Criminal Behavior: A Psychological Approach 11th Edition Test Bank
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Criminal Behavior: A Psychological Approach
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
Multiple Choice
1. Criminal behavior is best defined as:
a) antisocial behavior.
b) deviant behavior behavior.
c) an intentional act in violation of a criminal code.
d) behavi...
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, CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
Multiple Choice
1. Criminal behavior is best defined as:
a) antisocial behavior.
b) deviant behavior
behavior.
c) an intentional act in violation of a criminal code.
d) behavior that impedes the criminal process.
e) forbidden behavior.
Answer: c
2. Psychological criminology focuses on how individual criminal behavior is:
a) acquired.
b) evoked.
c) maintained.
d) a and c only.
e) all of the above.
Answer: e
3. The narrow range of offenses that do not require criminal intent are called:
a) non-index crimes.
b) unintentional offenses.
c) Part II crimes.
d) status offenses.
e) strict liability offenses.
Answer: a
4. Which of the following is least consistent with the developmental approach in the study of
crime?
a) Searching for factors that place a child at risk of engaging in serious delinquency
b) Identifying the age of onset of antisocial behavior
c) Searching for protective factors in a child’s life
d) Obtaining a child’s IQ score as he or she enters adolescence
e) Examining a child’s pre-school experiences.
Answer: d
5. According to the author, our inability to prevent crime is largely due to:
a) a declining interest in the field of criminology.
b) the difficulty in defining the term ―crime‖.
, c) the complexity of the issue.
d) the paucity of experts studying crime.
e) the lack of funding available for research.
Answer: c
6. The belief that most people deserve the misfortune that happens to them is known as the:
a) fairness doctrine.
b) equal justice doctrine.
c) rationalizing attitudes.
d) just-world hypothesis.
e) self-fulfilling prophecy.
Answer: d
7. Which one of the following would psychological criminology be most concerned with?
a) Demographic features of offenders who participate in burglary.
b) How violent individuals learn their aggressive behavior.
c) The gender of murder victims.
d) The time of day when burglary most often occurs.
e) The unequal power distribution between various members of society.
Answer: b
8. 3. Serious criminal offenders often present with cognitions.
a) contracted
b) distorted
c) dominant
d) erotic
e) subversive
Answer: b
9. is to positivist theory as is to classical theory.
a) Determinism; free will
b) Jurisprudence; behavior
c) Cognition; biology
d) Biology; environment
e) Predictability; prevention
Answer: a
10. The perspective on crime is closely linked with the humanistic perspective.
a) conformity
b) strain
c) social learning
d) social control
e) nonconformist
Answer: a
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