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Criminology Final Exam Questions withCorrect Answers
___ is an interdisciplinary science that gathers and analyzed data on crime and criminal
behavior. - Answer-Criminology
Universally condemned crimes are known as _____. - Answer-Mala in se
___ are specific statements about the relationships that we expect to find between and
among factors. - Answer-Hypotheses
Which of the following institution is not a component of the criminal justice system we
usually talk about? - Answer-Prosecutor Office
Which of the following statements about criminal law is right? - Answer-The criminal law
varies by time and across different cultures.
Which of the following behaviors is a 'mala prohibita' behavior? - Answer-Prostitution
Bail is set, and defendants learn of their rights and the charges against them, at the
___. - Answer-Arraignment
Which one of the below is a function/purpose of criminal punishment? - Answer-All of
the above (Deterrence, Rehabilitation, Incapacitation)
The criminality is an individual trait and property to signal an individual's willingness to
commit crimes or other harmful acts. - Answer-True
An arrest must be made with a warrant. - Answer-False.
A person is officially deemed "criminal" at which point in the criminal justice process? -
Answer-Sentencing.
The primary source of official crime statistics in the United States is the annual ___
published by the FBI. - Answer-UCR
The crime _______ is the actual number of reported crimes standardized by some unit
of the population. - Answer-rate
Which of the following is classified as an index property crime: ___? - Answer-Arson
If a person is arrested and charged for a Part I Offense, the UCR records the crime as
___ by arrest. - Answer-Cleared
, When attempting to understand, predict, and control any social problem, including the
crime problem, the first step is to determine its ___. - Answer-Extent
One weakness of the NCVS is that it ___. - Answer-Does not provide any statistics on
"victimless" crimes.
If a researcher wants to conduct research on sexual assault, what are the best data
resources he/she should use? - Answer-UCR
Which of the following is a drawback of UCR Data? - Answer-All of the above (It under-
represents the actual number of criminal events, Not all law-enforcement agencies
participate, Subjected to manipulation of law enforcement agencies)
The NCVS data is compiled by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. - Answer-True
If a researcher wants to study the relationship between family background and
misdemeanors of high school students, the best data to use are UCR data. - Answer-
False
Based on the UCR and NCVS, poor African-American females from poor communities
are more likely to be the victims of crimes - Answer-False
According to the general strain theory, the impact of the strains depend on strains ___ -
Answer-All of the above (Duration, Clustering, Magnitude)
According to social disorganization theory, which of the following would be the most
effective way to reduce crime? - Answer-Increased Collective Efficacy
With which theory is Robert Agnew associated? - Answer-General Strain Theory
Which one of the below is the reason that juveniles join a gang? - Answer-All of the
above (sense of security, sense of identity, promise of money, power, and reputation)
Shaw and McKay's social disorganization theory is part of the ___ theoretical tradition. -
Answer-Social Ecology
Strain theory is not very capable of explaining which of the following crimes? - Answer-
White Collar Crime
Based on social structural theory, which of the following is right? - Answer-All of the
above (human nature is socially constructed, community matters in terms of residents
behaviors, social institutions as a whole have independent influence or effects on
individual behavior)
According to social disorganization theory, areas with high delinquency rates ARE NOT
characterized by ___ - Answer-An increase in population
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