Deck 1: The Crime Challenge

Question 1

What is the prime age for sexual abuse of children?

A) 6
B) 10
C) 15
D) 17

Answer 1

C

Question 2

What is a potential consequence of bullying?

A) Physical injury
B) Emotional injury
C) Interference with schooling
D) All of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following is generally true about students who habitually drink too much alcohol?

A) They perform poorly in school
B) They perform well in school
C) They gain the respect of their teachers
D) They do not suffer any negative consequences

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a status offense specific to youths?

A) Truancy
B) Burglary
C) Underage smoking
D) Underage drinking

Question 5

What is the relationship between truancy and other kinds of deviance?

Question 6

Apply the 80-20 rule to juvenile delinquents.

Question 7

How are most minor property issues resolved?

A) The criminal justice system
B) Informal processes
C) Violence
D) Most are not resolved

Question 8

What is the term for a civil case to resolve the specific issues of a dispute?

A) Conviction
B) Tort
C) Licensing
D) Plea-bargaining

Question 9

When does a dispute reach the criminal justice system?

A) The criminal justice system is the first stop
B) Before insurance companies get involved
C) It NEVER gets involved in property disputes
D) As a last resort once other processes have failed

Question 10

How are car registrations related to protecting property?

Question 11

What do insurance companies have to do with the criminal justice system?

Question 12

Which of the following is true about sexual taboos?

A) Every society has sexual taboos
B) Most societies do not have sexual taboos
C) Sexual taboos are the same across societies
D) Most societies do not take sexual taboos seriously

Question 13

In what way does modern society depart from traditional patterns of sexual union?

A) People are getting married earlier because they are maturing at an earlier age
B) Premarital sex was far more common earlier in the century
C) People are getting married later, even though they are maturing at an earlier age
D) Modern society does not depart from traditional patterns

Question 14

Which term describes the phenomenon wherein cultural rules from the past linger on well after they are no longer viable in modern society?

A) Sexual taboo
B) Anomie
C) Cultural context
D) Cultural lag

Question 15

Which of the following is an example of sexual harassment?

A) Making inappropriate sexual comments
B) Asking repeatedly for unwanted dates
C) Following someone home uninvited
D) All of the above

Question 16

How might sexual urges lead to good results?

Question 17

How might sexual urges lead to bad results?

Question 18

Which statement is true?

A) Most rude encounters lead to a dispute
B) Most disputes are small
C) Most disputes escalate further
D) Most disputes eventually lead to criminal acts

Question 19

Use of swear words contributes to disputes…

A) Always
B) Most of the time
C) When used in a risky context
D) When used among friends

Question 20

Workplace aggression is most experienced by workers …

A) Who deal directly with the public
B) In desk jobs
C) In managerial jobs
D) In manufacturing jobs

Question 21

A common example of a neighborhood dispute would cover…

A) Politics
B) Sexual orientation
C) Street lamps
D) Barking dogs

Question 22

Some property crimes result from disputes. Give an example of how that can happen.

Question 23

Give an example of a dispute that does not escalate.