Practice Quiz Chapter 05

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. According to Gottfredson and Hirschi's A General Theory of Crime, analogous behaviours are a result of ________.

a) low self-control correct incorrect

b) high-self-control correct incorrect

c) hereditary behaviourism correct incorrect

d) childhood experiences correct incorrect

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. According to the life course theory, the onset and termination of problem behavior is ________.

a) gender-related correct incorrect

b) income-related correct incorrect

c) age-related correct incorrect

d) education-related correct incorrect

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. ________is not a turning point according to life course theory.

a) Marriage correct incorrect

b) Employment correct incorrect

c) Drug addiction correct incorrect

d) Education correct incorrect

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. Rational choice theory is most effective in explaining crimes that are ________.

a) instrumental correct incorrect

b) expressive correct incorrect

c) impulsive correct incorrect

d) accidental correct incorrect

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. "________" refers to the idea that crimes can be prevented if the built environment is properly designed so that opportunities for motivated offenders to commit crimes are removed."

a) Controlled environment correct incorrect

b) General strain theory correct incorrect

c) Defensible space correct incorrect

d) Protected neighbourhoods correct incorrect

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. Rational choice theory contends that criminals ________.

a) behave irrationally correct incorrect

b) have very little free will correct incorrect

c) are naturally greedy correct incorrect

d) make conscious decisions correct incorrect

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. Cohen and Felson's ________ theory suggests that changes in levels of crime in society are closely associated with changing lifestyles.

a) social control correct incorrect

b) social strain correct incorrect

c) relative deprivation correct incorrect

d) routine activity correct incorrect

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. In the field of criminology, CPTED is an acronym for ________.

a) Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design correct incorrect

b) Control Practices Through Educational Development correct incorrect

c) Critical Police Tactical Enhancement Designation correct incorrect

d) None of the above correct incorrect

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. In studying the differences between the awareness of strain and responses to it, Agnew and Broidy (1997) found that ________.

a) males are most likely to respond to strain with crime correct incorrect

b) females are most likely to respond to strain with crime correct incorrect

c) females experience less strain than men correct incorrect

d) None of the above correct incorrect

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. Canadian research shows that ________ per cent of youth had been victims of cyber bullying.

a) 88 correct incorrect

b) 56 correct incorrect

c) 19 correct incorrect

d) 3 correct incorrect

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. A longitudinal study by Na and Paternoster (2012) discovered that efforts made to improve the child-rearing behaviours of caregivers of at-risk children led to higher levels of self-control when the youth were teenagers. These findings challenge ________.

a) strain theory correct incorrect

b) the general theory of crime correct incorrect

c) differential association theory correct incorrect

d) social learning theory correct incorrect

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. Longitudinal life course research dates back the work of ________ in the 1930s.

a) K. Marx correct incorrect

b) S. and E. Glueck correct incorrect

c) Sampson and Laub correct incorrect

d) G. Elder correct incorrect

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. Girls have lower rates of property and violent crime than boys because girls are more concerned with creating and maintaining close bonds and relationships with others. This is consistent with ________.

a) general strain theory correct incorrect

b) life course theory correct incorrect

c) labelling theory correct incorrect

d) differential association theory correct incorrect

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. ________ would be the most likely to view law breakers as reasonable actors?

a) Control theory correct incorrect

b) Strain theory correct incorrect

c) Social learning theory correct incorrect

d) rational choice theory correct incorrect

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. Routine activity theory contends that changes in levels of crime in society are closely associated with ________.

a) changing lifestyles correct incorrect

b) deviant sub-cultures correct incorrect

c) societal labelling correct incorrect

d) punishment correct incorrect