1. Criminology is an academic discipline that uses scientific methods to study the nature, extent, cause, and control of

Chapter 01: Crime and Criminology

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• Criminology is an academic discipline that uses scientific methods to study the nature, extent, cause, and control of

criminal behavior.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Elements of Criminology

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.19.01.01 - Explain the various elements of criminology.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering

DATE CREATED: 6/28/2022 3:21 AM

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• The criminological enterprise subarea of criminal statistics/crime measurement involves creating methodologies that

are able to accurately measure activities, trends, and patterns in crime.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Elements of Criminology

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.19.01.01 - Explain the various elements of criminology.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering

DATE CREATED: 6/28/2022 3:22 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/28/2022 3:33 AM

• The branch of social science that uses the scientific method of the natural sciences and suggests that human behavior is

a product of social, biological, or economic forces which one can measure empirically is known as the Classical School of Criminology.

• True
• False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Elements of Criminology

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.19.01.01 - Explain the various elements of criminology.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering

DATE CREATED: 6/28/2022 3:22 AM

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• Chicago School sociologists argued that social forces operating in urban areas created a crime-promoting environment;

some areas were “natural areas” for crime.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Elements of Criminology

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.19.01.01 - Explain the various elements of criminology.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering

DATE CREATED: 6/28/2022 3:22 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/28/2022 3:35 AM

• Critical criminologists contend that society’s economic system plays a significant role in producing criminal behavior.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Elements of Criminology

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.19.01.01 - Explain the various elements of criminology.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering

DATE CREATED: 6/28/2022 3:22 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/28/2022 3:35 AM

• The research performed on youths involved in the criminal justice system of Eleanor and Sheldon Glueck (in the 1940s

and 1950s) profoundly influenced criminology and formed the basis for today’s trait theory.

• True
• False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Elements of Criminology

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.19.01.01 - Explain the various elements of criminology.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering

DATE CREATED: 6/28/2022 3:22 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/28/2022 3:36 AM

• According to the conflict view of crime, criminal laws are designed to protect the power and position of the upper class 2 / 4

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at the expense of those in the lower income brackets.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: How Criminologists View Crime

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.19.01.03 - Discuss the three different definitions of “crime” used by criminologists.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering

DATE CREATED: 6/28/2022 3:23 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/28/2022 3:38 AM

• The consensus view of crime suggests that the definition of crime reflects the preferences and opinions of people who

hold social power in a particular legal jurisdiction.

• True
• False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: How Criminologists View Crime

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.19.01.03 - Discuss the three different definitions of “crime” used by criminologists.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering

DATE CREATED: 6/28/2022 3:23 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/28/2022 3:39 AM

• Under common law, if a new decision was successfully applied to similar cases, it would become precedent.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Criminology and the Criminal Law

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.19.01.04 - Discuss the different purposes of the criminal law.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering

DATE CREATED: 6/28/2022 3:23 AM

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• The distinction between whether a crime is classified as a felony or misdemeanor is based upon the age of the 3 / 4

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individual committing the crime.

• True
• False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Criminology and the Criminal Law

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.19.01.04 - Discuss the different purposes of the criminal law.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering

DATE CREATED: 6/28/2022 3:23 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/28/2022 3:59 AM

• Over the past decades, it has been shown that criminological research has been influenced by government funding

linked to topics the government wants researched and topics the government wishes to avoid.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Ethical Issues in Criminology

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.19.01.06 - Identify the ethical issues in criminology.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering

DATE CREATED: 6/28/2022 3:23 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/28/2022 4:00 AM

• Bail is established at the preliminary hearing.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Criminology and Criminal Justice

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.SIEG.19.01.05 - Describe the criminal justice process.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering

DATE CREATED: 6/28/2022 3:23 AM

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• Members of a grand jury are made up of law enforcement officers and judges.
• True
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