1. Until about 40 years ago, crime victims were viewed by criminologists as passive targets who were considered to be in the “wrong place at the wrong time.”
ANSWER:
REFERENCES: LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KEYWORDS:
True
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ANSWER...
,1. Criminology is an academic discipline that uses scientific methods to study the nature, extent, cause, and control of
criminal behavior.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: What Criminologists Do: The Criminological Enterprise
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.15.01.01 - 01.01
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering
2. The criminological enterprise subarea of victimology is concerned with specific criminal behavior systems such as
white-collar crime and violent crime.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: What Criminologists Do: The Criminological Enterprise
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.15.01.01 - 01.01
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering
3. The mid-eighteenth-century belief stressing that the relationship between crime and punishment should be balanced and
fair can be traced to Cesare Beccaria.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: A Brief History of Criminology
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.15.01.02 - 01.02
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering
4. Use of the scientific method to conduct research in an objective, universal, and culture-free fashion is an element of
classical criminology.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: A Brief History of Criminology
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.15.01.02 - 01.02
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering
5. Chicago School sociologists argued that social forces operating in urban areas created a crime-promoting environment;
some areas were "natural areas" for crime.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: A Brief History of Criminology
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.15.01.02 - 01.02
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering
6. Critical criminologists contend that society’s economic system plays a significant role in producing criminal behavior.
a. True
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, b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: A Brief History of Criminology
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.15.01.02 - 01.02
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering
7. The juvenile delinquency research of Eleanor and Sheldon Glueck (in the 1940s and 1950s) profoundly influenced
criminology and formed the basis for today’s trait theory.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: A Brief History of Criminology
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.15.01.02 - 01.02
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering
8. A crime becomes a deviant act when it is deemed by lawmakers as socially harmful or dangerous.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Deviant or Criminal? How Criminologists Define Crime
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.15.01.03 - 01.03
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering
9. According to the conflict view of crime, criminal laws are viewed as acts created to protect the haves from the have-
nots.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Deviant or Criminal? How Criminologists Define Crime
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.15.01.03 - 01.03
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering
10. The consensus view of crime suggests that the definition of crime reflects the preferences and opinions of people who
hold social power in a particular legal jurisdiction.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Deviant or Criminal? How Criminologists Define Crime
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.15.01.03 - 01.03
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering
11. The term “criminal law” refers to the written code that defines crimes and their punishments.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Criminology and the Criminal Law
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.15.10.06 - 10.06
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12. The social control function of criminal law is tied to its sanctioning power to punish offenders.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Criminology and the Criminal Law
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.15.10.06 - 10.06
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering
13. Under common law, if a new rule was successfully applied in a number of different cases, it would become a
precedent.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Criminology and the Criminal Law
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.15.10.06 - 10.06
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering
14. The distinction between whether a crime is classified as a felony or misdemeanor is based upon the age of the
individual committing the crime.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Criminology and the Criminal Law
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.15.10.06 - 10.06
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering
15. Over the past decades, it has been shown that criminological research has been influenced by government funding
linked to topics the government wants researched and topics the government wishes to avoid.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Ethical Issues in Criminology
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.15.01.06 - 01.06
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering
16. Bail is established at the preliminary hearing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Criminology and Criminal Justice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.15.01.05 - 01.05
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering
17. Members of a grand jury are made up of law enforcement officers and judges.
a. True
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