Sociology of Crime Mock Exam
Course Introduction
Sociology of Crime explores the social dimensions, causes, and consequences of criminal behavior within societies. The course examines major sociological theories of crime, including functionalist, conflict, and interactionist perspectives, and analyzes how social structures, institutions, and inequalities influence patterns of criminality and responses to crime. Topics include the social construction of crime, the role of law enforcement and the justice system, deviance, subcultures, and the impact of race, class, gender, and media on perceptions of crime. Through case studies, empirical research, and critical analysis, students develop a deeper understanding of crime as a complex social phenomenon.
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Introduction to Criminology 3rd Edition by Anthony Walsh
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview of Crime and Criminology
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Q1) Questions of cause and effect should be answered at the same level of analysis at which they were posed.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Lombroso's theory of the "born criminal" was aligned with which school of thought?
A) Biosocial
B) Classical
C) Positivist
D) Psychological
Answer: C
Q3) The _____ school of thought emphasizes human rationality and free will in its explanations of criminal behavior.
A) Biosocial
B) Classical
C) Positivist
D) Psychological
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Measuring Crime and Criminal Behavior
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Q1) Identify one advantage that NIBRS has over the UCR as a source of crime data.
Answer: Examples: It does not use the "hierarchy rule," and it provides more detailed information regarding the circumstances of each offense.
Q2) One weakness of the NCVS is that it:
A) Only reflects crimes that have been reported to the police. B) Only provides statistics on property crimes.
C) Is not based on a representative sample of the United States.
D) Does not provide any statistics on "victimless" crimes.
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following is not considered a major source of crime data for criminologists?
A) Official statistics
B) Self-reported data
C) The media
D) Victimization surveys
Answer: C
Q4) What is the "dark figure of crime"?
Answer: The portion of total crimes committed each year that never come to light.
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Chapter 3: The Early Schools of Criminology and Modern Counterparts
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Q1) The argument that crime can be reduced by increasing individuals' sense of ownership and generating a sense of belonging in an area is consistent with the idea of
A) Atavism
B) Defensible Space
C) General Deterrence
D) Hedonism
Answer: B
Q2) What is recidivism?
Answer: Committing another crime after previously being punished for one.
Q3) Cesare Lombroso was well-known for his contributions to biological positivism.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Hedonism is a doctrine whose central tenet is that the achievement of pleasure is the main goal of life.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Social Structural Theories
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Q1) Shaw and McKay's social disorganization theory is part of which theoretical tradition?
A) Human Ecology
B) Life Course
C) Social Process
D) Subculture
Q2) The first criminological tradition to be developed in the United States was the Chicago school of human ecology.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Merton's strain theory posits that gang behavior can be attributed to six focal concerns that are part of a lower-class value system.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to strain theory,individuals who reject traditional goals but continue to work within legitimate bounds are identified as ritualists.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is "social disorganization"?
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Chapter 5: Social Process Theories
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Q1) According to Gottfredson and Hirschi,most crimes are spontaneous acts and require little skill.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How do discriminative stimuli differ from reinforcements and punishments?
Q3) Labeling theory is unlike other criminal theories,in that it does not ask why crime rates vary,or why individuals differ in their initial propensity to commit crime.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe both differential association theory and social learning theory.Compare and contrast-what do the two theories have in common,and how do they differ?
Q5) The policy implications derivable from social control and self-control theories largely have to do with the family.
A)True
B)False
Q6) How does primary deviance differ from secondary deviance?
Q7) What is the difference between reinforcement and punishment?
Q8) Identify one possible policy implication of differential association theory.
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Chapter 6: Critical Theories: Marxist, Conflict, and Feminist
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Q1) The _____ problem refers to the question of whether traditional male-centered theories of crime apply to women.
A) Emancipation
B) Gender ratio
C) Gender inequality
D) Generalizability
Q2) Anne Campbell has attempted to account for gender differences in crime rates by using the logic of evolutionary history in her _____ hypothesis.
A) Emancipation
B) Gender Equality
C) Masculinization
D) Staying Alive
Q3) What is the "lumpenproletariat"?
Q4) In Marxist theory,which of the following terms was used to refer to the oppressed working class?
A) Bourgeoisie
B) Lumpenproletariat
C) Proletariat
D) Revolutionaries
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Chapter 7: Psychosocial Theories: Individual Traits and Criminal Behavior
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Q1) Individuals with a readily aroused ANS are difficult to socialize.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Briefly describe the contributions of "lifestyle theory."
Q3) Mood (happy/sad),sociability (introverted/extraverted),and reactivity (calm/excitable)are components indicative of a person's:
A) Intelligence quotient
B) Intellectual imbalance
C) Negative emotionality
D) Temperament
Q4) Criminals typically differ from non-criminals on performance IQ.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Identify two personality traits that have been found to have a strong relationship to criminality.
Q6) Compare and contrast the concepts of "psychopathy" and "sociopathy." In our efforts to reduce/respond to crime,should our responses to these two types of antisocial personalities differ? Support your answer.
Q7) Briefly identify the policy implication(s)of a psychosocial approach to crime.
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Chapter 8: Biosocial Approaches
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Q1) The _____ system is associated with the neurotransmitter dopamine.
A) Fight/flight
B) Reward dominance
C) Behavioral inhibition
D) Behavioral activating
Q2) Biosocial criminologists dismiss the nature versus nurture argument in favor of the approach of "nature via nurture."
A)True
B)False
Q3) The idea that individuals seek and find their "niche" in society as they grow into adulthood is indicative of which type of G/E correlation?
A) Active
B) Evocative
C) Immediate
D) Passive
Q4) The behavioral activating system is associated with the neurotransmitter dopamine.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Developmental Theories: From Delinquency to
Crime to Desistance
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Q1) Which of the following is true of risk factors for criminality?
A) An individual's risk factors tend to remain stable over time.
B) Risk factors tend to cluster together, so that a person with one risk factor is likely to have others.
C) Risk factors are evenly distributed across the population.
D) Risk factors are those factors which decrease the probability of offending.
Q2) Life course persistent offenders vary their behavior considerably across different life situations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In his super traits theory,_____ narrowed down his search for traits conducive to criminal behavior.
A) Agnew
B) Durkheim
C) Farrington
D) Moffitt
Q4) Provide two examples that would be considered a "turning point" according to age-graded theory.
Q5) List two symptoms of ADHD.
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Chapter 10: Violent Crimes
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Q1) Among rape victims who fought their attackers or yelled or screamed,more reported that it helped the situation than made it worse.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Wealthy,white females are at the highest risk for rape victimization.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Identify one factor that makes it difficult to compare rape rates between nations.
Q4) A(n)_____ would be most likely invoke the subculture of violence as an explanation for violent crime.
A) Evolutionary biologist
B) Geneticist
C) Neuroscientist
D) Sociologist
Q5) Briefly explain the feminist theory of rape.
Q6) Define and describe "domestic violence." What factors increase the risk of domestic violence?
Q7) Identify two symptoms of rape trauma syndrome.
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Chapter 11: Property Crimes
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Q1) _____ is the creation or alteration of documents to give them the appearance of legality and validity with the intention of gaining some benefit from doing so.
A) Forgery
B) Uttering
C) Fraud
D) Counterfeiting
Q2) Many burglars actually give up legitimate jobs in order to concentrate on burglary.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Briefly describe the role of guardianship in burglars' assessment of a potential target.
Q4) Compare and contrast burglary to identity theft.How are these crimes similar? How are they different?
Q5) Define "embezzlement."
Q6) Most stolen identity information is for the personal use of the individual who stole it. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: A: Multiple Murder and Terrorism
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Q1) To date,there have not been any serial killers who are female.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Briefly describe the diathesis-stress model of serial killing.
Q3) In terrorist groups,those categorized as _____ tend to be socially alienated,narcissistic,arrogant,and intelligent,with a deeply idealistic sense of right and wrong.
A) Antisocial personalities
B) Charismatic leaders
C) Followers
D) Hedonists
Q4) The FBI's Behavioral Science Unit is well-known for developing:
A) A database to keep track of terrorist groups.
B) An investigative technique to track spree murders.
C) Methods to profile serial killers and other violent offenders.
D) The diathesis-stress model.
Q5) The diathesis-stress model attempts to explain terrorist acts through an evolutionary psychology perspective.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Public Order Crime
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Q1) Approximately 90% of youth in the United States have never used an illegal substance.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Police spend more than half of their time on alcohol-related offenses.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Briefly describe the relationship that has been found between drug use and other forms of criminality.
Q4) Which of the following provides the most accurate description of the relationship between drugs and crime?
A) Drug use and other forms of crime appear rooted in a general propensity toward deviant behaviors.
B) There is clear evidence that those who begin to use drugs are then drawn into other criminal behavior.
C) There is clear evidence that those who commit crimes are then drawn to drug use.
D) There is no apparent relationship between drug use and other forms of criminal activity.
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Chapter 14: White-Collar and Organized Crime
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Q1) What is Machiavellianism?
Q2) The Uniform Crime Report contains comprehensive data regarding the prevalence of white-collar crime.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In the 1920s,the passage of which of the following prompted a rise in crime,violence,and political corruption related to organized crime?
A) Harrison Act
B) McClellan Commission
C) Sarbanes-Oxley Act
D) Volstead Act
Q4) The view of La Cosa Nostra as a loose connection of criminal groups held together by kinship and patronage is known as the _____ model.
A) Corporate
B) Feudal
C) Hierarchical
D) Organizational
Q5) What is the main argument of ethnic succession theory?
Q6) What is occupational crime?
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Chapter 15: Victimology: Exploring the Experience of Victimization
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Q1) Some victims describe _____ as the "rape" of their home.
A) Burglary
B) Fraud
C) Larceny
D) Robbery
Q2) The risk factors for violent victimization are similar to the risk factors for violent offending.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Most victimization is random and unpredictable.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Those who work _____ are at a higher risk for on-the-job victimization.
A) Alone
B) At night
C) With money
D) All of the above
Q5) Briefly discuss the risk of victimization at schools relative to other places.
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Q6) Identify one occupation that has one of the highest risks for victimization.
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