CMY1501 Past Papers 2013 – 2017 Notes for Exam Preparations

CMY1501 Criminology AWNSERS AT THE END WITH PAGE REF. Exam covered – May/June – Oct/Nov (2013 – 2017) 1. important in righting the wrongs of crime in precolonial Africa? (1) Rehabilitation; treatment (2) Retribution ; punishment (3) Reconciliation ; compensation (4) Reconstruction ; development 2. Literally, what does the word “criminology“ mean the study of? (1) Crime (2) The criminal justice system (3) Culture of crime (4) Society 3. According to the power-control theory, what are gender and social class differences in delinquency linked to? (1) The structure of the family (2) Cultural and ethnic diversity (3) Aggressiveness (4) Lack of opportunities 4. Concerning emotions, which one of the following statements is incorrect? (1) Emotions indicate the desire that a specific result will follow from a specific action. (2) Emotions are short-lived, subjective-physiological and functional –expressive phenomena that orchestrate how we react to events in our lives. (3) Emotions are subjective feelings that make us feel in a particular way such as angry, joyful or sad. (4) Emotions have four components, namely; feelings, bodily arousal, a sense of purpose and social expression. Downloaded by Charlene Hefer () lOMoARcPSD| 26 5. Recently South Africa has been moving away from prison sentences towards which alternative forms of punishment? (1) Treatment of offenders in the community (2) Granting offenders amnesty (3) Permitting medical parole to offenders (4) Short imprisonment term 6. According to research, which of the following factor(s) increase the risk of youth misbehaviour? (1) Poor supervision (2) Parental conflict (3) Family violence (4) All of the above 7. … commences from an early age and characteristically begins with stubborn and rebellious behaviour as a child. (1) The overt pathway (2) Antisocial behaviour (3) The conflict pathway (4) Emotional immaturity 8. Criminal law controls illegal behaviour of citizens. Who or what is it enforced by? (1) The state only (2) Case law (3) Community law (4) Common law 9. The variations in crime rates between racial and ethnic groups reflect three differences among the groups. Indicate which of the following is incorrect. (1) Educational (2) Economic (3) Cultural (4) Social 10. Which one of the following places emphasis on external factors as causes of crime and sees criminals as victims of social conditions over which they have little control? (1) Social milieu school of thought (2) Rational choice theory (3) Deviant socialisation (4) Systematic observation