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Criminological Theories MCQ

Criminological Theories MCQ

 

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

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Correct Answer: Thermic law of crime

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

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Correct Answer: Proletariat

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

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Correct Answer: True

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4. _____ is known as a pleasure-seeking philosophy.

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Correct Answer: Hedonism

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

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Correct Answer: Economic theory

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

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Correct Answer: Ecological school

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

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Correct Answer: True

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8. _____ 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.

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Correct Answer: Classical theory

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

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Correct Answer: Bourgeoisie

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

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Correct Answer: True

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11. Hedonism is also known as the pleasure principle.

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Correct Answer: True

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12. Which theory attributes criminality to supernatural causes?

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Correct Answer: Demonological

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

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Correct Answer: Einstein

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

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Correct Answer: The Code of Hammurabi

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

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Correct Answer: False

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

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Correct Answer: Cesare Beccaria

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

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Correct Answer: Classical

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

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Correct Answer: Quetelet

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

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Correct Answer: Geographic

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

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Correct Answer: True

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

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Correct Answer: Quetelet

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

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Correct Answer: True

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

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Correct Answer: Rational choice

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

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Correct Answer: Three strikes legislation

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