Deck 2: Four Types of Crime Control

Question 1

Which of the following crimes generally requires the most procedural steps?

A) Homicide
B) Breaking and entering
C) Domestic assault
D) Drunk driving

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What term is used for law derived from England?

A) Case law
B) Civil law
C) Common law
D) Napoleonic law

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What do the six principles of formal criminal justice indicate about the amount of discretion held by authorities?

A) Authorities have a good deal of discretion at most stages of the process
B) Authorities have very little discretion at most stages of the process
C) Authorities only have discretion before a trial begins
D) None of the above

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What is the expectation inherent in procedural justice?

A) Special treatment for the powerful
B) Fair treatment
C) Biased judges
D) Guilty until proven innocent

Question 5

Describe decision that justice officials can make before a trial starts.

Question 6

What is the concept of law known as de minimis?

Question 7

How does situational crime prevention operate?

A) Removing disorder from communities
B) Denying the offender easy crime opportunities
C) Encouraging officers to get to know community residents personally
D) Cracking down on all crimes

Question 8

Why are arrests and punishment ineffective for controlling drunk driving?

A) Drunk driving is not a crime in most states
B) Offenders are usually too drunk to remember being arrested
C) Drinking is embedded in social life and difficult to control
D) They are actually very effective

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a part of the situational crime prevention strategy?

A) Increase the risks
B) Increase the effort
C) Ensure more arrests
D) Reduce the rewards

Question 10

Which of the following is a situational prevention method to reduce alcohol consumption in and around college campuses?

A) Hold party hosts liable for misbehavior
B) Restrict days and hours of sale
C) Use quota for drinks per person
D) All of the above

Question 11

Describe an example of a situational crime prevention effort.

Question 12

What is the displacement hypothesis? Is there evidence to support it?

Question 13

What question do social control theorists ask?

A) Why do criminals commit crime?
B) Why doesn't everybody commit crime?
C) Why is crime concentrated in certain neighborhoods?
D) How does strain lead to crime?

Question 14

Which type of attachment can strengthen the social bond?

A) Attachment to parents
B) Attachment to teachers
C) Attachment to nondeviant peers
D) All of the above

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT an element of routine activity theory?

A) Offender
B) Target
C) Deviant values
D) Absence of a guardian

Question 16

According to the crime triangle, over what do managers provide supervision?

A) Places
B) Targets
C) Offenders
D) Beliefs

Question 17

What is the relationship between the social bond and crime?

Question 18

According to social control theory, why might Japanese teenagers be less involved in crime than American teenagers?

Question 19

What was Cesare Lombroso's contribution to criminology?

A) Social bonding
B) The born criminal
C) Self-control
D) Social disorganization

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT true about psychopaths?

A) They cannot establish relationships
B) They are egocentric and manipulative
C) They are rarely associated with crime
D) They lack empathy

Question 21

Which of the following statements is true about self-control?

A) Low self-control not only makes a person more likely to commit a crime, but also contributes to bad performance at school
B) People who exhibit low self-control in one aspect of life generally exhibit high self-control in other aspects
C) The link between low self-control and crime is a myth
D) All of the above

Question 22

What does Roy Baumeister's research conclude about self-control?

A) Self-control is not an important part of one's personality
B) Self-control is like a muscle that gets tired in the short run
C) Self-control requires very little effort
D) Self-control is can never be depleted

Question 23

How is crime perpetuated according to the cycle of violence?

Question 24

What are the two basic imbalances that impair the control process?