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CRIMINOLOGY 249 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024

Introduction to Corrections Final Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers 2024/2025 Graded A+ How do correctional agencies fulfill their mission? I. By imprisoning offenders who receive a sentence of incarceration from the courts II. By assisting courts in the decision to grant bail III. By supervising offenders in the community under court jurisdiction I,II,III What is defined as a legislative authorization to provide a specific range of punishment for a specific crime? Penal code Wh...

CRIMINOLOGY MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE 2023 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED A+ a person who cuts in line at an amusement park ride - CORRECT ANS What would be an example of a deviance that is not a crime? While driving without footwear might be dangerous, it is not illegal - CORRECT ANS Jack is enjoying a day at the beach with some friends. One friend needs to run to the store for sandwiches, and Jack offers to drive. They leave their things on the beach, jumping into Jack's Jeep. U...

When did Victimology originate? 1940's when sociologists began to investigate the offender-victim relationship When was Victimology offered to study in North America? 1990's What are the two broad areas of inquiry for Victimology? victim suffering and the related issues of harm reduction and offender management, and the offender-victim relationship. Your book uses the term victim-victimizer relationship; however, you may prefer the term offender-victim relationship because it ...

Victimology Exam 1 Study Guide latest updated List the 4 components of Criminology - ANS ️️ 1. Nature 2. Extent 3. Cause 4. Control True or False Media's rights to report crimes often conflicts with the victim's rights for privacy - ANS ️️ True True or False Most crime victims are people who are simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. - ANS ️️ False; Criminologists believe that victims often engage in behaviors that increase the likelihood of their being targeted fo...

X. The Primacy of Sociology? A. Although many disciplines contribute to criminology, criminologists primarily operate from a sociological perspective 1. This means that many theories of criminal behavior are based in sociology 2. The social problems vs. social responsibility theme used in the text is an example of this B. Not everyone agrees that the sociological perspective should be given increased importance in criminology today 1. Those arguing in favor of the primacy of sociology emph...

CCJ 1600 IRSC Final Exam Study Guide Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Deviance - ANSWERShuman behavior that violates social norms Crime - ANSWERShuman conduct that violates a criminal law Delinquency - ANSWERSviolation of the law and other behavior committed by minors Criminal justice is the profession that is concerned with the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior, including their manifestations, causes, legal aspects, and control - ANSWERSfalse Specific Deterrence - AN...

Intro to Criminology - Exam 1 - Study Guide Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Deviant behavior (definition) - ANSWER-Behavior that is outside the limits of societal toleration Crime (definition) - ANSWER-Violations of criminal law Mala prohibita (definition) - ANSWER-Acts that are bad due to being prohibited Mala en se (definition) - ANSWER-Acts that are bad in themselves Part I offenses (definition) - ANSWER-The index crimes, or crimes that are used in order to calculate the crime ra...

WJEC CRIMINOLOGY UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDE TEST Organised Crime - CORRECT ANSWER-criminal activities that are planned and controlled by powerful groups and carried out on a large scale.