in their link to criminal behavior.
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Chapter 5: Psychology and Psychiatric Foundations of Criminal Behavior
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Q1) Legal definitions of ________ describe a person suffering from a severe mental disease or defect.
Q2) A criminal who has a poorly developed superego lacks the ability to follow a moral guide.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Someone characterized with antisocial psychological disorder is likely to show a lack of attachment to his or her mother or father in the first few months of life.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is not a concept supported by the modeling theory?
A)imitation
B)disengagement
C)interpersonal aggression
D)conditioning
Q5) Explain Freud's theory of psychoanalysis.Be sure to touch upon what Freud believed makes up the human personality.
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Q6) What is the role of empathy in criminal behavior? Which theories help explain this?
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Chapter 6: Social Structure Theories
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Q1) Based on sociological theories,which of the following does not contribute to the causal nexus out of which crime develops?
A)individual behavior
B)group dynamics
C)subgroup relationships
D)group organization
Q2) What are some of the ways social structure theories help explain crime? What informal and formal arrangements do these theories look at?
Q3) What are the three main social structure theories? How do these help explain individual criminal behavior in relation to society?
Q4) Which of the following is not a social structure theory?
A)strain theory
B)social disorganization
C)human ecology
D)culture conflict
Q5) Gangs are not a major source of concern in contemporary society.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Conduct norms are acquired early in life through childhood _________.
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Chapter 7: Theories of Social Process and Social Development
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Q1) _________ refers to the cessation of criminal activity.
A)persistence
B)desistance
C)self-control
D)deviance
Q2) Social development theories have been criticized heavily for _______ issues.
A)academic
B)research
C)definitional
D)theoretical
Q3) Differential association values _______ association.
Q4) A ________ commits crimes throughout his or her life.
Q5) Social learning theory states that people learn to commit crimes from _______.
A)themselves
B)other people
C)social norms
D)animal behavior
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Q6) _________ theory says that criminality is learned through a process of association with other criminals.
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Chapter 8: Social Conflict Theories
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Q1) Also known as reparative justice,_______________ is a postmodern perspective that stresses solutions and restoration rather than imprisonment,punishment,and neglect of victims.
Q2) According to the __________________,a multiplicity of values and beliefs exist in a given society,but most members of a society recognize that law is a useful means of dispute resolution.
Q3) Karl Marx was one of the best-known and most influential writers on social conflict.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Restorative justice upholds the community as the facilitator in the restorative process by the state.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Feminist criminology has resulted in an increased awareness of gender issues within the broader discipline of criminology.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Discuss the major criticisms of radical-critical criminology.
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Chapter 9: Crimes Against Persons
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Q1) The National Crime Victimization Survey is conducted by which of the following federal agencies?
A)the Department of State
B)the Bureau of Justice Statistics
C)the Federal Bureau of Investigation
D)the Central Intelligence Agency
Q2) Which of the following terms applies to a crime that results from acts of interpersonal hostility such as jealousy or rage?
A)nonprimary homicide
B)instrumental crime
C)primary crime
D)expressive crime
Q3) Third-degree murder refers to an unlawful killing in which the homicide is premeditated.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Almost all pedophiles are male.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are the four primary types of workplace violence?
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Chapter 10: Crimes Against Property
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Q1) Car thieves target the most popular cars,such as the Toyota Camry,because the car _____are most easily marketed.
Q2) Discuss the types of individuals who are likely to commit arson.
Q3) What is the term for the phase in a criminal's career when he or she shows less commitment to the criminal lifestyle?
A)break-in
B)stable
C)career-end
D)burn-out
Q4) Most cars that are stolen are resold.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The willful attempt to burn a building,even if there is not attempt to defraud,is called ________.
Q6) In order to convert goods stolen from a household into cash,the _____uses a fence or receiver of stolen goods.
Q7) Those that are married,older,and male are less likely to be burglarized
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: White-Collar and Organized Crime
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Q1) Research analysts at securities firms like Goldman Sachs Group,Inc.were charged with securities fraud in 2002.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Elected officials in large major cities such as Chicago and New York are seldom connected to organized crime.
A)True B)False
Q3) Initial efforts to control organized crime were directed at individuals.
A)True B)False
Q4) White-collar crime is less likely to result in prosecution than other type of crimes. A)True B)False
Q5) Identify three of the major clans involved in transnational crime and discuss the type of crime in which they tend to be most involved.
Q6) The Wickersham Commission criticized the influence of _____ on professional law enforcement in the U.S.
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Chapter 12: Public Order and Drug Crimes
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Q1) Men who are married are more likely to use prostitutes than men who aren't.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How do feminist perspectives address prostitution?
Q3) Stealing cash to pay for drugs is an example of drug-_____ crime.
Q4) Which illegal drug in the U.S.commonly originates in South America,especially Bolivia,Columbia,and Peru?
A)marijuana
B)cocaine
C)heroin
D)opium
Q5) Which of the following statements is most accurate about different countries' regulation of prostitution?
A)Laws that govern prostitution vary greatly from country to country.
B)Laws against prostitution only exist in the United States.
C)Laws that govern prostitution do not exist in most of the world.
D)Laws against prostitution tend to favor the client in all countries.
Q6) How would alternative drug policies address the issue of illegal drug use in the United States? What are some of the benefits to alternative drug policy?
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Chapter 13: Technology and Crime
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Q1) Identity theft would be less likely if
A)Social Security numbers were used less in the public sector.
B)Social Security numbers became the sole form of identification.
C)Social Security numbers were done away with.
D)Social Security numbers were always used with an additional ID.
Q2) Social disorganization has been shown to
A)lead to a reversal in the advances of technology.
B)foment a renewed drive for technological advances.
C)result in illegal attempts to acquire dangerous technology.
D)encourage the spread of technology among law enforcement agencies.
Q3) Technology and crime ________ closely linked.
A)are about to become
B)have recently become
C)are sometimes
D)have always been
Q4) Computer-related crime and cybercrime are two names for the same thing.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Why might cybercrime appeal to people who would not commit crimes like burglary or robbery?
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Chapter 14: Globalization and Terrorism
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Q1) Which is the best characterization of the relationship between ethnocentrism and comparative criminology?
A)Ethnocentrism contributes to the success of comparative criminology on multiple levels.
B)Ethnocentrism interferes with comparative criminology in a number of ways.
C)Ethnocentrism and comparative criminology take fundamentally the same view.
D)Ethnocentrism is an outgrowth of investigations in comparative criminology.
Q2) Any group external to the United States may be designated an FTO by Congress.
A)True
B)False
Q3) International terrorism and foreign terrorism are two terms for the same phenomenon.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A series of terrorist attacks from late 2001 to early 2002 involved
A)letter bombs sent to scientists
B)car bombs aimed at politicians
C)letters with weapons-grade anthrax
D)various incendiary devices
Q5) Opium growth in Afghanistan is largely controlled by the ________.
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