Deck 3: Crime and Delinquency

Question 1

Historian Herbert Butterfield suggested that a society can be destroyed by crimes involving _____.

Answer 1

petty breaches of faith

Question 2

Technically, crime is any violation of _____.

Answer 2

the criminal law

Question 3

Acts that cause victims to suffer loss of property or some kind of physical harm are called _____ in your text.

Answer 3

predatory crimes

Question 4

The unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe bodily injury is called _____.

Question 5

The use of force or the threat of force to take something of value from a person is called _____.

Question 6

Crimes involving drugs, gambling, and prostitution are called _____ by this author.

Question 7

The victim of a crime experiences _____.

Question 8

Males accounted for slightly more than _____ out of four of all arrests.

Question 9

The approach of "routine activities" was developed by _____.

Question 10

The group of reformers who set out to redeem the nation's youth in the 19^th century became known as _____.

Question 11

Those that violate the juvenile court code rather than the criminal code are known as _____.

Question 12

Children who are neglected or abused are referred to as _____.

Question 13

The major source of victimization data is the _____ conducted annually by the Department of Justice.

Question 14

White-collar crime is the crime of _____ people.

Question 15

_____ is defined as the tendency to engage in repeated criminal activity and incarceration.

Question 16

_____ is the process by which an individual is deprived of the qualities or traits of a human being.

Question 17

Historian Herbert Butterfield suggested that a society can be destroyed by crimes involving _____.

A) murder
B) rape
C) treason
D) petty breaches of faith

Question 18

Technically, crime is any violation of _____.

A) the King's peace
B) the societies' rules
C) the criminal law
D) the moral code

Question 19

Acts that cause victims to suffer loss of property or some kind of physical harm are called _____ in your text.

A) crimes against the person
B) crimes against property
C) predatory crimes
D) federal crimes

Question 20

What is the most commonly used measure of crime statistics?

A) the Michigan Crime Review
B) the Crime Victimization Study
C) the Federal Bureau of Investigation Crime Index
D) the Federal Self-Report Study

Question 21

The unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe bodily injury is called _____.

A) aggravated assault
B) murder
C) rape
D) all of these answers are correct

Question 22

The use of force or the threat of force to take something of value from a person is called _____.

A) larceny
B) robbery
C) burglary
D) theft

Question 23

_____ is the "unlawful taking or stealing of property or articles without the use of force, violence, or fraud." It includes shoplifting, picking pockets, purse snatching, and the like.

A) Larceny
B) Aggravated assault
C) Arson
D) Illegal service crime

Question 24

_____ is any "willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc."

A) Larceny
B) Burglary
C) Arson
D) Illegal service crime

Question 25

Crimes involving drugs, gambling, and prostitution are called _____ by this author.

A) property crimes
B) violent crimes
C) felony crimes
D) illegal service crimes

Question 26

_____ involve behavior that is treated as criminal only when it occurs before some audience that will be offended.

A) Public disorder crimes
B) Illegal service crimes
C) Crimes of negligence
D) Victim related crimes

Question 27

Which of the following statements is true of public disorder crimes?

A) They include actions such as reckless driving and other infractions of the law by automobile drivers.
B) They include behavior such as disorderly conduct, drunkenness, and indecent exposure.
C) They are less common than predatory or illegal service crimes according to arrest figures.
D) They are not likely to be reported because the criminal and the customer probably prefer to have the service available.

Question 28

Which of the following crimes includes actions such as reckless driving and other infractions of the law by automobile drivers?

A) crimes of negligence
B) public disorder crimes
C) motor vehicle thefts
D) aggravated assaults

Question 29

Any illegal act for which knowledge of computer technology is used to commit the offense is called a(n) _____.

A) technological crime
B) modern crime
C) cybercrime
D) felony

Question 30

Crimes committed by respectable citizens in the course of their work are called _____.

A) crimes of business
B) petty offenses
C) white-collar crimes
D) crimes of the upper class

Question 31

The term "white-collar crime" was coined by _____.

A) Robert Merton
B) Fredrick Johns
C) Emile Durkheim
D) Edwin Sutherland

Question 32

Cheating on federal income taxes is an example of _____.

A) violent crime
B) white-collar crime
C) a crime of negligence
D) cybercrime

Question 33

Who argued that "businesspeople were more criminalistic than people of the ghettoes"?

A) Robert Merton
B) Fredrick Johns
C) Emile Durkheim
D) Edwin Sutherland

Question 34

_____ is defined as an ongoing group of people who provide illegal services and goods and who maintain their activities by the aid of political corruption.

A) Organized crime
B) Cybercrime
C) White-collar crime
D) Public disorder crime

Question 35

The activities of organized crime include _____.

A) gambling
B) prostitution
C) drugs
D) loan-sharking
E) all of these answers are correct

Question 36

The group of reformers who set out to redeem the nation's youth in the 19^th century became known as _____.

A) the posse
B) the liberal ones
C) the child savers
D) the Juvenile Justice Society

Question 37

The concept of juvenile delinquency _____.

A) dates back to early Roman Law
B) began with King John at Runnymede
C) began with the Continental Congress
D) is a relatively modern one

Question 38

In which country was the concept of "delinquency" invented?

A) England
B) France
C) the United States of America
D) the Netherlands

Question 39

America's first juvenile court was established in 1899 in _____.

A) Illinois
B) New York
C) Pennsylvania
D) California

Question 40

According to your text, the juvenile court's primary responsibility is to _____.

A) protect the public from criminal teens
B) protect the public from juvenile gangs
C) protect the welfare of the youth who committed the offense
D) deter crime with severe punishment

Question 41

Three types of juveniles come under the court's jurisdiction. Which of the following is NOT one of those types?

A) youthful offenders
B) status offenders
C) minors in need of supervision
D) felony-murder offenders

Question 42

In the context of juvenile delinquency, _____ are those who engage in behavior for which adults can be tried in a criminal court. All predatory crimes are included here.

A) youthful offenders
B) status offenders
C) minor convicts
D) minors in need of care

Question 43

Those that violate the juvenile court code rather than the criminal code are known as _____.

A) code violations
B) status offenders
C) child felony offenses
D) minors in need of supervision

Question 44

Children who are neglected or abused are referred to as _____.

A) youthful offenders
B) status offenders
C) minors in need of care
D) children in trouble

Question 45

In the context of juvenile delinquency, which of the following is true of minors in need of care?

A) They are the responsibility of the juvenile court.
B) They fall into the category of delinquent.
C) They violate the juvenile court code rather than the criminal code.
D) They engage in behavior for which adults can be tried in a criminal court.

Question 46

Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic sources of data on crime?

A) official records
B) victimization studies
C) self-reports
D) press reports

Question 47

An approach to gathering crime data that attempts to secure information from the victims of crime rather than from officials or official records is called a(n) _____.

A) official record
B) victimization study
C) self-report
D) press report

Question 48

How many major felonies are included in the FBI's Crime Index?

A) 8
B) 16
C) 24
D) 32

Question 49

Which of the following crimes has the highest rate of reporting?

A) rape
B) robbery
C) assault
D) motor vehicle theft

Question 50

Males accounted for slightly more than _____ out of four of all arrests.

A) one
B) two
C) a quarter
D) three

Question 51

The approach of "routine activities" was developed by _____.

A) Edwin Sutherland
B) Cloward and Ohlin
C) Cohen and Felson
D) Robert Merton

Question 52

Which of the following theories states that potential or actual criminals or delinquents have their significant interactions with people whose norms violate the criminal law?

A) the differential association theory
B) the broken windows theory
C) the routine activity theory
D) the conflict theory

Question 53

A place where the totality of an individual's existence is controlled by various external forces is called a(n) _____.

A) total institution
B) tyranny
C) oligarchy
D) formal institution

Question 54

Resocializing a criminal and returning him or her to full participation in society is called _____.

A) rehabilitation
B) deterrence
C) incapacitation
D) retribution

Question 55

One of the characteristics of organized crime is the persistence of the activities by the same organizations over successive generations of people.

Question 56

Juvenile gangs are now pervasive, appearing everywhere from large metropolitan areas to the rural areas of the nation.

Question 57

Bank employees steal more from banks than do robbers.

Question 58

Forcible rape is defined as actual or attempted sexual intercourse through the use of force or the threat of force.

Question 59

The term "white-collar crime" was coined by Robert Merton.

Question 60

Street criminals tax the patience and resources of society, but white-collar criminals are like an insidious corrosion that slowly but surely destroys.

Question 61

The concept of juvenile delinquency is a very old and ancient one.

Question 62

Juvenile gangs exist only in large metropolitan areas like Chicago and Los Angeles.

Question 63

The National Crime Victimization Survey is conducted by the FBI.

Question 64

A good deal of the behavior of relatively powerless people is defined as criminal whereas similar behavior among more powerful people is not defined as criminal.

Question 65

The researchers who examined violent crime in urban neighborhoods concluded that the more the residents trust each other, share values, and are willing to intervene in the lives of children, the lower the rate of crime will be.