Question 1

Left, liberal and right political perspectives tend to arrive at a consensus about future trajectories of crime even if they differ strongly about the causes and remedies.

Accepted Answer

While left, liberal and right perspectives may strongly disagree on the causes and remedies for crime, they often agree on future trajectories, such as whether crime rates are likely to increase or decrease. This is because future trajectories may be influenced by a variety of factors outside of politics, such as demographics, economic conditions, and technological changes.

Question 2

Why do sociologists argue that the divorce between criminology and sociology is a worrying path to tread?

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No Answer

Question 3

Is it possible to identify different views about the &#180;futures&#180; of crime and control?

Accepted Answer

No Answer

Question 4

New dimensions of crime, control and criminology have emerged around themes such as what?&#10;A)Human rights&#10;B)Defensible space&#10;C)Control of risk&#10;D)Criminogenic classes&#10;E)Environment crime

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Question 5

It is clear that writers on risk have identi&#239;&#172;&#129;ed a new trend in crime control. Crime has become a risk to be calculated, by who?&#10;A)General public&#10;B)Offender&#10;C)Police&#10;D)Potential victim&#10;E)Policymaker

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Question 6

As Sutherland (1949) suggested so many years ago, the focus of the criminal justice agencies will be upon those offenders who are what?&#10;A)Pose the biggest threat to society&#10;B)Are the most dangerous&#10;C)Are at the bottom of social the pile&#10;D)Commit most crimes&#10;E)Ignore the law

Accepted Answer

Sutherland (1949) suggested that the focus of criminal justice agencies tends to be on offenders who are at the bottom of the social hierarchy, reflecting a bias in how justice is administered based on social status.

Question 7

It was argued in the final chapter that ´A consumer culture, fuelled by diversity of choice, advertising and aspiration, aims to create, meet and stimulate the needs and desires of all, but it is only those with the necessary´ what? ´who can be full consumers.´

A)Skills
B)Education
C)Knowledge
D)Culture
E)Income

Accepted Answer

The sentence states that the consumer culture aims to create, meet, and stimulate the needs and desires of all individuals, but only those with the necessary income can fully participate as consumers. This implies that income is a key factor determining one's ability to consume, and thus, Option E is the best choice.

Question 8

&#180;The poor are always with us&#180;, goes the saying, but so are the?&#10;A)Criminals&#10;B)Police&#10;C)Rich&#10;D)Victims&#10;E)Politicians

Accepted Answer

The saying "the poor are always with us" implies that poverty is a constant, but it does not necessarily mean that other groups are also constant. However, the existence of the rich is implied as a contrast to the poor in the saying.

Question 9

The subsequent and extraordinary growth of criminology as a taught subject in the UK should be linked to the commodification of higher education, a phenomenon that has gone hand in hand with the expansion of the university sector following the shrinkage that took place during the Conservative administration of the 1980s.

Accepted Answer

The passage states that the growth of criminology as a taught subject in the UK is linked to the commodification of higher education, which occurred alongside the expansion of the university sector after the Conservative administration of the 1980s. Therefore, statement A is true.

Question 10

Will past crime trends continue into the future?

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Deck 23: Digital Criminology and Cybercrime