DEVRY CRMJ400 Midterm Exam

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    Question 1. Question : TCO#2: A research approach that asks participants to describe their recent and lifetime criminal activity is called _____.
    field observation
    cross-sectional research
    meta-analysis
    self-reported study
    Question 2. Question : TCO#2: If criminologists want to see the direct effect of one factor or variable on another factor or variable they conduct _____.
    experimental research
    aggregate data research
    cohort research
    survey research
    Question 3. Question : TCO#2: What is known about the trend in property crime rates?
    Like the violent crime rate the property crime rate has increased slightly.
    Unlike the violent crime rate the property crime rate has continued to fall.
    The violent crime rate and property crime rate have remained equally stable.
    The violent crime rate has decreased while the property crime rate has increased.
    Question 4. Question : TCO#2: According to Wolfgang Figlio and Sellin’s cohort study what percentage of chronic offenders was responsible for a significant proportion of all serious crime?
    12 percent
    15 percent
    6 percent
    25 percent
    Question 5. Question : TCO#2: The relationship between class and crime is an important one for criminological theory. The weight of recent evidence seems to suggest that serious official crime is more prevalent _____.
    across both the middle and lower class
    among the middle class
    among the upper class
    among the lower class
    Question 6. Question : TCO#1: ____________ is an academic discipline that makes use of the scientific methods to study the nature extent cause and control of criminal behavior.
    Sociology
    Criminal Justice
    Criminology
    Psychology
    Question 7. Question : TCO#1: The theory that suggests people have free will to choose a criminal career or unlawful solutions to meet their needs or settle their problems is _____.
    classical theory
    conflict theory
    biosocial theory
    Marxist theory
    Question 8. Question : TCO#1: The Chicago School was developed by a group of sociologists at _____.
    the Chicago Institute of Criminology
    the University of Illinois
    Illinois State University
    the University of Chicago
    Question 9. Question : TCO#: 1 Common law was developed after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 through the verdicts of ________ who used local customs and rules of conduct as guides for decision-making.
    juries
    popes
    kings
    royal judges
    Question 10. Question : TCO#1: The intent to commit the criminal act is known as _____.
    mens rea
    actus reus
    mala in se
    mala prohibitum
    Question 11. Question : TCO#3: Referring to the relationship between marital status and vicimization who is least likely to become a crime victim?
    Someone who is married
    Someone who has never married
    Someone who is divorced
    Someone who is a widow or widower
    Question 12. Question : TCO#3: One’s chances of victimization are reduced by _____.
    staying single
    staying out of public places
    moving to the city
    being out and about after 10 p.m.
    Question 13. Question : TCO#3: When victims act provocatively use threats or fighting words or even attack first this is known as _____.
    passive precipitation
    active precipitation
    aggressive precipitation
    reactive precipitation
    Question 14. Question : TCO#3: In routine activities theory a large number of unemployed teenagers would be an example of _____.
    suitable targets
    capable guardians
    protective sentinels
    motivated offenders
    Question 15. Question : TCO#3: According to routine activities theory homes that contained easily salable objects such as laptop computers stereos and television sets would be classified as _____.
    hot targets
    hot spots
    suitable targets
    chronic spots
    Question 16. Question : TCO#4: Beccaria believed that criminals choose to commit crime and that their choices could be controlled by _____.
    fear of punishment
    improving economic conditions
    selective incapacitation
    situational crime prevention
    Question 17. Question : TCO#4: While outwardly considered the most irrational of offenders serial murders are considered rational because:
    they tend to have high IQs.
    they pick their targets with care.
    they elude arrest for months and sometimes for years.
    they are rarely in actuality psychologically disturbed.
    Question 18. Question : TCO#4: According to _____________ crime rates are influenced and controlled by the threat of punishment.
    general deterrence
    specific deterrence
    diffusion of benefits
    crime displacement
    Question 19. Question : TCO#4: The Kansas City Missouri police department’s study of patrol effectiveness convinced criminologists that:
    the mere presence of patrol officers on the street did not have a deterrent effect.
    doubling the amount of patrol officers on the street had a deterrent effect.
    The mere presence of patrol officers on the street had a deterrent effect but only in high crime areas.
    decreasing the amount of patrol officers on the street increased crime.
    Question 20. Question : TCO#4: The philosophy of justice that asserts that those who violate the rights of others deserve to be punished is known as _____.
    specific deterrence
    just desert
    revenge
    retribution
    Question 21. Question : TCO#4: The belief that no serious consideration should be given to biological factors when attempting to understand human nature is known as _____.
    choice theory
    biophobia
    nature theory
    nurture theory

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