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_____ is defined as quetelet’s theory that violent crime increases toward the equator.

Thermic law of crime

Visionary

Hedonist

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Thermic law of crime

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_____ is refers to the working class in Marx’s writings.

Atavism

None of these

Palmistry

Proletariat

Answer

Correct Answer: Proletariat

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Is neoclassical theory new classical theories that view crime as influenced by criminal opportunities to commit crime?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as a pleasure-seeking philosophy.

Illegal music downloads

Murder

All of these

Hedonism

Answer

Correct Answer: Hedonism

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_____ is defined as influenced by the writings of Karl Marx and views inequality and capitalism as the causes of crime.

All of these

Economic theory

Marijuana legalization

Legalization of abortion

Answer

Correct Answer: Economic theory

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_____ is school of thought that posits that crime is caused by environmental or geographic forces.

None of these

Durkheim’s theory of anomie

Ecological school

General strain theory

Answer

Correct Answer: Ecological school

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Is demonological theory assumes that supernatural forces cause and control crime commission?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as contained in the writings of Beccaria and Bentham, these theories assume that criminals are rational actors who weigh the pleasure and pain of an activity.

Classical theory

Psychological differences

Differential treatment

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Classical theory

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_____ is defined as marx’s term for the capitalists or owners of industry.

Folkway

Bourgeoisie

Undercriminalization

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Bourgeoisie

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Willem Bonger was the first theorist to apply Marxist views to criminology.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Hedonism is also known as the pleasure principle.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Which theory attributes criminality to supernatural causes?

Neoclassical

Ecological

Biological

Demonological

Answer

Correct Answer: Demonological

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Which of the following scientists are not associated with the development of criminological theory?

Engels

Einstein

Darwin

Freud

Answer

Correct Answer: Einstein

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Which of the following is considered the first of a series of developments in criminological theory?

Durkheim’s suicide

Darwin’s Origin of Species

The Code of Hammurabi

The American Revolution

Answer

Correct Answer: The Code of Hammurabi

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The prevention of crime by keeping criminals behind bars is known as rehabilitation.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Which of the following criminologists proposed that punishment should be sure, swift, and certain?

Cesare Beccaria

Travis Hirschi

Cesare Lombroso

Jeremy Bentham

Answer

Correct Answer: Cesare Beccaria

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Which criminological theory focuses on the concepts of free will and rationality?

Sociological

Psychological

Classical

Positivism

Answer

Correct Answer: Classical

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Which of the following theorists is not considered one of the three major thinkers who have inspired criminological theory?

Marx

Freud

Quetelet

Darwin

Answer

Correct Answer: Quetelet

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What is the ecological school of criminology also referred to as?

Geographic

Chicago

Historical

Classical

Answer

Correct Answer: Geographic

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An example of the neoclassical school is the rational choice perspective.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Who was the first researcher to take advantage of criminal statistics?

Bentham

Marx

Beccaria

Quetelet

Lombroso

Answer

Correct Answer: Quetelet

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Human ecology deals with the interrelationship between human organisms and the physical environment.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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______ theory proposes that offenders weigh the opportunities, costs, and benefits of particular crimes.

Ecological

Rational choice

Economic

Demonological

Answer

Correct Answer: Rational choice

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Which of the following would an adherent of the neoclassical school propose?

Three strikes legislation

Social reform

Family counseling

Substance abuse treatment

Answer

Correct Answer: Three strikes legislation

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