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Sociology of Crime examines the social origins, patterns, and impacts of criminal behavior within society. The course explores major sociological theories of crime, the role of social structures and institutions in shaping criminality, and the ways in which law, power, and inequality influence the definition and enforcement of criminal behavior. Students analyze topics such as deviance, social control, the criminal justice system, and the effects of crime on communities, drawing on case studies and empirical research to understand how crime is constructed and addressed in different social contexts.
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Criminology A Sociological Understanding 7th Edition by Steven E Barkan
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Chapter 1: Criminology and the Sociological Perspective
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Q1) Which of the following ideas was advanced at the University of Chicago?
A) They attributed high crime rates to certain social and physical conditions.
B) They attributed high crime rates to the race and ethnicity of immigrants.
C) They attributed high crime rates to the increase in social programs such as welfare and food stamps.
D) They attributed high crime rates to poor nutrition in the public schools.
Answer: A
Q2) Labeling and ____ theories emphasize bias and discrimination.
Answer: Conflict
Q3) Which of the following group of theorist is most critical of male bias in traditional sociological theories?
A) Marxists
B) Feminists
C) Anomie
D) Freudian
Answer: B
Q4) _____ social structure refers to the social and physical characteristics of communities.
Answer: Horizontal
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Chapter 2: Public Opinion, the News Media, and the Crime Problem
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Q1) Fear of crime strengthens social ties within a community.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Which of the following is one of the reasons many people may have an unrealistic view of crime?
A) Lack of access to crime data
B) Media overdramatization
C) Poor FBI crime data
D) Inaccurate textbooks
Answer: B
Q3) Explain what structural factors are and what role they play in creating criminogenic environments.
Answer: Structural factors focuses on community characteristics such as the level of social integration (e.g.,how well people know their neighbors),the quality of the living conditions of a neighborhood (e.g.,are there many abandoned buildings),and the proportion of minorities. These areas,generally,have a high fear of crime.
Q4) How "tough on crime" the public is can be a measure of _____.
Answer: Punitiveness
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Chapter 3: The Measurement and Patterning of Criminal Behavior
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Q1) Very few crimes go unreported.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The NIBRS relies on inmate self-reports. A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The FBI's _____ will eventually replace the UCR.
Answer: NIBRS
Q4) Sigmund Freud thought that women commit crime because of penis _____,which is jealousy over not having penises.They strive to be more like men by committing crimes.
Answer: Envy
Q5) All police agencies have the same understanding and definition of crimes. A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q6) Homicide,rape,robbery,and aggravated assault are classified as _____ crime. Answer: Violent Page 5
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Chapter 4: Victims and Victimization
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Q1) According to the ICVS,which of the following countries had the lowest victimization rate?
A) United States
B) Ireland
C) Portugal
D) Mexico
Q2) No universal definition for crime victim exists.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Hot spots involves cities that are in warm weather areas the whole year and crime is higher there than cities which have cold weather.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Of the following,which type of crime is one most likely to be a victim of?
A) Homicide
B) Sexual assault
C) Theft
D) Arson
Q5) Victimization research focuses on street crime and not on _____ crime.
Q6) Repeat _____ is a fairly common occurrence,particularly among adolescents.
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Chapter 5: Classical and Neoclassical Perspectives
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Q1) The Age of _____ eventually led to more scientific explanations,especially those grounded in positivism,which attributes behavior to forces inside and outside the individual.
Q2) Which type of criminal offense is committed for emotional reasons and with little or no planning?
A) Terminal
B) Instrumental
C) Expressive
D) Penal
Q3) Contemporary rational choice suggests that:
A) Offenders commit crimes only for monetary gains
B) Offenders sometimes commit crimes for excitement or prestige
C) Offenders never commit crime unless provoked
D) Offenders carefully plan all crimes they commit
Q4) Psychological solutions focus on the individual.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Most deterrence research has focused on the _____ of punishment (the likelihood of being arrested).
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Q6) What are the different types of deterrence?
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Chapter 6: Biological and Psychological Explanations
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Q1) An over production of the male hormone _____ may influence criminal behavior.
Q2) Inadequate maternal and childhood nutrition are:
A) Not important or related to delinquency
B) Does not improve performance in school
C) May actually be a risk factor for delinquency and crime
D) Does not decrease performance in school
Q3) Which of the following is a common critique of psychological studies?
A) Contemporarily, nearly all studies over-utilize juveniles
B) Historically, they have often used small, unrepresentative samples of offenders in prisons or mental institutions
C) Historically, few studies utilize established scientific method protocols, such as random samples
D) Contemporarily, most studies are only done in laboratories and so results are questionable
Q4) _____ are athletic and muscular and tend to be aggressive.
Q5) Psychological approaches operate under the assumption that normal people do not commit crime.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Sociological Theories: Emphasis on Social Structure
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Q1) What do we call people who live in a continuing cycle of concentrated disadvantage characterized by extreme poverty,housing segregation,and racial and ethnic discrimination?
A) Upper-class
B) Underclass
C) Middle-class
D) Ruling class
Q2) Which of the following relates to Miller's Focal Concern of toughness?
A) It involves the ability to achieve a goal by the use of wits rather than physical force
B) Lower-class people have a particularly fatalistic outlook on life
C) Adults usually want their children to stay out of trouble, but lower-class adolescents sometimes gain prestige with their friends
D) It arises from the fact that many lower-class boys are raised in female-headed households and thus lack adequate male role models
Q3) Find a local juvenile case and write a summary of the delinquent event.Then write about why this case fits into Agnew's general strain theory.If you can't find specific details,you may speculate on what factors may have led to the delinquency.
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Chapter 8: Sociological Theories: Emphasis on Social Process
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Q1) Identify and explain 3 key elements of Sutherland's differential association theory.
Q2) Differential association may vary in frequency,duration,priority,and intensity. A)True B)False
Q3) Tittle's control balance theory states that deviance results when people are very _____ or very controlled.
Q4) Which of the following is not one of the principles of Sutherland's differential associations?
A) Criminal behavior is learned
B) Criminal behavior is learned in interaction with other persons in a process of communication
C) Crime is the result of a lack of serious punishments for deviant behavior
D) Differential association may vary in frequency, duration, priority, and intensity
Q5) Low _____,including the tendency to act impulsively and to care about oneself more than others,develops during childhood and results from inadequate parenting.
Q6) How do we utilize "neutralization" as a means of justifying criminal behavior?
Q7) How does social bond theory explain crime?
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Chapter 9: Sociological Theories: Critical Perspectives
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Q1) John Braithwaite argues that:
A) Even positive labels have negative results in they are disliked by the individual
B) The success of shaming is dependent upon one's genetic characteristics such as skin color
C) Labeling is particularly effective tool for elderly offenders
D) The type of shaming involved in labeling makes a crucial difference for continued deviance
Q2) Labeling theory assumes that an arrest,conviction,or other criminal label produces several consequences that often lead someone to commit additional deviance.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Instrumental Marxism considers the ruling class a large,unified group that uses the law to benefit all of society.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to Marx,it is the _____ who work for the bourgeoisie.
Q5) Explain the basic assumptions of labeling theory.
Q6) Critical perspectives are often called social _____ theories.
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Chapter 10: Violent Crime: Homicide,assault,and Robbery
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Q1) The FBI's list of Part I crimes included in its Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)begins with murder and non-negligent _____.
A) Manslaughter
B) Assault
C) Arson
D) Rape
Q2) Traditionally,involuntary manslaughters are committed with malice aforethought,meaning that the offender planned to kill someone and then did so.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Nonphysical harm here refers to fear,anxiety,and other emotional states.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In which country has one of the highest homicide rates in the Western Hemisphere?
A) Argentina
B) Venezuela
C) Mexico
D) Colombia
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Chapter 11: Violence Against Women
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Q1) Identify and describe any two common rape myths.
Q2) One myth about rape is that a woman who _____ wants to have sex.
A) Attends college
B) Accepts a ride home
C) Lives alone
D) Dresses attractively
Q3) Which of the following best fits for the definition of sexual assault?
A) Sexual intercourse (vaginal, anal, or oral penetration) without the consent of the victim
B) Sexual contact of any kind outside of the confines of marriage
C) Sexual contact of any kind with any person, boy or girl, under the age of 21
D) Sexual contact without the consent of the victim that does not include intercourse
Q4) An estimated more than 50% of Native American women will experience sexual violence and/or physical violence at least once in their lifetime.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Another problem affecting many women of color in regards to reporting sexual assault is fear of and hostility toward the _____.
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Chapter 12: Property Crime and Fraud
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Q1) High-level burglars:
A) Are adolescents and young adults who get together to commit spontaneous, unskilled burglaries as a lark
B) Tend to be older than low-level ones and more apt to spend time searching for attractive targets
C) Are the most skilled of all and tend to act in groups of two or more
D) Tend to be individuals who act alone and who commit only in poor areas
Q2) The male proportion of larceny arrests is lower than for the other crimes because females are more involved in one type of larceny,_____,than they are in other crimes.
Q3) Boosters are skilled professionals who sell their stolen goods to fences or pawnshops.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Burglars tend to target homes that are:
A) Close to the street so they can easily access the getaway vehicle
B) At least two stories so they can toss items from the upstairs to the lawn
C) Less visible to possible scrutiny by neighbors and people passing by
D) Within just a few miles of where they sell their stolen goods
Q5) When crime occurs on the internet it is known as ______.
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Chapter 13: White-Collar and Organized Crime
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Q1) Find a recent case involving criminal harm caused from pollution.Summarize the case and conclude with how this incident could be prevented and what is an appropriate punishment for this crime.
Q2) In the early 1900s,the muckrakers bitterly criticized business and political corruption and condemned the cruel treatment of workers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A new type of fraud-collective embezzlement-emerged in the 1980s in the savings and loan and other financial industries.
A)True
B)False
Q4) This view,often called the _____ or the Mafia mystique,was popularized in important congressional hearings beginning in the 1950s.
A) Emigrant inversion concept
B) Alien conspiracy model
C) Migrant invasion principle
D) Immigrant transnational
Q5) Explain the concept of corporate violence.Provide several examples.
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Chapter 14: Political Crime
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Q1) The 9/11 terrorism is an example of the fourth type of terrorism,_____ terrorism (also called global terrorism).
A) Tactical
B) Transnational
C) Transporter
D) Totalitarian
Q2) Which of the following reflects a misuse of office for political power and influence?
A) Vietnam
B) World War II
C) Watergate
D) The civil rights movement
Q3) Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin committed _____ terrorism during a purge of Communist Party leaders threatened his reign.The result was thousands of executions.
Q4) Explain treason.Provide an example of a recent case.
Q5) Benedict Arnold is an example of a(n)_____.
Q6) Stalin's reign of terror involved many _____ trials that depicted his opponents as dangerous threats to law and order.
Q7) Explain the social patterning of political crime in the United States.
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Chapter 15: Consensual Crime
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Q1) Prostitution is a relatively new phenomenon.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Almost all individuals who are trafficked for sex are women or girls.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Consensual crimes (also called vice crimes,public order crimes,or victimless crimes)are distinct because:
A) They involve people who participate in these behaviors willingly
B) They involve people who are affiliated with gangs
C) They involve people who are coerced
D) They involve people who otherwise never commit crime
Q4) Cigarettes contain the legal drug _____.
Q5) Caffeine (found in coffee,colas,and other products)is considered a "good drug".
A)True
B)False
Q6) Cocaine was once a major ingredient in Coca-Cola.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Write an argument paper for or against legalization of prostitution.
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Chapter 16: Policing: Dilemmas of Crime Control in a Democratic Society
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Q1) In a democratic society,a key question is how much power to give to the police to preserve law and order.
A)True
B)False
Q2) African American suspects were less hostile than white suspects towards police.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Knapp commission divided corrupt officers into _____.
A) Grinders and choppers
B) Burger-eaters and donut-eaters
C) Meat-eaters and grass-eaters
D) Blenders and grillers
Q4) Early American police were known as bobbies.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In the 1990s,New York City began to use an ongoing,aggressive style called zero-tolerance policing.
A)True
B)False
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Q6) The outcome of Mapp v.Ohio lead to what is known as the _____ rule.
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Chapter 17: Prosecution and Punishment
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Q1) Approximately,one-third of young Asian males (ages 20 to 29)nationally are under correctional supervision.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The_____ penalty actually costs more than life imprisonment in constant dollars.
Q3) The defendant is a member of the courtroom work group.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Mistakes do occur in criminal justice,either out of honest errors or downright prejudice.It is estimated that between 1 percent and 6 percent of all felony convictions are mistaken.These are called:
A) Wrongful indictments
B) Exclusionary indictments
C) Wrongful convictions
D) Exclusionary convictions
Q5) In large,modern societies,the collective conscience,or society's shared norms and values,is extremely strong.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: Conclusion: How Can We Reduce Crime
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Q1) Providing prenatal and postnatal nutrition and other health related services is a quandary prevention approach.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is an example of tertiary prevention?
A) Expand "three strikes and you're out" and mandatory imprisonment policies
B) Utilize more school choice in order to improve schools in urban areas
C) Reduce reliance on imprisonment and put more emphasis on community corrections
D) Reduce the number off authority-oriented school programs such as D.A.R.E.
Q3) Racial segregation in housing remains extensive and has serious consequences for African-Americans.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to Kozol (1991),schools in urban areas are beset by "_____" that generate criminogenic conditions.
A) Vicious egalitarianism
B) Savage inequalities
C) Demonic democracy
D) Terse variations
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