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Question
1. The view that criminals are born and are atavistic is the view of:
A. biological determinism
B. all criminologists
C. Herbert Spencer
D. Classical Theory
2. What was/were the main charge/s raised against the views of Lombroso?
A. His sample was limited to only the prison population autopsies
B. He wrote in Italian
C. His language was too difficult to understand
D. He himself had been a notorious criminal
3. Following the above criticisms, Lombroso modified his original theory. Which of the following changes/ new categories did he make?
A. there were 'born criminals' who were the worst type
B. insane criminals and criminaloids
C. epileptic criminals and occasional criminals
D. all of the above
4. According to Lombroso, the degenerate criminal type was identified by some stigmata or characteristic. What were these stigmata?
A. strong jaws: excessive cheekbones
B. shifty eyes: eye defects or particularities
C. excessive skin wrinkles and tattooing
D. all of the above
5. Which of the following impacted the development of positivism as a theoretical framework?
A. discovery of the African continent
B. Mayan Civilization
C. Publication of the book, 'On the Origin of Species' in 1859
D. Publication of two papers by Ravenstein in London
6. What was the main tenet of the System of Positive Polity (published in 1851).
A. there is no such thing as epistomology
B. The only acceptable knowledge is scientific knowledge
C. historical knowledge from oral tradition is false
D. biblical knowledge supersedes human knowledge
7. Which of the following were/was premises in Positivism?
A. Objectivity
B. causality
C. Measurement or Quantification
D. all of the above
8. Positivism especially as derived from Auguste Comte stressed
A. the consensus view of the world
B. all of the above
C. Order in the world
D. crime violates order
9. The notion that All events must be as they are or will occur by virtue of some laws or forces that cause them was the view of:
A. Karl Marx
B. Herbert Spencer
C. Auguste Comte
D. Cesare Lombroso
10. There were three elements in the positivist approach to crime. Of the following, which is not one of them?
A. application of the scientific method
B. diagnosis of pathology
C. treatment
D. crime must be punished by revenge and personal destruction.