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Crime Analysis and Policy examines the methods and tools used to study patterns of criminal activity, understand their underlying causes, and inform effective policy responses. The course covers crime mapping, statistical analysis, and intelligence-led policing, integrating theoretical perspectives with practical applications. Students explore how crime data is collected, analyzed, and interpreted to support decision-making in law enforcement, prevention strategies, and resource allocation. Special attention is given to policy evaluation and the ways in which analysis can drive evidence-based reforms in criminal justice systems.
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Criminology Today An Integrative Introduction 8th Edition by Frank J. Schmalleger
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Chapter 1: What is Criminology?
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Q1) There is a growing tendency to apply the term criminologist to anyone who works in the criminal justice field.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) What limitations exist with the legal perspective of crime?
Answer: Answers should define the legal perspective of crime as human conduct in violation of the criminal laws set by the government. Answers should address some of the following limitations discussed in the textbook: yielding moral high ground to powerful individuals with influence on the law; that social, ethical, and individual significance influence immoral forms of behavior; and that the legalistic definition also suffers from lack of recognition that formalized laws have not always existed.
Q3) Adopting the psychological perspective of crime would greatly expand the scope of criminology.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Background causes of crime are known as ___________.
Answer: contributions
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Chapter 2: Where Do Theories Come From
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Q1) A(n) _________ involves reviewing the results of other studies on a specific topic.
A) participant observation study
B) meta-analysis
C) survey
D) case study
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is not a scientific endeavor?
A) Investigating the relationship between facts that have been gathered
B) Building a database of information
C) Investigating paranormal phenomena
D) Interrogating witnesses at a crime scene
Answer: D
Q3) Properly selected control groups help criminology researchers eliminate threats to
Answer: internal validity
Q4) Problem identification often includes some basic statistical analyses.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Classical and Neoclassical Thought
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Q1) The belief that the natural human condition at birth is that of a blank slate is attributed to
A) Thomas Hobbes.
B) John Locke.
C) Thomas Paine.
D) Jean Jacques Rousseau.
Answer: B
Q2) Bentham's approach to punishment has been described as utilitarianism because of its emphasis on the worth an action holds for the individual undertaking it.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The concept of natural law influenced the U.S. Constitution.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The concept of due process of law developed from a provision of the _______. Answer: Magna Carta
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Chapter 4: Early Biological Perspectives on Criminal Behavior
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Q1) Twin Studies and Heredity
A)Genetic determism,
B)Atavism, born criminals, criminaloids
C)Altruism, tribalism, survival of the gene pool
D)Phrenology
E)Somatotyping, mesomorph, endomorph, ectomorph
Q2) An offender who was identified as a criminaloid by Lombroso would not have atavistic traits.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Biological theories argue that the basic tenants of criminal behavior are ____________ based.
Q4) The scientific study of the relationships between human physical characteristics and criminality is called
A) Darwinism.
B) criminal anthropology.
C) biological theory.
D) phrenology.
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Q5) The concept of __________ in sociobiology is used to explain conflict between humans.
Chapter 5: Biosocial and Other Contemporary Perspectives
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Q1) According to Wilson and Herrnstein, criminality is consistently associated with ________ levels of intelligence.
Q2) What have researchers found about the effect of deficient MAOA activity on children?
A) Deficient MAOA activity may predispose children to adult violence
B) Deficient MAOA activity may predispose maltreated children to adult violence
C) Deficient MAOA activity may reduce the risk of adult violence among maltreated children
D) Deficient MAOA activity has no effect on children
Q3) The purpose of the Human Genome Project was to determine the complete sequence of
A) DNA.
B) RNA.
C) XYY.
D) MAOA
Q4) What is the effect of stress on brain structure?
A) Stress does not have any effect on brain structure
B) Long-term exposure to high-level stress can reduce cognition
C) Long-term exposure to low-level stress can produce neuroplasticity
D) Short-term exposure to stress can increase brain development
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Chapter 6: Psychological and Psychiatric Foundations of Criminal Behavior
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Q1) According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, the id conforms to the A) morality and conscience.
B) unconscious mind.
C) reality principle.
D) pleasure principle.
Q2) Individuals suffering from poor __________ development are likely to seek immediate gratification without considering the long-term consequences of their choices.
A) ego
B) superego
C) repression
D) id
Q3) _________ theory focuses on the area of cognitive science, including the process of moral development and diseases of the mind.
Q4) People who devalue aggression do not engage in it.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A malfunctioning central nervous system is a possible ________ cause of antisocial personality disorder.
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Chapter 7: Social Structure Theories
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Q1) Which of the following was not a result of the broken windows thesis?
A) An increase in order maintenance policing
B) A crackdown on quality-of-life offenses
C) A focus on serious crime
D) A focus on targeting crimes such as jaywalking, public urination, graffiti, and public drinking
Q2) The Chicago Area Project focused on reducing social ______________ in slum neighborhoods.
Q3) Research suggests that feelings of general strain are negatively related to later delinquency.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Chicago Area Project focused on reducing delinquency in transitional neighborhoods.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Matza described drift as hard determinism.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Discuss some of the policy implications of social structure theories.
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Chapter 8: Theories of Social Process and Social Development
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Q1) What does labeling theory tell us about the individual in relation to the justice system? Explain with examples.
Q2) Which of the following is not a major focus of social development theory-based policy?
A) Identifying and controlling a small segment of chronic violent juvenile offenders
B) Immediate intervention in early delinquent behavior
C) Establishing a broad spectrum of sanctions that ensure accountability and a continuum of services
D) Providing early childhood training and education to ensure the development of individual self-control
Q3) According to the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency Program research, very young subjects (as young as three years of age) are most likely to be found on the _________ pathway to delinquency.
A) authority conflict
B) multiple disruption
C) covert
D) overt
Q4) What is a criminal career? What are the main dimensions of a criminal career?
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Chapter 9: Social Conflict Theories
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Q1) The primary method used by convict criminologists is ethnographic
A)True
B)False
Q2) Left realism sees the criminal justice system and its agents as pawns of the powerful.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to Karl Marx, the __________ are the exploited working class who are without power.
A) proletariat
B) bourgeoisie
C) petit bourgeoisie
D) materialists
Q4) Radical feminists would suggest that the elimination of male domination would reduce rates of female crime and male violence against women.
A)True
B)False
Q5) According to the __________ perspective, the law serves all people equally.
Q6) Explain how radical and critical criminology differ and how they are similar.
Q7) Discuss the major criticisms of radical-critical criminology.
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Chapter 10: Criminal Victimization
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Q1) According to routine activities theory, an individual who effectively discourages crime is known as a
A) motivated offender.
B) defensible victim.
C) capable guardian.
D) suitable target.
Q2) For which of the following studies would you definitely want to use NIBRS rather than the UCR?
A) A study examining changes in the overall crime rate in the U.S. over time
B) A study examining crime patterns in the U.S. in the 1950s and 1960s
C) A study examining rates of motor vehicle thefts in the U.S. today
D) A study examining co-occurring victimization in a given offense
Q3) Victims of violence who experienced socio-emotional problems are _________ likely to report their victimization to the police.
Q4) Self-report surveys provide information on the dark figure of crime.
A)True
B)False
Q5) ____________ refers to the origin or cause of victimization.
Q6) The child of a victim of homicide is a(n) _________ victim.
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Chapter 11: Crimes Against Persons
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Q1) Which of the following was not one of the main ways in which the old UCR definition of rape was biased?
A) It did not allow for rapes by male offenders
B) It did not count nonvaginal sexual assault as rape
C) It did not allow for the rape of male victims
D) It did not count rapes that omitted direct physical force
Q2) Which of the following is not part of Russell's typology of men who rape their wives?
A) Husbands who prefer raping their wives to having consensual sex with them
B) Husbands who prefer consensual sex with their wives but are willing to rape them if their sexual advances are refused
C) Husbands who might like to rape their wives but do not act out these desires
D) Husbands who do not desire nonconsensual sex with their wives
Q3) The majority of street robbers target
A) elderly victims.
B) taxi drivers.
C) individuals involved in lawbreaking.
D) major drug dealers.
Q4) What are the four primary types of workplace violence?
Q5) Explain the difference between primary and nonprimary homicides.
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Chapter 12: Crimes Against Property
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Q1) A fence specializes in stolen video games, which he integrates into the legitimate inventory in the video game store he operates. This makes him a(n) _________ fence.
A) generalist
B) fully covered
C) partly covered
D) noncovered
Q2) What is identity theft? What are the two main categories of identity theft?
Q3) Explore the concept of burglary within a sexual context. Compare this type of burglary with traditional burglary.
Q4) The most frequently-occurring property crime is __________.
Q5) List and define the four major property crimes, according to the FBI.
Q6) The use of a fence is the most common method of disposing of stolen goods for most thieves.
A)True
B)False
Q7) A professional fence who deals in only certain types of stolen goods is known as a(n)
Q8) According to Mike Maguire's typology, ________ burglars are professionals.
Q9) Explain how residential burglars select their targets.
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Chapter 13: White-Collar and Organized Crime
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Q1) A(n) __________ is a group of individuals with an identified hierarchy and extensive supporting network engaged in significant criminal activity.
Q2) Organized crime groups infiltrate legitimate businesses to use as fronts for money
Q3) Criminal enterprises originating from the former Soviet Union are part of __________ criminal enterprises.
A) Eurasian
B) Balkan
C) Middle Eastern
D) Asian
Q4) _________ fraud includes stock market manipulation, Ponzi schemes, and hedge fund fraud.
A) Mortgage
B) Corporate
C) Securities and commodities
D) Mass-marketing
Q5) White-collar crimes generally are not committed by terrorists.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Drug and Sex Crimes
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Q1) Most "johns" accept the majority of rape myths.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Identify the following crimes as drug-defined or drug-related
\[\begin{array} { | l | l | }
\hline \text { 1. Burglary corruitted to support a dug habit } & \text { a Drug-defined crime } \\
\hline \text { 2. The sale of marijuara to children } & \text { b. Drup-related crime } \\
\hline \text { 3. Usirg cocaine } & \\
\hline \text { 4. Cormutting date rape while on drugs } & \\
\hline \text { 5. Drug trafficking } & \\
\hline \text { 6. Buying dugs on the street } & \\
\hline \begin{array} { l }
\text { 7. Cormuitting a rugging to get money to buy } \\
\text { crack }
\end{array} & \\
\hline
\end{array}\]
Q3) Male clients of female prostitutes are known as _______.
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Chapter 15: Technology and Crime
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Q1) The primary motivation of the average hacker is to
A) profit financially by hacking.
B) gain access to computer networks.
C) demonstrate network vulnerability.
D) create a computer security system.
Q2) In the case of __________, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an earlier standard for the admissibility of scientific evidence and said that all relevant evidence is admissible unless otherwise provided by the U.S. Constitution or other relevant legal rules.
A) Frye v. U.S.
B) Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
C) Buck v. Bell
D) Reno v. ACLU
Q3) What effects do you think the use of DNA evidence will have on the justice system in the United States in the long run?
Q4) DNA profiling is
A) infallible.
B) highly reliable.
C) somewhat reliable.
D) not very reliable.
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Chapter 16: Globalization and Terrorism
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Q1) An organization based in the United States may still be designated as a foreign terrorist organization if it has members who are not U.S. citizens.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Diverse crime-reporting practices create the biggest problem in reporting crime and comparing the crime rates of different nations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The increase in understanding resulting from a sharing of information between cultures is known as __________.
Q4) A group external to the U.S. that engages in terrorist activity may be considered for designation as a(n) __________.
Q5) The majority of people who are assisted in illegally entering the U.S. each year are trafficked rather than smuggled.
A)True
B)False
Q6) _________ is the phenomenon of culture-centeredness.
Q7) Define human smuggling and trafficking and explain the differences between them.
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