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Social Disorganization and Subcultures MCQ

1. In the Chicago School, Zone in transition refers to a zone (Zone II) that was once residential but is becoming more industrial; tends to have the highest crime rates

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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2. Natural Areas Refer to the Chicago School’s idea that all cities contain _____ clusters

Identifiable

Unidentifiable

Same

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Identifiable

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3. Cultural / Subcultural theory is A perspective on criminal offending that assumes that many offenders believe in a normative system distinctly different from and often at odds with conventional norms

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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4. Concentric Circles is a Model proposed by Chicago School theorists that assumes that all cities grow in a natural way with the same ____ zones

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Answer

Correct Answer: Five

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5. _________ school of criminology is A theoretical framework of criminal behavior that emphasizes the environmental impact of living in a high-crime neighborhood

Chinese

Chicago

Tokyo

Bermingham

Answer

Correct Answer: Chicago

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6. Many studies find that in a notable number of communities, neighborhood watch groups actually increase the fear of crime, perhaps due to the heightened awareness of crime issues in such areas.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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7. The Chicago School of Criminology is often referred to as the Ecological School.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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8. Burgess proposed a theory of city growth in which cities were seen as growing not simply on the edges, but from the inside outward.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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9. Which theorist proposed the concept of natural areas?

Park

Miller

Anderson

Wolfgang

Answer

Correct Answer: Park

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10. According to Burgess, this zone was the zone in transition.

Zone I

Zone II

Zone III

Zone V

Answer

Correct Answer: Zone II

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11. Shaw and McKay argued that high crime neighborhoods have at least three common problems: physical dilapidation, poverty, and heterogeneity.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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12. According to Burgess, the factory zone was the area just outside the business district and was perhaps the most significant in terms of causing crime.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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13. According to Burgess, this zone consisted of relatively higher-priced family dwellings and more expensive apartments.

Zone III

Zone V

Zone II

Zone IV

Answer

Correct Answer: Zone IV

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14. Virtually all the research has supported Shaw and McKay’s version of social disorganization and the resulting high crime rates in neighborhoods that exhibit such deprived conditions.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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15. ______ theory is a perspective on criminal offending that assumes that many offenders believe in a normative system distinctly different from and often at odds with the norms accepted by conventional society.

Anomie

Cultural/subcultural

Psychological

Ecological

Answer

Correct Answer: Cultural/subcultural

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16. Park proposed that much of human behavior, especially the way cities grow, follows the basic principles of ecology that had been documented and applied to wildlife for many years.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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17. Which theorist proposed the theory of lower-class focal concerns?

Burgess

Shaw

Anderson

Miller

Answer

Correct Answer: Miller

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18. There are three focal concerns in Miller’s theory, which asserts that all members of the lower class focus on these concepts they deem important.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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19. The Chicago School represents one of the earliest examples of balancing theorizing with scientific analysis.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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