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Which of the following is a sociological approach that emphasizes demographics and geographics, and that characterizes delinquency areas as a major cause of criminality and victimization?
A) Chicago School
B) Psychological School
C) Positivist School
D) Postmodernism |
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Sigmund Freud is most closely related to which type of psychological theory:
A) The Psychological School
B) Personality
C) Psychoanalysis
D) Behavioral conditioning |
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A _________ is a set of interrelated propositions that attempt to describe, explain, predict, and ultimately control some class of events.
A) Hypothesis
B) Theory
C) Trait
D) Conflict Perspective |
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The _______ is an eighteenth-century approach to crime causation and criminal responsibility that emphasizes free will and reasonable punishments.
A) Psychological School
B) Classical School
C) Feminist Criminology
D) Social Learning Theory |
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What would you call a scientist who examines the shape of the head to determine causes of human behavior?
A) Nutritionist
B) Altavist
C) Botanist
D) Phrenologist |
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In 2013, Connecticut Chief Medical Examiner H. Wayne Carver, ordered the testing of Newton, Connecticut, school shooter Adam Lanza's DNA in an effort to determine "if he possessed any genetic abnormalities that could have led to his violent behavior." This is an example of which of the theories listed below?
A) Heredity and heritability
B) Behavioral conditioning
C) Chromosome Theory
D) Biosocial Criminology Theory |
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________ is known as the father of modern criminology.
A) Lombroso
B) Merton
C) Miller
D) Agnew |
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A violation of social norms defining appropriate or proper behavior under a particular set of circumstances is known as:
A) Theory
B) Deviance
C) Hypothesis
D) Social Process Theory |
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What is atavism?
A) A term used to characterize aggression
B) A term used to describe anomie
C) A term used to decide one of the concentric zones
D) A condition characterized by the existence of features thought to be common in the earlier stages of human evolution |
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A psychopath is a person with a personality disorder, especially one manifested in aggressively antisocial behavior, which is often said to be the result of a poorly developed superego
A) True
B) False |
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