Reference no: EM133331029
QUESTIONS
1. Which term did Tannenbaum use to refer to the concept that acts are neither inherently good nor evil?
a. Primary deviation
b. Secondary deviation
c. Radical nonintervention
d. Legal relativism
2. According to Moffit, this type of offender engages in antisocial behavior beginning in early in life and continues engaging in this behavior past adolescence and into adulthood.
a. Life-course persistent
b. Adolescence-limited
c. Desistors
d. All of the above
3. Raine et al. (1998) found that reactive and proactive murderers both had reduced prefrontal cortex functioning as compared to controls.
True
False
4. The model of criminal justice that says that criminal law reflects the interest of members of the society at large is the:
a. conflict model
b. criminology model
c. consensus model
d. none of the above
5. Twin studies are based on the assumption that monozygotic and dyzogtic twins both share 100% of their genes.
True
False
6. An advantage of self-report crime surveys is that they can measure the "dark figure of crime."
True
False
7. According to conflict criminologists, the criminal justice system reflects of the values and interests of the ruling class.
True
False
8. According to Sampson and Laub (1990), which of the following is an example of a turning point that might promote desistance?
a. Employment
b. Military Service
c. Marriage
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
9. If true, which of the following statements would contradict Gottfredson and Hirshi's General Theory of Crime?
a. Some offenders- such as white collar offenders- actually have good self-control.
b. Many crimes are very difficult to commit.
c. All of the above
d. None of the above
10. Specific deterrence seeks to discourage only the sanctioned individual from engaging in future misconduct.
True
False