Test bank for think criminology 1st edition by fuller

Page of This chapter has 41 questions Scroll down to see and select individual questions or narrow the list using the checkboxes below questions at random and keep in order  Multiple Choice Questions - (36) Topic: Criminological Theories - (2) Essay Questions - (5) Topic: Economics - (1) Odd Numbered - (21) Topic: Knowledge - (1) Even Numbered - (20) Topic: Law - (1) Level: Analyze - (3) Topic: Life-course Theory - (2) Level: Application - (2) Topic: Merton's Strain Theory - (3) Level: Apply - (3) Topic: Political science - (1) Level: Create - (2) Topic: Psychology - (1) Level: Knowledge - (2) Topic: Recidivism and Criminological Theory - (6) Level: Remember - (15) Topic: Serial Murder and the Media - (1) Level: Sociology - (1) Topic: Society's Reaction to the Breaking of Laws - (2) Level: Synthesis - (1) Topic: The Difference Between Criminology and Criminal Justice - (4) Level: Understand - (12) Topic: The Interdisciplinary Nature of Criminology - (1) Topic: Biology - (1) Topic: The Making of Laws - (5) Topic: Conflict Theory - (6) Topic: What Is Criminology? - (3) Which of the following is not included as a key component of the classic definition of criminology? the breaking of laws society's reaction to the breaking of laws → the effect on the victim of the breaking of laws the making of laws Test Bank for Think Criminology 1st Edition by Fuller Multiple Choice Question Level: Remember Topic: What Is Criminology? The classic definition of criminology was proposed by Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Think-Criminology-1st-Edition-by-Fuller Robert Merton Dennis Rader Terrie Moffitt → Edwin Sutherland Multiple Choice Question law governs private rights and settles disputes between citizens Criminal → Civil Political Social Multiple Choice Question law is most important to ensuring society is orderly and citizens feel safe → Criminal Civil Political Social Multiple Choice Question Which of the following is an example of a tort? a claim of personal injury occurring during a robbery → a dispute about a business contract a claim of theft of property a claim of loss of income due to an assault Multiple Choice Question Under the criminal law, a case is won when → it is shown beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty there is a preponderance of evidence to show the defendant is guilty probable cause is found to suggest the defendant committed the offense there is a reasonable suspicion to suggest the defendant is guilty Multiple Choice Question Which of the following punishments may be imposed under civil law? probation a term in prison → payment of a specified amount of money Level: Remember Topic: What Is Criminology? Level: Remember Topic: The Making of Laws Level: Remember Topic: The Making of Laws Level: Understand Topic: The Making of Laws Level: Remember Topic: The Making of Laws Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Think-Criminology-1st-Edition-by-Fuller Page of death Multiple Choice Question Which of the following is not a common social reaction to crime? fear disgust fascination → All these answers are correct Level: Remember Topic: The Making of Laws Level: Remember Multiple Choice Question Topic: Society's Reaction to the Breaking of Laws Which of the following is not a key reason why most members of society have a distorted or biased view of serial murderers? Serial killings are sensational Our culture encourages the creation of instant celebrities The globalization of the media means that all offenses are locally reported → Most people know someone who has been a victim of a serial killer Multiple Choice Question 10 The interdisciplinary nature of criminology refers to the effect of crime on all levels of society → fact that criminology draws on other academic disciplines Test foronThink effectBank of crime politics.Criminology 1st Edition by Fuller development of criminology as a professional academic discipline Level: Understand Topic: Serial Murder and the Media Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Think-Criminology-1st-Edition-by-Fuller Level: Remember Multiple Choice Question Topic: The Interdisciplinary Nature of Criminology 11 forces control how crime is defined and how criminal law works Psychological Social → Political Biological Level: Remember Multiple Choice Question Topic: Political science 12 Which of the following fields of study would apply to an attempt to understand how an offender determines that the reward obtained from selling drugs is worth the risk of getting caught by the police? → economics law political science biology Multiple Choice Question 13 standards of behavior are intended to harm society and individuals Pro-social Civil → Antisocial Social Multiple Choice Question 14 Because laws are made by people to control people, criminologists are interested in how laws are made what activities laws control what individuals laws control → All these answers are correct Level: Application Topic: Economics Level: Remember Topic: Psychology Level: Understand Multiple Choice Question Topic: Law 15 Which of the following fields of study would apply to an attempt to determine if offenders are in some way physically different from non-offenders? political science sociology → biology economics Multiple Choice Question Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Think-Criminology-1st-Edition-by-Fuller Page of Level: Application Topic: Biology 16 Which of the following fields has contributed the most to the field of criminology? biology → sociology psychology economics Multiple Choice Question 17 The field of emerged to improve our understanding of the social problem of crime sociology → criminology criminal justice penology Level: Sociology Topic: Knowledge Level: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Topic: The Difference Between Criminology and Criminal Justice 18 The field of emerged to improve our understanding of the social mechanisms for dealing with crime sociology criminology → criminal justice penology Test Bank for Think Criminology 1st Edition by Fuller Level: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Topic: The Difference Between Criminology and Criminal Justice Fulltofile at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Think-Criminology-1st-Edition-by-Fuller 19 Recidivism refers the ability of the criminal justice system to deter individuals from breaking the law → repeat offending how offenders are punished removing offenders from the criminal justice system prior to formal processing Multiple Choice Question 20 Recidivism may be measured by all but which of the following? rate of re-arrest rate of reconviction rate of re-incarceration → rate of release on probation Level: Remember Topic: Recidivism and Criminological Theory Level: Understand Multiple Choice Question Topic: Recidivism and Criminological Theory 21 theory focuses on ways to make lawbreaking so unattractive that offenders will decide not to break the law any further → Deterrence Social disorganization Labeling Strain Level: Understand Multiple Choice Question Topic: Recidivism and Criminological Theory 22 A crime-prevention program that focuses on improving schools and providing jobs in a neighborhood so residents will be more invested in the community and less likely to break the law would be based on which of the following theories? deterrence theory → social disorganization theory labeling theory strain theory Level: Apply Multiple Choice Question Topic: Recidivism and Criminological Theory 23 Labeling theory would claim that if the consequences of breaking the law are sufficiently unattractive, people will not it anymore neighborhoods with transient, low-skilled, and alienated residents tend to have more crime identifying someone as an offender may damage his or her prospects for employment, emotional relationships, → and so on juveniles who are never fully integrated into society are more likely to have criminal careers as adults Multiple Choice Question 24 Level: Understand Topic: Recidivism and Criminological Theory Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Think-Criminology-1st-Edition-by-Fuller Page of Which of the following questions would be most likely to be asked by a criminologist, as opposed to a criminal justice practitioner? How can we prevent an offender from recidivating? How can we ensure inmate safety in a juvenile detention facility? Why some offenders begin breaking the law early in life whereas others not begin breaking the law until → much later? What can we to ensure greater professionalism among correctional staff? Level: Analyze Multiple Choice Question Topic: The Difference Between Criminology and Criminal Justice 25 White-collar offenses involve some form of violent behavior offenses committed by middle-class offenders → a criminal offense committed during the course of legitimate business offenses which cannot result in incarceration Multiple Choice Question 26 According to criminological research, most offenders in the United States are → young white males young black males older black males young females Level: Remember Topic: Criminological Theories Test Bank for Think Criminology 1st Edition by Fuller Level: Remember Multiple Choice Question Topic: Criminological Theories file is atan https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Think-Criminology-1st-Edition-by-Fuller 27 Which of the Full following example of a life-course-persistent offender? an individual who commits a small number of petty offenses as a preteen and then stops by the time he or she becomes a teenager an individual who begins breaking the law as a child but stops by the time he or she reaches his late teens or early twenties → an individual who begins breaking the law as a child and continues to so as an adult an individual who does not break the law as an adolescent Multiple Choice Question 28 An offender who stops serious law-breaking in adolescence or early adulthood is known as a (n) life-course-persistent offender → adolescent-limited offender innovation offender white-collar offender Multiple Choice Question 29 Strain theory was developed by Terrie Moffitt Edwin Sutherland → Robert Merton Thomas F Quinn Multiple Choice Question 30 According to strain theory, strain is very similar to → stress labeling social conflict deterrence Level: Understand Topic: Life-course Theory Level: Understand Topic: Life-course Theory Level: Remember Topic: Merton's Strain Theory Level: Understand Multiple Choice Question Topic: Merton's Strain Theory 31 According to Merton, some crime occurs because people feel worthless if they cannot meet the overarching goal in American society of getting a college education → amassing material wealth getting elected to public office having a job Multiple Choice Question 32 Conflict theorists consider most crime to be rooted in Level: Understand Topic: Merton's Strain Theory Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Think-Criminology-1st-Edition-by-Fuller Page of → the bad choices of individuals disorganized neighborhoods genetics impoverishment Multiple Choice Question 33 Conflict theory suggests that crime stems mainly from individual behavior how the criminal justice system treats offenders → social-economic imbalance individual stress over one's inability to achieve social goals Level: Apply Topic: Conflict Theory Level: Understand Multiple Choice Question Topic: Conflict Theory 34 Traditionally, which of the following offenses has been treated most leniently by the criminal justice system? burglary robbery theft → white-collar crime Level: Apply Multiple Choice Question Topic: Conflict Theory 35 According to conflict theorists, the defining difference between the treatment of street offenders and white-collar offenders Test Bank for Think Criminology 1st Edition by Fuller is the violent nature of most street crimes Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Think-Criminology-1st-Edition-by-Fuller → lifestyle and social class of white-collar offenders admiration police officers have for some street offenders gender and race of street offenders Multiple Choice Question 36 Interpersonal violent or materially destructive offenses are usually known as → street crimes white-collar crimes torts social maladjustment Level: Understand Topic: Conflict Theory Level: Remember Multiple Choice Question Topic: Conflict Theory 37 List and explain the three elements of Edwin Sutherland's classic definition of criminology Why is each element important? Explanation: Answer will vary Level: Analyze Essay Question Topic: What Is Criminology? 38 Explain why society's reaction to the breaking of laws is so complex Do you think public interest in crime, even among people who have never personally been victimized, is a good thing? Explain your view Explanation: Answer will vary Level: Create Essay Question Topic: Society's Reaction to the Breaking of Laws 39 Explain the similarities and differences between criminology and criminal justice Do you think they are two separate disciplines that overlap or two aspects of the same field of study? Explain your opinion Explanation: Answer will vary Essay Question Level: Analyze Topic: The Difference Between Criminology and Criminal Justice Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Think-Criminology-1st-Edition-by-Fuller Page of 40 Explain why white-collar offenders tend to be treated more leniently than street-crime offenders Do you agree or disagree with way the criminal justice system has treated white-collar offenders? Explain your views Why has our treatment of white-collar offenders changed in recent years? Explanation: Answer will vary Level: Create Essay Question Topic: Conflict Theory 41 Deterrence theory, labeling theory, and social disorganization theory all have the potential to reduce recidivism For each of these theories, describe a social program based on the theory and explain how it would be expected to reduce recidivism Explanation: Answer will vary Essay Question Level: Synthesis Topic: Recidivism and Criminological Theory Test Bank for Think Criminology 1st Edition by Fuller Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Think-Criminology-1st-Edition-by-Fuller Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Think-Criminology-1st-Edition-by-Fuller ... by Fuller Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu /Test-Bank-for-Think-Criminology-1st-Edition-by-Fuller Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu /Test-Bank-for-Think-Criminology-1st-Edition-by-Fuller. .. science sociology → biology economics Multiple Choice Question Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu /Test-Bank-for-Think-Criminology-1st-Edition-by-Fuller Page of Level: Application Topic: Biology... The Difference Between Criminology and Criminal Justice Fulltofile at https://TestbankDirect.eu /Test-Bank-for-Think-Criminology-1st-Edition-by-Fuller 19 Recidivism refers the ability of the criminal