Deck 5: Criminal Justice and Criminology

Question 1

Where is International court located-

A)The Hague
B)London
C)Paris
D)Tokyo

Answer 1

The Hague

Question 2

Who is the author of the book "Crime and Punishment"-

A)Dostoyevsky
B)Malinovsky
C)Dadhayavsky
D)Raskolnikov

Answer 2

Dostoyevsky

Question 3

The novel "War and Peace" is written by -

A)Leo Tolstoy
B)Sergei Tolstoy
C)ViktoriaTolstoy
D)None of these

Answer 3

Leo Tolstoy

Question 4

Which of the following is a result crime-

A)Fraud
B)Robbery
C)Theft
D)Murder

Question 5

Which of the following is a 'conduct' only crime-

A)Murder
B)Theft
C)Manslaughter
D)Criminal damage

Question 6

According to John F. Galliher, legal definitions of criminality arrived at through a __________ processes-

A)sociological
B)psychological
C)political
D)none of these

Question 7

Ron Classen sees crime primarily as

A)A violation of a law.
B)Problembehaviour.
C)An offense against human relationships.
D)A form of social maladjustment.

Question 8

A police officer or probation officer is best described as a

A)criminalist.
B)Criminologist.
C)Criminal justice professional.
D)None of the above

Question 9

__________ definitions focus on criminology's role in uncovering the underlying causes of crime.

A)Scientific
B)Causative
C)Disciplinary
D)None of the above

Question 10

According to various professional groups, violence in television, music, video games, and movies

A)may lead to increased levels of violent behavior among children.
B)may lead to decreased levels of violent behavior among children.
C)may lead to emotional sensitization toward violence in real life.
D)may have no effect on levels of violent behavior among children.

Question 11

Which of the following is not an immediate input provided by the justice system that may enhance or reduce the likelihood of criminal occurrences?

A)Police response time to a crime scene
B)The availability or lack of official assistance
C)The presence or absence of police officers
D)A prison that acts as a "crime school"

Question 12

Which of the following is considered as a disease?

A)Robbery
B)Burglary
C)Arson
D)kleptomania

Question 13

Which of the following is not a reason why rape victims fail to report their victimization?

A)Fear that the crime is not important enough to report
B)Fear of the perpetrator
C)Fear of participation in the criminal justice system
D)Shame

Question 14

According to Elliott Currie, the __________ is the rate of crime calculated on the basis of crimes that would likely be committed by those who are incapacitated by the criminal justice system.

A)Actual crime rate
B)Criminality index
C)latent crime rate
D)Clearance rate

Question 15

For a defence of intoxication, to escape criminal liability, the intoxication:

A)can be self-administered
B)administered against his will or knowledge
C)should not be self-administered
D)all the above.

Question 16

All about 'intention' is true except one:

A)is a state of mind
B)is an objective element
C)rarely susceptible to proof
D)always a matter of inference

Question 17

The study of one particular criminal organization is an example of the __________ datagathering strategy.

A)survey research
B)case study
C)participant observation
D)secondary analysis

Question 18

The word 'illegal' is applicable to everything:

A)which is an offence
B)which is prohibited by law
C)which furnishes ground for civil action
D)all of them

Question 19

Which of the following was not one of the three types of crimes outlined by Beccaria?

A)Crimes that involved no victims other than society
B)Crimes that ran contrary to the social order
C)Crimes that injured citizens or their property
D)Crimes that threatened the security of the state

Question 20

Which of the following is true about imprisonment?

A)it is characterised by hard labour
B)it is characterised by confinement to jail
C)is subject to the kind of imprisonment
D)all of them

Question 21

Whosaid 'criminals are born'.

A)Talcot Parson
B)Webber
C)J.S.Mill
D)Lumbrosso

Question 22

Who said 'crimes have positive effect in society'.

A)Emil Durkhiem
B)Bogardus.
C)Simmel
D)Noneof these