Psychology of Crime and Deviance Practice Questions
Course Introduction
This course explores the psychological theories and research surrounding criminal behavior and societal deviance. Students will examine the individual, social, and environmental factors that contribute to why individuals commit crimes or engage in deviant acts. Topics include the development of criminal personalities, the role of mental health and substance use, the impact of childhood experiences, and the influence of peer groups and social environments. The course also discusses how cognitive and emotional processes influence moral decision-making, as well as the application of psychological principles to criminal profiling, prevention strategies, rehabilitation, and policy-making. Real-world case studies and contemporary issues are integrated to enrich understanding and encourage critical evaluation of the psychological underpinnings of crime and deviance.
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Psychology of Criminal Behaviour A Canadian Perspective 2nd Edition by Shelley Brown
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Chapter 1: Crime in Canada Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) The method of reviewing studies and aggregating the findings in terms of effect sizes is called:
A)narrative case method
B)meta-analysis method
C)independent method
D)interpretation method
Answer: B
Q2) Crime decreases with increased age.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Over half of all custodial sentences for crime in Canada are greater than one month in duration.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The Crime Severity Index tracks changes in reported crimes in Canada.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Biological and Evolutionary Explanations
Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) If concordance rates/correlations for antisocial behaviour are higher for the biological parents and the adopted offspring than the adoptive parents and the adopted offspring,then which is inferred?
A)environmental contributions
B)genetic contributions
C)intra-individual contributions
D)inter-family contributions
Answer: B
Q2) The gene implicated in antisocial behaviour and aggression,the low-activity MAOA gene,expresses itself only in the presence of certain environmental cues,such as childhood abuse or provocation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Biology can predispose an individual to future antisocial behaviour.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Learning and Environment Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) According to Gottfredson and Hirschi's "general theory of crime",crime is an inevitable consequence for those who lack self-control.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Research on the effects of video game violence on antisocial behaviour reveals that the more a person is exposed to such games,the most likely that person will exhibit aggression.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Operant conditioning posits that criminal behaviour emerges and is maintained by its environmental consequences.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Canadian Corrections in Practice Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) Discuss the two key decision points - pre-trial and custody classification/intake assessment - when risk assessments are used in corrections.
Q2) Identify and describe Hanson and Morton-Bourgon 's (2009) five-category classification of risk assessment tools.
Q3) The preferred approach in Canadian correctional facilities,called evidence-based practice,is to use theories and research to analyze and guide real-world practice.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The current approach to correctional programming is to target motivation and reduce criminogenic needs using a:
A)cognitive-behavioural model that helps offenders understand high-risk situations and improve their prosocial skills
B)psychoanalytic model that helps offenders to understand their lacking superego
C)self-help model that helps offenders to make changes to their outlook on their own time
D)harm-reduction model that helps offenders to reduce their offending in small increments
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Chapter 5: Adolescent Offenders Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) Researchers have investigated the brain region responsible for planning and inhibiting behaviour to explain why some youth engage in antisocial acts.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Reactive aggression is defined as:
A)emotionally aggressive response to a perceived threat or frustration
B)aggression directed at achieving a goal or receiving positive reinforcers
C)planned aggression
D)distorted aggression
Q3) The strongest individual predictor of adolescent offending is the presence of:
A)hyperactivity as a child
B)low verbal intelligence
C)delayed language development
D)aggressive behaviour before the age of 13.
Q4) Briefly compare and contrast the three broad theories that explain the development of adolescent offenders.
Q5) Define and describe primary,secondary,and tertiary interventions aimed at decreasing adolescent offending.Outline one real-world example of each.
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Chapter 6: Economically Motivated Offenders Psychology
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Q1) The Alternatives,Attitudes,and Associates Program is a commonly used treatment program for offenders who commit gang crimes.
A)True
B)False
Q2) White-collar criminals tend to work for companies other than those they steal from.
A)True
B)False
Q3) _______________ generates the greatest profits for organized crime groups.
A)Human trafficking
B)Prostitution
C)Identity theft
D)Drug trafficking
Q4) In Canada,prostitution laws dictate that:
A)buying of sexual services is illegal
B)selling of sexual services is illegal
C)buying and selling sexual services is illegal
D)neither buying nor selling sexual services is illegal
Q5) Explain how organized crime networks function.
Q6) Discuss the role of street gangs in organized crime.
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Chapter 7: Substance Abusing Offenders Psychology of
Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) In a study conducted by Miller and Neaigus (2002),it was found that for women,use of "harder" drugs is linked to:
A)violent crime
B)child neglect
C)financially-motivated crime
D)hate-motivated crime
Q2) Describe the two objectives of drug treatment courts,what offenders who participate in these courts do in the program,and whether or not the program is successful.
Q3) All of the following are objectives of substance abuse assessment among offenders,except:
A)generate information to be used at parole board hearings
B)determine if a more comprehensive assessment is required
C)help motivate clients to enter into a treatment program
D)help evaluate treatment process and change outcomes
Q4) The cost to arrest,prosecute,and sentence offenders for illicit drug use and trafficking is approximately $8.2 billion per year.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Violent Offending Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) Approximately how many victims of violence suffer physical injury?
A)1 in 10
B)1 in 7
C)1 in 5
D)1 in 2
Q2) Violent crime overall has increased in Canada over the last few decades.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When examining "competitively disadvantaged" men and psychopaths the following is true:
A)they are both a more common type of offender than the "young men" category of offenders with low status
B)competitively disadvantaged offenders use more prosocial methods
C)they are both competitively disadvantaged but in different ways
D)they are both "life-course persistent" but the psychopath selects short-term,high-risk strategies as an alternative
Q4) Explain violent recidivism rates in Canada.
Q5) Describe the offence characteristics of violence in Canada.
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Q6) Explain the four key approaches to assessing risk of recidivism for violent offenders.
Chapter 9: Intimate Partner Violence Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) One of the reasons why intimate partner violence is worthy of study is that it differs from other types of violence because it is usually perpetrated by strangers.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to Roberts and Roberts (2005) typology of battered women,a victim who sustains severe and frequent violence,is in a long term marriage or separated,and ends her abuse by killing her partner is at:
A)Level 1
B)Level 3
C)Level 5
D)Level 8
Q3) In 2013,one of the main research findings from the World Health Organization (WHO) in their review of 79 countries was that:
A)East Asia has the highest rate of violence in intimate relationships
B)intimate partner violence has become less of a societal concern over time
C)the global lifetime prevalence of violence in intimate relationships is 30%
D)males are more likely to be killed by their intimate partners than females
Q4) Discuss the patriarchal and social learning theories of intimate violence.
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Chapter 10: Mentally Disordered Offenders Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true about risk assessment tools used to assess violent recidivism in mentally disordered offenders?
A)All of the risk assessment tools used are highly accurate in their prediction of violence recidivism
B)None of the structured professional judgement tools are accurate in their prediction of violence recidivism
C)There are no tools that are used to predict violence recidivism in mentally-disordered offenders
D)Only risk assessment tools that include static risk factors are highly accurate in their prediction of violence recidivism
Q2) The assumption of "mens rea" or criminal intent is that if you know what you are doing and choose to do it,you are culpable.
A)True
B)False
Q3) There are high rates of mental disorders in Canadian prisons relative to the community.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Psychopathic Offenders Psychology of Criminal
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Q1) Research on the DSM-5 indicates that the symptoms of psychopathy included in the new version match up with other measures of psychopathy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Psychopathy and sociopathy essentially refer to the same disorder because the etiology of their symptoms is the same.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Results from research on female victims of psychopaths indicate that:
A)they are more likely to be victimized by female psychopaths than male psychopaths
B)psychopaths are more likely to have victims that are strangers than non-psychopaths
C)all victims report being harmed or having their health affected by psychopaths
D)it is rare for psychopaths to engage in economic abuse of victims
Q4) Describe how self-report vs.rater-based methods of assessing psychopathy are administered and name some commonly used examples of each type of measure.
Q5) What is the association between psychopathy and recidivism?
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Chapter 12: Sexual Offenders Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) All paraphilic disorders involve illegal behaviour.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The following is true about the use of community notifications and sex offender registries:
A)they are effective at reducing sexual offence recidivism
B)both sets of information are accessible to the public in Canada
C)they interfere with safe reintegration of offenders into the community
D)little is known about their effectiveness in managing risk of sexual offenders
Q3) Studies generally find an association between childhood sexual abuse and sexual offending.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The terms pedophile and child molester can be used interchangeably.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain why it is important to consider dynamic risk factors for sex offending.
Q6) According to the DSM-5,what is pedophilia?
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Chapter 13: Female Offenders Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) Women's violence is more likely to be directed at intimate partners than with males.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to the Canadian data,males outnumber females in all forms of non-violent crime except:
A)prostitution
B)property crimes
C)theft
D)drug-related offenses
Q3) According to PIC-R theory,which of the following options is MOST powerful in predicting crime?
A)antisocial cognitions,associates,and personality
B)lower class or economic disadvantage
C)substance abuse
D)marital factors (such as domestic violence)
Q4) Explain the "offence gestalt" differences between females and males.
Q5) Explain the conclusions of the research collectively known as feminist pathways research.
Q6) Explain the three broad approaches to risk assessment for female offenders.
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Chapter 14: Aboriginal Offenders Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) Though Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal offenders tend to share the same risk factors for crime,Aboriginal offenders are much more likely to have:
A)a parent who is a criminal offender
B)a history of substance abuse
C)antisocial attitudes
D)a diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome
Q2) In Search of Your Warrior (ISOYW) is best described as
A)a crime prevention program targeting female Aboriginal youth
B)an individual-based violence prevention program involving one-on-one mentorship between an elder and an offender
C)group-based,high-intensity violence prevention program for male Aboriginal offenders
D)a community-based restorative justice program
Q3) Discuss the success rates of Aboriginal-specific treatment programs.
Q4) The Corrections and Conditional Release Act (1992) contains policies that ensure Aboriginal offenders are able to receive treatment that is culturally appropriate.
A)True
B)False
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