Sociology of Crime Question Bank
Course Introduction
Sociology of Crime explores the social dimensions and contexts of criminal behavior, examining how society defines, responds to, and is affected by crime. The course covers key theories of crime causation, the roles of law enforcement and the legal system, and the impact of social factors such as class, race, gender, and environment on criminal behavior. Students analyze the functioning of criminal justice institutions and consider contemporary issues such as mass incarceration, juvenile delinquency, white-collar crime, and the relationship between social change and crime rates. Through critical thinking and case studies, this course encourages a deeper understanding of the complex relationship between society and crime.
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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) 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.
Q2) A specific intent is an example of a __________ contribution to crime by the offender.
Answer: foreground
Q3) ___________ criminology proposes explanations for criminal behavior.
Answer: Theoretical
Q4) A _______________ studies crime, criminals, and criminal behavior.
A) scientist
B) criminal justice professional
C) criminologist
D) criminalist
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Where Do Theories Come From
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Q1) Ideally, criminological research should have an impact on politicians who formulate crime control ________.
Answer: policy
Q2) The statement "Providing more educational opportunities to lower-income individuals will reduce crime" is a hypothesis.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Properly selected control groups help criminology researchers eliminate threats to
Answer: internal validity
Q4) _______ research is undertaken simply for the sake of advancing scientific knowledge.
A) Applied
B) Pure
C) Primary
D) Secondary
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Classical and Neoclassical Thought
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Q1) According to the key principles of Classical Criminology, the purpose of punishment is to
A) treat an offender the way he or she deserves.
B) treat an offender the same way he or she treated the victim.
C) deter an offender from future criminal involvement.
D) rehabilitate an offender.
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following explanations of criminal behavior would not be acceptable to a positivist studying crime?
A) Criminal behavior is due to socialization
B) Criminal behavior is due to individual choice
C) Criminal behavior is due to economic conditions
D) Criminal behavior is due to peer group influences
Answer: B
Q3) Situational crime prevention is primarily concerned with
A) why people commit crime.
B) why crime occurs in specific settings.
C) why some individuals are more likely to be victimized.
D) the disposition of criminals
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Early Biological Perspectives on Criminal Behavior
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Q1) Recent research suggests that there is no relationship between the XYY chromosomal pattern and excessive violent behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Contemporary biosocial theorists see the interaction between an individual and his or her environment as the key determining factor in most behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What are some of the major findings of early research into the study of genetics in criminology? What does this suggest about human behavior in relation to social and physical environments?
Q4) Biological theories assumes that human behavior is rooted in instinctive behavioral responses such as A) psychical abuse.
B) territoriality.
C) mental abuse.
D) intellectuality.
Q5) Drug addicts and alcoholics were considered by Lombroso to be __________.
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Chapter 5: Biosocial and Other Contemporary Perspectives
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Q1) The myth of the _________ holds that each person has an individual soul-like quality allowing him or her to make choices independent of biological predispositions.
Q2) Wilson and Herrnstein stated that individuals commit more crimes as they get older.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following was not listed by Wilson and Herrnstein as contributing to crime?
A) Age
B) Brain structure
C) Intelligence
D) Personality
Q4) _________ selection is a form of natural selection that influences an individual's ability to find or choose a mate.
Q5) Neuroplasticity refers to the brain's ability to change its structure and function in response to injury or experience.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Psychological and Psychiatric Foundations of Criminal Behavior
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Q1) A ________ psychopath is born with a normal personality but develops psychopathic characteristics as a result of personal experiences early in life.
A) primary
B) secondary
C) charismatic
D) distempered
Q2) ___________ are dynamic risk actors of offenders that are associated with rates of recidivism.
Q3) Which of the following behaviors is not aggression directed at one's self?
A) Smoking
B) Alcohol abuse
C) Suicide
D) They are all forms of self-directed aggression
Q4) A possible psychogenic cause of antisocial personality disorder is
A) a low state of arousal.
B) a malfunction of some inhibitory mechanisms.
C) a separation from the mother during the first six months of life.
D) None of the above
Q5) Many criminals have a secret need to be __________.
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Chapter 7: Social Structure Theories
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Q1) Explain the three major sociological approaches to crime causation and the major principles or assumptions of sociological theories.
Q2) According to Elijah Anderson, contemporary street code emphasizes the issue of
Q3) 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
Q4) Claiming that "I only beat up drunks" is an example of the neutralization technique of
Q5) Consider the city in which your university is located. Which areas in the city tend to have higher levels of crime and which have lower levels? How can these variations be explained by the theories discussed in this chapter?
Q6) Co-offending reduces the likelihood that offenders will commit violent crimes. A)True B)False
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Chapter 8: Theories of Social Process and Social Development
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Q1) The meaningful roles and activities provided for individuals by society are important __________ containments.
Q2) 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
Q3) Rather than focusing on factors which cause criminal behavior, __________ theories examine factors that keep people from committing crimes.
A) subcultural
B) social control
C) strain
D) differential opportunity
Q4) What contributions has labeling theory made to criminology?
Q5) What are developmental pathways? Explain the three separate pathways identified by the Causes and Correlated Study.
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Q6) _________are marked by specific life events that evolve over shorter time spans.
Chapter 9: Social Conflict Theories
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Q1) Discuss the major criticisms of radical-critical criminology.
Q2) Explain how radical and critical criminology differ and how they are similar.
Q3) According to Chambliss and Seidman, that the probability of a group having its normative system embodied in law is distributed equally throughout society.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Adversarial court proceedings are based on the principle of dispute resolution.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Left realism emphasizes the development of realistic social policies out of radical ideas.
A)True
B)False
Q6) __________criminology is a body of writings by convicted felons.
Q7) Peacemaking criminology emphasizes reintegration into society.
A)True
B)False
Q8) __________social thought rejects the enlightenment belief in scientific rationality as the main vehicle to knowledge and progress.
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Chapter 10: Criminal Victimization
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Q1) The ___________ Act has been viewed as a partial statutory alternative to a federal constitutional victims' rights amendment.
Q2) If a researcher is attempting to obtain data on crimes reported to the police in Los Angeles, the most appropriate source of data would be
A) the Uniform Crime Reports.
B) the National Crime Victimization Survey.
C) a local self-report survey of crime in Los Angeles.
D) None of these options would provide the required information
Q3) Victimization appears to be a significant risk factor for future involvement in crime for
A) men.
B) women.
C) both men and women.
D) neither men nor women.
Q4) This chapter discusses a number of victimization theories. Which one do you think best explains criminal victimization, and why? Support your answer?
Q5) ________________ crimes are those that are not known to the people who have been victimized.
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Chapter 11: Crimes Against Persons
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Q1) Explain the difference between primary and nonprimary homicides.
Q2) Anonymity involves robbers who target drug dealers and who make a significant effort to ensure they will have no contact with the victim after the crime.
A)True
B)False
Q3) It is common for men to be sexually victimized.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following statements about stalking is not true?
A) Women are at greater risk of stalking victimization than men
B) Individuals who are separated or divorced have the highest risk of stalking victimization
C) Male victims of stalking are more likely to report their victimization to the police
D) The majority of stalking victims know their offender in some capacity
Q5) Selective disinhibition focuses on explaining the role that alcohol plays in homicide.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Crimes Against Property
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Q1) Property crimes are often investigated from the perspective of __________ theories.
A) biosocial
B) classical
C) rational choice
D) integrated
Q2) A fence commits the crime of
A) burglary.
B) receiving stolen property.
C) robbery.
D) larceny-theft.
Q3) Offense specialization is common among property offenders.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is not one of the crucial defining characteristics of a professional fence identified by to Darrell Steffensmeier?
A) A professional fence has direct contact with thieves
B) A professional fence buys and sells stolen goods regularly and persistently
C) A professional fence is recognized as a fence by thieves and by the police
D) A professional fence has access to large amounts of ready cash
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Chapter 13: White-Collar and Organized Crime
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of corporate fraud?
A) Insider trading
B) Ponzi schemes
C) Advance-fee fraud
D) Equity skimming
Q2) Which of the following activities to control organized crime would fall into Howard Abadinsky's category of reducing the economic lure of involvement?
A) Legalizing gambling
B) Enhanced forfeiture statutes and racketeering laws
C) Educational programs and job-training initiatives
D) Increase law enforcement resources
Q3) Victim of ___________ are contacted regarding substantial sums of money held in foreign accounts that are supposedly owed to them, or are asked to act as U.S. agents to secure the release of funds to the U.S.
Q4) Despite the globalization of crime, U.S. law enforcement activities have not had to expand beyond national borders.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List and define three types of financial crimes
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Chapter 14: Drug and Sex Crimes
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Q1) Current policy regarding the enforcement of drug laws involves a focus on targeting users of illicit drugs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) __________ involves the distribution of controlled substances to provide something of pecuniary value to terrorist groups or individuals engaging in terrorist activity.
Q3) The Department of Justice has told federal prosecutors to take a(n) _________ approach when enforcing the Controlled Substances Act in jurisdictions that have legalized the personal or medical use of marijuana.
Q4) Which of the following would be considered an indirect cost of illegal drug use in the U.S.?
A) The cost of incarcerating drug offenders
B) The cost of medical care for injuries from drug-related child abuse
C) The cost of enforcing drug laws
D) The cost to the criminal justice system of investigating drug-related crimes
Q5) Psychoactive substances affect emotions and mental processes.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Technology and Crime
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Q1) The U.S. Constitution states that electronic documents and communications qualify for protection under the First and Fourth Amendments.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How might similarities between hacking and playing computer games blur the lines between entertainment and crime?
Q3) ________ is the violation of a federal or state computer-crime statue
Q4) How is the use of computer technology by criminals and law enforcement similar too and different from the use of other types of technology to perpetrate crimes and bring perpetrators to justice?
Q5) In the case of __________, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down several provisions of the Communications Decency Act.
A) Frye v. U.S.
B) Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
C) Buck v. Bell
D) Reno v. ACLU
Q6) Phishing is usually done via calls and texts made on cell phones
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Globalization and Terrorism
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Q1) Which Act established the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center within the U.S. State Department?
A) The Homeland Security Act
B) The Trafficking Victims Protection Act
C) The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act
D) The Immigration and Nationality Act
Q2) The Trafficking Victims Protection Act focuses on sex trafficking.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The sovereign citizen movement is an example of foreign terrorism.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is not a trend in modern terrorism?
A) A trend toward religiously motivated terrorism
B) An increase in cross-national links among terrorist organizations
C) A trend toward loosely organized international networks
D) A trend toward the involvement of terrorist organizations in non-terrorist motivated criminal activity
Q5) According to ______________, the attacks on 9/11 should not have been a surprise to the U.S. government.
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