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CMY2601 Exam pack 2024(Questions and answers)
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- CMY2601
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CMY2601 EXAMPACK 2024
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
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,THEME 1 MCQ AND NOTES
1. Kemshall (2008:7–8) is of the opinion that the identification of high-risk offenders
has been, and still is, a problem. This, in the author's opinion, is due to three major
issues. Identify the correct options that describe these issues:
1. designing and implementing a risk assessment tool capable of reliably and
consistently identifying high-risk offenders
2. differing interpretations of what constitutes "high risk" among practitioners and
sentencers
3. the opinions of the police, court officials and medical practitioners about who is
potentially a high-risk offender
4. establishing sufficient criteria and evidence upon which to base judgements about
the future
2. "This perspective of risk has resulted in a constant developing in the pursuit of
reliable risk assessment tools to identify dangerous offenders, the ‘critical few' or high-
risk offenders." Identify which perspective or theoretical approach the above statement
forms part of:
1. psychological approach
2. cultural perspective
3. criminological and legal approaches
4. sociological approach
3. Complete the sentence by choosing the correct term: ... assessments and
treatments often run parallel to psychological approaches, targeted at those high-risk
offenders deemed to have a mental illness.
1. Biophysical
2. Psychosocial
3. Neurological
4. Psychiatric
4. What does Kemshall (2008:40) refer to as "a mechanism of social regulation in
which individuals are made responsible for their own actions, including their own risks,
and for their own self-risk management"?
1. responsibilisation
, 2. self-regulation
3. individualisation
4. rationalisation
5. Complete the following statement correctly by choosing the correct term: According
to the social construction approach the ... can "champion" causes, validate causes and
experiences, demonise groups and popularise new fears, risk, and dangers.
1. offenders
2. courts
3. media
4. victims
1. Residing in a high-crime neighbourhood that is characterised by gangs and
un employment are factors that are associated with
(a) personal or personality-related risk assessment factors
(b) social or environmental-related risk assessment factors
(c) crime-related risk assessment factors
(d) victim-related risk assessment factors
2. All risk assessment attempts should be based on the ….. Principle.
(a) Reaction-Risk-Need
(b) Responsivity-Risk-Need
(c) Need-Risk-Reaction
(d) Risk-Need-Responsivity
3. When a criminologist wants to take into consideration whether an offender displays
personality disorder traits, the identification of hereof should be grounded on a
(a) professional therapist such as a psychiatrist or a psychologist's diagnosis
(b) self-assessment and according to the criminologist's risk assessment
(c) crime-related factors such as sadism and a history of violent and aggressive
behaviour
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