CRIMINOLOGY
QUIZ 1B
Each of the following questions is worth 3 points (75 points total)
1. According to your text, sociological criminology is not a structural
criminology.
a. True
b. False
2. One problem of experiments is that they are not generalizable.
a. True
b. False
3. The text points out that of all the legal defenses to criminal liability,
perhaps the most controversial is the insanity defense.
a. True
b. False
4. ________ refer(s) to the organized patterns of social interaction and social
relationships that exist in a group or society.:
a. Social facts
b. Social forces
c. The sociological imagination
d. Social structure
e. None of the above
5. In larger, more modern societies, norms tend to be more formal and
codified;these formal norms are referred to as:
a. Mores
b. Folkways
c. Laws
d. Unerring Principles
6. Actus reus refers to criminal intent-that the defendant intended to commit
the act for which the arrest took place.
a. True
b. False
7. At one point, anomie theory fell out of favor and in its place rose a new
control theory of criminal behavior that emphasized the criminogenic
effects of weak bonds to social institutions.
a. True
b. False
8. C. Wright Mills emphasized that what people may define as private troubles
are often more accurately described as:
a. Public issues
b. Imaginary social forces
c. A profound wisdom
d. Inconvenient facts
9. Deviance is a/an _____________ concept.
a. Absolute
b. Psychological
c. Eccentric
d. Relative
10. The familiar Gallup Poll is a __________ sample of the adult population of
the United States, allowing for generalization of the results to the
population.
a. Partial
b. Structure
c. Non-random
d. Random
11. According to Robert Merton’s strain theory, deviant behavior arises from
social realities in which few opportunities or “means” to an end exist to
achieve cultural goals.
a. True
b. False
12. According to this theoretical perspective, what we understand to be
deviant is nothing more than a function of perspective.
a. Functionalism
b. Conflict theory
c. Symbolic interactionism
13. The term stigma refers to a culturally positive label that greatly enhances
and shapes ones self-concept/identity.
a. True
b. False
14. Which of the following is not one of the four types of social control
referenced in Travis Hirschi’s control theory?
a. Belief
b. Attachment
c. Involvement
d. Opportunity
e. Integration
15. Labeling theory focuses on the process of learning deviance from family,
peers, fellow employees, political organizations, gangs etc…
a. True
b. False
16. Differential Association theorists define 2 stages in the process of becoming
a deviant: Primary deviance-a violation of a norm that may be an isolated
event, and Secondary deviance-continuing to violate a norm and taking on a
deviant identity.
a. True
b. False
17. The sociological perspective stresses that people are social beings more
than individuals.
a. True
b. False
18. The text lists three of the most common kinds of surveys. Which of the
following is NOT one of these?
a. Face-to-face interviews
b. Mailed surveys
c. Telephone surveys
d. Non-structured survey
19. Much of the research of the three “founders of sociology”-Emile Durkheim,
Max Weber and Karl Marx-was:
a. Comparative
b. Quantitative
c. Historical
d. Purely qualitative
20. In the last several decades, on e of the most famous _____________ in
sociology is the late Elliott Liebow’s Tally’s Corner, a study of urban AfricanAmerican men.
a. Observational studies
b. Survey investigations
c. Interview investigations
d. Non-participant investigations
21. According to your text, _______ is behavior that is considered so harmful
that it is banned by a criminal law.
a. Conflict
b. Consensus
c. Deviance
d. Criminogenic condition
e. None of the above
22. All societies have social customs, or standards of behavior.
a. True
b. False
23. ______________ refers to how a society is organized in terms of social
relationships and social interaction.
a. Public issues
b. Private troubles
c. Social control
d. Social consensus
e. None of the above
24. This theory assumes a consensus of opinion among people from all walks
of life on what the social norms of behavior are and should be.
a. Conflict theory
b. Symbolic interactionism
c. Functionalism
d. Disorganization theory
e. None of the above
25. According to your powerpoint notes, which of the following is not one of
Emile Durkheim's observations on deviance?
a. condemning something as “deviant” clarifies moral boundaries
b. deviance affirms cultural values and norms
c. what is constructed as deviant may often be reconstructed as something
bad
d. constructing an act as deviant can unify social groups
ESSAY QUESTION (25pts)-Be as detailed as possible when answering the question.
OUTLINE THE PRINCIPAL TYPES OF RESEARCH METHODS IN CRIMINOLOGY.
GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF EACH.