Test Bank Criminological Theory Context and Consequences 7th Edition by Robert Lilly, Francis Cullen, Richard Ball.
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Test Bank Criminological Theory Context and Consequences 7th Edition by Robert Lilly, Francis Cullen, Richard Ball.
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TEST BANK Criminological Theory Context and Consequences
7th Edition by Robert Lilly
Chapter 1: The Context and Consequences of Theory
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Each year the FBI publishes the ______ in which it lists the numbers of various
crimes that have become known to the nation’s police departments.
A. Uniform Crime Reports
B. Self-Report Survey
C. Universal Crime Report
D. National Crime Report
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Which of the following is not included in the Uniform Crime Reports “Crime Index?”
A. murder
B. assault
C. drug offenses
D. rape
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. ______ is a study in which citizens are asked whether they have been victimized.
A. Universal Crime Report
B. National Crime Report
C. National Crime Victimization Survey
D. Uniform Crime Report
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Lawlessness in ______ surpasses that in other industrialized nations.
A. England
B. the United States
C. Canada
D. Italy
Ans: B
5. ______ crime is especially prominent in the United States.
A. Property
B. Drug
C. Traffic
D. Violent/lethal
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehensive
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Most people have developed their own ______ of criminal behavior.
A. penalties
B. experiments
C. laws
D. theories
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Theory in Social Context
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. Sally has been burglarized by someone who is homeless. She then begins to think
poverty is a cause of crime. This is an example of how Sally’s ______ have/has shaped
the way she has come to think about crime.
A. social experiences
B. stereotypes
C. media consumption
D. peers
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Theory in Social Context
Difficulty Level: Hard
8. Americans’ views on crime have ______ since the settlers first landed on the nation’s
shores.
A. changed
B. become less harsh
C. become more lenient
D. stayed the same
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Theory in Social Context
Difficulty Level: Easy
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9. Support for criminal justice policies eventually will collapse if the ______ on which
they are based no longer makes sense.
A. data
B. theory
C. community
D. research
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Theory and Policy: Ideas Have Consequences
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. The fact that criminal justice policies have changed over time is a product of the
______ in society.
A. personalities
B. individuals
C. times
D. transformations
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Theory and Policy: Ideas Have Consequences
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. The ______ school emphasized the role of the rational human being who weighed
costs and benefits.
A. positivist
B. Chicago
C. classical
D. New York
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Inventing Criminology: Mainstream Theories
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. The ______ school sought to collect data in order to scientifically study criminals.
A. positivist
B. Chicago
C. classical
D. New York
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Inventing Criminology: Mainstream Theories
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. Which of the following theory is not considered one of the three mainstream theories
of criminology?
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A. differential association theory
B. anomie–strain theory
C. labeling theory
D. control theory
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Inventing Criminology: Mainstream Theories
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. ______ suggests that the criminal justice system and its approaches to solving
crime actually can increase crime rather than reduce it.
A. Conflict theory
B. Classical theory
C. Labeling theory
D. Functionalist theory
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Social Turmoil and the Rise of Critical Theories
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. ______ explanations of crime argue that the answer to crime rests largely in harsher
sanctions.
A. Left
B. Conservative
C. Liberal
D. Independent
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Criminological Theory in the Conservative Era
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. ______ argues that crime is best understood as an “event” that involves not only a
motivated offender, but also the “opportunity” to break the law.
A. Strain theory
B. Routine activities theory
C. Conflict theory
D. Differential association theory
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Criminological Theory in the Conservative Era
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. Which of the following theories brings biological thinking into criminology?
A. biosocial
B. conflict
C. labeling
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