Question 1

 

The following is an example of a Status Offense

 

 Truancy.         

 

 Shoplifting

 

 Vandalism

 

 None of the Above

 

 

 

 Question 2

 

The NIBRS is an effective tool for reporting of criminal activity for federal agencies only and statistical analysis of crime.

 

 True

 

 False.             

 

 

 

Question 3

 

Part II crimes as reported in the UCR include the following information

 

 Arrest data.               

 

 Location of the offense

 

 Party responsible for reporting the crime

 

 Reported to the FBI Compilation Center

 

 

 

Question 4

 

Strain Theory as promulgated by Merton indicates

 

 People are born neither “bad” or “good”

 

 People are inherently undisciplined

 

 People are influenced by the values of society.            

 

 All of the above

 

 

 

 Question 5

 

Glueck and Glueck determined that single parent homes were a risk factor for the development of delinquency.

 

 True.            

 

 False

 

 

 

Question 6

 

Authoritative Parent Styles are characterized by

 

 To shape and control child’s life.                  

 

 No control and extremely few restrictions on a child

 

 To be rational and apply reasonable restrictions

 

 Detached and unengaged in the child’s life

 

 

 

Question 7

 

Research demonstrates that there is no relationship between sibling criminal activity and the onset of delinquency.

 

 True

 

 False.             

 

 

 

 Question 8

 

A lack of empathy is indicative of conscience/super ego deficiency

 

 True.                     

 

 False.                

 

 

 

 

 

Question 9

 

There is an inverse relationship between IQ and the commission of crime

 

 True.              

 

 False.              

 

 

 

 Question 10

 

Diagnostic criteria for Conduct Disorder from the DSM identify include

 

 Incorrigibility

 

 Bed Wetting

 

 Animal Cruelty

 

 a & c

 

 

 

Question 11

 

Conduct Disorder diagnosed children/adolescents are also commonly diagnosed as ADHD, but the reverse is not as common.

 

 True.          

 

 False.         

 

 

 

Question 12

Biological predisposition to develop deviant behavior includes

 

 Neurological abnormalities

 

 Genetics

 

 In Utero experiences

 

 All of the above

 

 

 

 Question 13

 

B.F. Skinner’s Theory of the origin of criminal etiology excludes

 

 Behavior Modeling

 

 Extinction.           

 

 Rewards

 

 Situationism

 

 

 

Question 14

 

Instrumental Learning requires

 

 Classical conditioning

 

 Social Modeling

 

 Presence of Rewards and Punishments.            

 

 Humans act in a monotonous routine manner without active intelligence.

 

 

 

Question 15

 

The Milgram study demonstrated

 

 Social Learning Theory

 

 Fundamental Attribution Error

 

 Crimes of Obedience.             

 

 Classical Conditioning

 

 

 

Question 16

 

Deindividuation explains the phenomena of

 

 Cognitive decision making on individual behaviors

 

 Operant Conditioning.              

 

 Looting

 

 Authority

 

 

 

 Question 17

 

The Stanford Prison Experiment demonstrates

 

Classical Conditioning

 

 Operant Conditioning

 

 Moral Disengagement

 

 Crowd Violence

 

 

 

Question 18

 

Sutherland’s Theory of Differential Association demonstrates

 

 Influence of intimate personal groups

 

 Norms

 

 Definitions of unlawful v. lawful behavior

 

 All of the Above

 

 

 

Question 19

 

Akers, in contrast to Sutherland, attempts to explain the origin of crime by combining aspects of Bandura and Freud theoretical perspectives in his Differential Association – Reinforcement Theory.

 

 True

 

 False

 

 

 

Question 20

 

Examples of ethological viewpoints on aggression include

 

 Gang Graffiti painted on the back of stop signs.           

 

 Serving as a subordinate to a dominant gang member

 

 Serving as a member of the school student council

 

 None of the above

 

 

 

Question 21

 

Status Offenses are the best predictor of future criminal behavior.

 

 True

 

 False.            

 

 

 

Question 22

 

Research has demonstrated that the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.

 

 True

 

 False

 

 

 

Question 23

 

R.D. Hare defined Psychopathy as

 

 Primary Psychopaths

 

 Sociopaths

 

 Anti-Social Personality Disorder

 

 All of the Above

 

 

 

Question 24

 

Psychopaths demonstrate symptoms of

 

 Worry and anxiety

 

 Empathy for others

 

 Conscience Deficiency

 

 Depression

 

 

 

Question 25

 

Other traits of Psychopaths include

 

 Egocentricity

 

 Pathological Lying

 

 Irresponsible

 

 All of the Above

 

 

 

Question 26

 

Research does not demonstrate that psychopaths are not more likely than other offenders to derive pleasure from both the nonsexual and sexual suffering of others.

 

 True

 

 False

 

 

 

Question 27

 

The interpersonal behaviors demonstrated by psychopaths include

 

 Lack of personal goals

 

 Persistent criminal activity

 

 Promiscuous sexual behavior

 

 callousness

 

 

 

Question 28

 

The antisocial tendencies of a Psychopath include:

 

 Grandiose self-worth

 

 Shallow emotions

 

 Poor self-regulation

 

 Manipulation of others.        

 

 

 

 Question 29

 

Which of the following is considered a possible biological origin of Psychopathy?

 

 Frontal Lobe Dysfunctions

 

 Maturation Retardation Hypothesis

 

 Hemisphere Asymmetry

 

 All of the Above

 

 

 

Question 30

 

The higher the level of intelligence of a Psychopath, the more overt his behaviors.

 

 True.              

 

 False.