Introduction To Criminology ALPHA - Quiz
  • 1. What is the definition of crime?
A) Any human behavior
B) Any behavior that deviates from social norms
C) Any rational human conduct that violates a criminal law and is subject to punishment
D) Any action that is considered immoral
  • 2. What is criminology primarily concerned with studying?
A) The study of human anatomy
B) The study of business management
C) Crime, criminals, criminal behavior, and society's response to crime
D) The study of political systems
  • 3. What is deviance?
A) Criminal behavior
B) Normal behavior
C) Legal behavior
D) Conduct which the people of a group consider so dangerous or embarrassing or irritating that they bring special sanctions to bear against the persons who exhibit it
  • 4. What does "actus reus" refer to?
A) Criminal conduct specifically, intentional or criminally negligent action or inaction that causes harm
B) Criminal intent
C) Opportunity to commit a crime
D) Motive for a crime
  • 5. What does "mens rea" refer to?
A) Criminal conduct
B) Opportunity to commit a crime
C) Instrument used in a crime
D) A criminal intent or a guilty state of mind
  • 6. Which of the following is one of the three ingredients of crime?
A) Motive or desire
B) Forgiveness
C) Justice
D) Understanding
  • 7. What does "opportunity" refer to as an ingredient of crime?
A) The time and place of the commission of the crime
B) The legal system
C) The criminal's background
D) The victim's vulnerability
  • 8. What are "instruments" in the context of crime?
A) Laws and regulations
B) Ethical guidelines
C) Social norms
D) Tools employed by criminals
  • 9. What does the Cultural Deviance Theory suggest?
A) Crime is caused by economic inequality
B) Crime is a result of genetic predispositions
C) Crime happens when people grow up in neighborhoods with their own values that go against society’s usual rules
D) Crime is a result of personal choices
  • 10. What does the Social Disorganization Theory state?
A) Crime is a result of strong community bonds
B) Crime decreases in organized communities
C) Crime is a result of strict social control
D) Crime increases in neighborhoods where social institutions like family, school, and community control have broken down
  • 11. What does Strain Theory explain?
A) Crime happens when people cannot achieve society’s goals through legal means, causing pressure or frustration that leads to deviant behavior
B) Crime happens when people achieve society’s goals through legal means
C) Crime is a result of personal choices
D) Crime is a result of genetic factors
  • 12. What does Social Reaction Theory (Labeling Theory) state?
A) People become deviant when society labels them negatively, causing the label to shape their identity and future behavior
B) Labeling has no impact on behavior
C) Labeling only affects adults
D) People become deviant when they resist societal labels
  • 13. What does Conflict Theory state?
A) Crime is a result of individual choices
B) Crime is a result of societal harmony
C) Crime results from power struggles between groups, where dominant groups create laws that control and disadvantage weaker groups
D) Crime results from cooperation between groups
  • 14. What does Behavioral Theory suggest?
A) Behavior is random
B) Behavior is determined by genetics
C) All behavior, including criminal acts, is learned and shaped by rewards, punishments, and reactions from others
D) Behavior is innate
  • 15. What does Social Learning Theory explain?
A) Criminal behavior is not learned
B) People learn criminal behavior through observing, interacting with, and imitating others who already engage in crime
C) Criminal behavior is only learned in schools
D) People learn criminal behavior through genetics
  • 16. What does Differential Association Theory state?
A) People become criminal when isolated from others
B) People are only influenced by their parents
C) People become criminal when exposed to more pro-crime influences than anti-crime influences
D) People are born criminal
  • 17. What does Differential Reinforcement Theory claim?
A) Criminal behavior is learned through rewards and punishments, combining social learning with psychological conditioning processes
B) Criminal behavior is learned through genetics
C) Criminal behavior is random
D) Criminal behavior is only learned through punishment
  • 18. What does Neutralization Theory suggest?
A) Offenders learn techniques to justify or excuse wrongdoing, allowing them to drift between lawful and unlawful behavior
B) Offenders always reject societal norms
C) Offenders always obey the law
D) Offenders are unaware of their actions
  • 19. What is a typology?
A) A legal defense
B) An organizing device for categorizing large amounts of information into mutually exclusive categories
C) A type of punishment
D) A criminal motive
  • 20. What is an offense?
A) A moral wrong
B) An act or omission that is punishable by special laws
C) A civil dispute
D) A serious crime
  • 21. What is a special law?
A) A law that is not enforced
B) A law that applies only to certain people
C) A law that is only applied in certain regions
D) A statute enacted by congress, penal in character, which is not an amendment of the Revised Penal Code
  • 22. What is a felony?
A) A serious crime. This category includes murder, rape, aggravated assault, robbery, arson, and so on. A felony is an act or omission that is punishable by the Revised Penal Code
B) A minor violation
C) A civil dispute
D) A traffic violation
  • 23. What is a delinquency/misdemeanor/infraction?
A) A moral wrong
B) A serious crime
C) A federal offense
D) An act that is in violation of a simple rule or regulation, a minor violation of the law. It usually refers to those committed by minor offenders such as violations of city or municipal ordinances
  • 24. What do violent crimes include?
A) Offenses where violence was applied. They are also called acts or crimes against persons
B) Public disturbances
C) Traffic violations
D) Financial fraud
  • 25. What are economic crimes primarily committed for?
A) To bring financial gain to the offender
B) Political reasons
C) To seek revenge
D) To express anger
  • 26. What are public order crimes?
A) Crimes that have no victims
B) Crimes committed in private
C) Unlawful acts that interfere with the normal operation of society and the ability of people to function efficiently
D) Crimes that benefit the public
  • 27. What does "mala in se" mean?
A) Wrong because it is prohibited
B) Good in itself
C) Evil in itself
D) Neutral act
  • 28. What does "mala prohibita" mean?
A) Evil in itself
B) Morally right
C) Wrong because it is prohibited
D) Socially acceptable
  • 29. What are white-collar crimes?
A) Crimes committed by unskilled workers
B) Crimes committed in the workplace
C) Those committed by persons of respectability and of upper socio-economic class in the course of their occupational activities; also referred to as corporate or occupational crime
D) Crimes committed against corporations
  • 30. What are blue-collar crimes?
A) Those committed by ordinary professional criminals to maintain their livelihood
B) Crimes committed by white-collar workers
C) Crimes committed by police officers
D) Crimes committed in factories
  • 31. What are crimes by imitation?
A) Crimes committed by accident
B) Crimes committed by robots
C) Crimes committed by merely duplicating what was done by others; based on the
D) Crimes committed by animals
  • 32. What are crimes of passion?
A) Those committed at the height of great emotions
B) Crimes committed for political reasons
C) Crimes committed for money
D) Crimes committed without thinking
  • 33. What are service crimes?
A) Crimes committed by government employees
B) Crimes committed in the military
C) Crimes committed through rendition of service to satisfy desire of another
D) Crimes committed by doctors
  • 34. What is genocide?
A) A crime against property
B) A crime against animals
C) A crime against the environment
D) A crime committed by a government through mass destruction or annihilation of human populations
  • 35. What are transnational crimes?
A) Violations of law that involve more than one country in their planning, execution, e.g. drug trafficking, human trafficking
B) Crimes that are only committed by tourists
C) Crimes that are legal in some countries
D) Crimes that occur within a single country
  • 36. What are environmental crimes?
A) Acts that breach environmental legislation and cause significant harm or risk to the environment and human health
B) Crimes committed in national parks
C) Crimes committed for environmental activism
D) Crimes committed against people
  • 37. What are cybercrimes?
A) Crimes committed by government officials
B) Crimes committed in physical spaces
C) Crimes that involve computers and networks
D) Crimes committed by corporations
  • 38. What are political crimes?
A) Crimes committed during elections
B) Crimes committed in political rallies
C) Criminal activities for ideological purposes; also serious violations of laws that threaten the security or existence of the government
D) Crimes committed by politicians
  • 39. What are acute criminals?
A) Criminals who are mentally ill
B) Criminals who commit crimes for financial gain
C) Criminals who plan their crimes carefully
D) They commit crimes due to impulses of the moment, fit of passion, anger, or spell of extreme jealousy
  • 40. What are chronic criminals?
A) Criminals who commit crimes due to drug addiction
B) Criminals who commit crimes impulsively
C) Criminals who commit crimes due to mental illness
D) They are those who acted in consonance with deliberate thinking
  • 41. What are normal criminals?
A) Their psychic conditions resemble that of a normal individual, except that they identify themselves with criminal prototypes
B) Criminals who are highly intelligent
C) Criminals who are mentally ill
D) Criminals who are highly skilled
  • 42. What are ordinary criminals?
A) Criminals who are highly skilled
B) Considered to be the lowest form in the criminal career, ordinary criminals engage only in conventional crimes that require limited skill. They lack organization to help them avoid arrest and conviction
C) Criminals who commit complex crimes
D) Criminals who are highly organized
  • 43. What are organized criminals?
A) Criminals who are mentally unstable
B) Criminals who commit crimes randomly
C) Criminals who are easily caught
D) They have high degree of organization to enable them to commit crimes without being detected
  • 44. What are professional criminals?
A) They are highly skilled and able to obtain considerable amount of money without being detected due to organization and contact with professional criminals. They are always able to escape conviction, and they specialize in crimes that require skills
B) Criminals who are easily caught
C) Criminals who are amateurs
D) Criminals who are mentally ill
  • 45. What are accidental criminals?
A) Criminals who plan their crimes carefully
B) Criminals who commit crimes for financial gain
C) They commit criminal acts as a result of unanticipated circumstances
D) Criminals who commit crimes intentionally
  • 46. What are situational criminals?
A) They are not actually criminals but commit crimes due to a given situation; sometimes their criminal activities are intermixed with legitimate activities
B) Criminals who commit crimes randomly
C) Criminals who are always criminal
D) Criminals who commit crimes for fun
  • 47. What are habitual criminals?
A) Criminals who commit crimes only once
B) Criminals who commit crimes for political reasons
C) Criminals who commit crimes rarely
D) They continue to commit criminal acts for diverse reasons due to deficiency of intelligence and lack of self-control
  • 48. What are active-aggressive criminals?
A) Criminals who are passive
B) Criminals who commit crimes calmly
C) Criminals who commit crimes for financial gain
D) They commit crimes in impulsive manner usually due to their aggressive behavior, as shown in crimes of passion, resentment, or revenge
  • 49. What are passive-inadequate criminals?
A) Criminals who commit crimes independently
B) They commit crimes because they are pushed to inducement, reward, or promise without considering do it, by the consequences. For this, they are called "ulukan."
C) Criminals who commit crimes for political reasons
D) Criminals who are aggressive
  • 50. What are socialized criminals?
A) Criminals who reject social norms
B) Criminals
C) Criminals who are isolated from society
D) They are normal in their behavior but mere inadequate and defective in their socialization process
  • 51. judge sentences a repeat offender to a mandatory maximum prison term specifically to set an example and discourage others in the community from committing similar crimes. Which concept is being applied?
A) Rehabilitation
B) Specific Deterrence
C) Retribution
D) General Deterrence
  • 52. Marcus believes that criminals are "born" with certain physical abnormalities, such as a receding hairline and asymmetrical facial features. Marcus’s view aligns most closely with which criminologist?
A) Enrico Ferri
B) Cesare Lombroso
C) Raffaele Garofalo E.
D) Jeremy Bentham
  • 53. n a local neighborhood, residents notice that broken windows are left unrepaired and litter is piling up. Soon after, serious crimes begin to rise. This scenario best illustrates which theory?
A) Strain Theory
B) Broken Windows Theory
C) Labeling Theory
D) Social Control Theory
  • 54. A teenager starts hanging out with a group of friends who frequently shoplift. Over time, he learns the techniques of shoplifting and begins to view the act as "cool" rather than "wrong." This is an example of
A) Rational Choice Theory
B) Routine Activities Theory
C) Differential Association Theory
D) Anomie Theory
  • 55. During a period of rapid economic collapse, a city experiences a breakdown in social norms and a sense of "normlessness" among its citizens, leading to a spike in crime. What is the term for this state?
A) Symbiosis
B) Atavism
C) Anomie
D) Somatotyping
  • 56. Sarah leaves her expensive laptop on a café table while she goes to the restroom for ten minutes. When she returns, the laptop is gone. According to the Routine Activities Theory, Sarah represents the absence of
A) A Motivated Offender
B) A Capable Guardian
C) Social Bond
D) A Suitable Target
  • 57. A victim of a robbery is blamed by the community because she was walking alone in a "bad neighborhood" late at night. This psychological phenomenon is known as
A) Secondary Victimization
B) Victim Blaming
C) Victim Compensation
D) Restorative Justice
  • 58. An employee at a bank systematically transfers small fractions of cents from thousands of accounts into his personal offshore account. This is a classic example of
A) Victimless Crime
B) White-collar Crime
C) Blue-collar Crime
D) Violent Crime
  • 59. Which type of victim is characterized by someone who unknowingly provokes a confrontation, such as a person using offensive language that leads to a physical fight?
A) Victim more Guilty than Offender
B) Completely Innocent Victim
C) Victim with Minor Guilt
D) Victim as Guilty as Offender
  • 60. A person commits a crime not because they planned to, but because they were overwhelmed by a sudden, intense heat of passion or extreme provocation. This is categorized as
A) A person commits a crime not because they planned to, but because they were overwhelmed by a sudden, intense heat of passion or extreme provocation. This is categorized as
B) Episodic/Acute Crime
C) Professional Crime
D) Chronic Crime
  • 61. Which school of criminology argues that "the punishment should fit the crime" and that humans possess free will?
A) AClassical School
B) Positivist School
C) Chicago School
D) Neo-Classical School
  • 62. A 10-year-old child steals a loaf of bread. The judge decides to mitigate the penalty because of the child’s age and lack of full mental capacity. Which school of thought allows for such "mitigating circumstances"?
A) Italian School
B) Positivist School
C) Classical School
D) Neo-Classical School
  • 63. Which of the following refers to the study of the transition of a person from being a law-abiding citizen to a criminal?
A) Criminal Evolution
B) Penology
C) Victimogenesis
D) Criminogenesis
  • 64. A scientist studies the relationship between a person's body build and their temperament. He concludes that "Mesomorphs" (muscular types) are most likely to be aggressive. Who is this researcher?
A) Robert Merton
B) Sigmund Freud
C) William Sheldon
D) Emile Durkheim
  • 65. When a person is arrested and labeled a "thief" by the public, they begin to accept this identity and commit more thefts. This process is known as
A) Secondary Deviance
B) Primary Deviance
C) Tertiary Deviance
D) Social Stigma
  • 66. Criminology is considered a "Social Science" because it
A) Is applicable only in specific countries.
B) Studies crime as a social phenomenon
C) Only focuses on the laws written in books
D) Uses chemistry to analyze blood
  • 67. Because the definition of crime changes as society evolves (e.g., what was legal 100 years ago may be illegal now), Criminology is said to be
A) Dynamic
B) Absolute
C) Stable
D) Nationalistic
  • 68. Which branch of Criminology focuses specifically on the scientific study of the causes of crime and the development of criminals?
A) Criminal Etiology
B) Penology
C) Victimology
D) Sociology of Law
  • 69. A study finds that crime rates are higher in urban "zone of transition" areas where there is high population turnover and poverty. This aligns with:
A) Social Disorganization Theory
B) Strain Theory
C) Biological Theory
D) Choice Theory
  • 70. This refers to the total number of crimes that go unreported to the police.
A) Dark Figure of Crime
B) Crime Rate
C) Index Crimes
D) Recidivism
  • 71. A criminal uses a specific "signature" or method in every burglary, such as leaving a playing card on the table. This is known as
A) Mens Rea
B) Actus Reus
C) Modus Operandi
D) Mala In Se
  • 72. An act that is considered wrong in itself, such as murder or rape, regardless of whether a law forbids it, is called:
A) Mala Prohibita
B) Mala In Se
C) Felony
D) Misdemeanor
  • 73. Which term refers to the "guilty mind" or the intent to commit a crime?
A) Mens Rea
B) Doli Incapax
C) Corpus Delicti
D) Actus Reus
  • 74. The study of the "physical" evidence of a crime (fingerprints, ballistics) to identify a suspect is technically known as
A) Sociology
B) Penology
C) Criminology
D) Criminalistics
  • 75. If a person commits a crime because they believe the rewards (money) outweigh the risks (getting caught), they are following the
A) Free Will Doctrine
B) All of the above
C) Pleasure-Pain Principle (Hedonism)
D) Rational Choice Theory
  • 76. A young man lives in a slum area where he has no access to quality education or jobs. He decides to join a drug syndicate to achieve the "American Dream" of wealth. According to Robert Merton, this adaptation is called
A) Innovation
B) Retreatism
C) Ritualism
D) Conformity
  • 77. n a high-poverty neighborhood, a subculture emerges where young men gain status through physical toughness and "street smarts" rather than academic success. This describes:
A) Differential Association
B) Labeling Theory
C) Focal Concerns of the Lower Class
D) Social Bond Theory
  • 78. A student who usually gets good grades is bullied at school and his parents are going through a divorce. Due to this extreme emotional pressure, he starts using illegal drugs. This fits which theory?
A) Rational Choice Theory
B) Neutralization Theory
C) Classical Strain Theory
D) General Strain Theory (Agnew)
  • 79. Which theory suggests that people are naturally inclined to commit crime but are held back by their ties to family, school, and peers?
A) Life Course Theory
B) Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
C) Social Control/Bond Theory
D) Social Learning Theory
  • 80. According to Travis Hirschi, which element of the social bond refers to the "time and energy" a person spends in conventional activities like sports or studying?
A) Belief
B) Involvement
C) Attachment
D) Commitment
  • 81. A man commits a violent assault and shows no remorse or empathy for the victim. He is charming but manipulative. A psychologist would likely screen him for:
A) Paranoia
B) Schizophrenia
C) Psychopathy/Antisocial Personality Disorder
D) Neuroticism
  • 82. According to Freud, which part of the personality represents the "conscience" and the moral rules of society?
A) Alter-Ego
B) Superego
C) Ego
D) Id
  • 83. A researcher suggests that a specific murderer committed the crime because of a chemical imbalance and an overabundance of dopamine in the brain. This falls under:
A) Social Ecology
B) Psychological Positivism
C) Biochemical Theory
D) Evolutionary Criminology
  • 84. A child observes his father hitting his mother to get what he wants. Later, the child hits his classmates to get their toys. This is an example of
A) Cognitive Dissonance
B) bservational Learning (Modeling)
C) Operant Conditioning
D) Genetic Predisposition
  • 85. Which term refers to the "primitive" part of the human personality that seeks immediate gratification of biological drives like hunger and sex?
A) Preconscious
B) Superego
C) Id
D) Ego
  • 86. A teenager steals a car but tells himself, "The owner is rich and has insurance, so they aren't really losing anything." This technique of neutralization is
A) Denial of Injury
B) Condemnation of Condemners
C) Denial of Responsibility
D) Denial of Victim
  • 87. The process by which the justice system creates "career criminals" by stigmatizing first-time offenders is known as
A) Decriminalization
B) Radical Non-intervention
C) The Dramatization of Evil
D) Diversion
  • 88. Which of the following describes "Primary Deviance"?
A) Crime that is inherently evil.
B) Crime committed by high-ranking officials.
C) Initial acts of norm violation that have very little influence on the self-concept
D) . Deviance that occurs after a person accepts a criminal label.
  • 89. A judge decides to send a juvenile to a community service program instead of jail to avoid giving him a permanent criminal record. This practice is called:
A) Deterrence
B) Incapacitation
C) Diversion
D) Retribution
  • 90. In the "Concentric Zone Model" of a city, which zone is characterized by the highest crime rates and social physical deterioration?
A) Zone IV: Residential Zone
B) Zone I: Central Business District
C) Zone II: Zone in Transition
D) Zone III: Workingmen’s Homes
  • 91. Which month is statistically associated with higher rates of violent crimes like assault and rape due to increased social interaction and temperature?
A) July
B) October
C) December
D) January
  • 92. The "Age-Crime Curve" generally shows that crime rates peak during which life stage?
A) B. Late Adolescence/Young Adulthood (15-24)
B) Middle Age (40-50)
C) Senior Years (65+)
D) Childhood (5-10)
  • 93. Which of the following is considered an "Index Crime" (or Focus Crime) in many police reporting systems?
A) Gambling
B) Robbery
C) Vagrancy
D) Littering
  • 94. A researcher uses "Self-Report Surveys" to gather data. What is the primary advantage of this method?
A) It only counts crimes that lead to a conviction.
B) It captures the "Dark Figure of Crime"
C) It is always 100% honest
D) It is more official than police records.
  • 95. A person is forced at gunpoint to drive a getaway car for a bank robbery. He may use the defense of:
A) Insanity
B) Duress/Compulsion
C) Alibi
D) Self-defense
  • 96. This refers to the state of being a "habitual delinquent" or a repeat offender who keeps returning to prison.
A) Anomie
B) Atavism
C) Anomie
D) Stigma
  • 97. What is the "Golden Thread" of criminal justice, meaning a person is innocent until proven guilty?
A) Equal Protection
B) Habeas Corpus
C) Presumption of Innocence
D) Due Process
  • 98. If a law is passed today making an act illegal that was legal yesterday, and the government tries to punish you for doing it last week, this is a prohibited:
A) Ex Post Facto Law
B) Writ of Amparo
C) Blue Law
D) Bill of Attainder
  • 99. When a gang member kills a rival member to protect his "brothers," he justifies it by saying his loyalty to the gang is more important than the law. This is:
A) Denial of Victim
B) Appeal to Higher Loyalties
C) Denial of Responsibility
D) Denial of Injury
  • 100. The "Classical School" of Criminology was a reaction against:
A) The concept of democracy.
B) The cruel and arbitrary justice of the 18th century
C) Scientific research
D) The use of prisons.
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