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CRIM 1 INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY
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  • 1. What is the definition of crime?
A) Any human behavior
B) Any behavior that deviates from social norms
C) Any action that is considered immoral
D) Any rational human conduct that violates a criminal law and is subject to punishment
  • 2. What does the term "norm" refer to?
A) Any standard or rule regarding what human beings should or should not think, say, or do under given circumstances
B) A statistical average
C) A legal statute
D) A social gathering
  • 3. What is deviance?
A) Legal behavior
B) Normal behavior
C) 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
D) Criminal behavior
  • 4. What does "actus reus" refer to?
A) Criminal intent
B) Opportunity to commit a crime
C) Motive for a crime
D) Criminal conduct specifically, intentional or criminally negligent action or inaction that causes harm
  • 5. What does "mens rea" refer to?
A) Opportunity to commit a crime
B) A criminal intent or a guilty state of mind
C) Criminal conduct
D) Instrument used in a crime
  • 6. Which of the following is one of the three ingredients of crime?
A) Forgiveness
B) Understanding
C) Motive or desire
D) Justice
  • 7. What does "opportunity" refer to as an ingredient of crime?
A) The legal system
B) The victim's vulnerability
C) The time and place of the commission of the crime
D) The criminal's background
  • 8. What are "instruments" in the context of crime?
A) Social norms
B) Tools employed by criminals
C) Ethical guidelines
D) Laws and regulations
  • 9. What does the Cultural Deviance Theory suggest?
A) Crime is a result of personal choices
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 caused by economic inequality
  • 10. What does the Social Disorganization Theory state?
A) Crime is a result of strong community bonds
B) Crime increases in neighborhoods where social institutions like family, school, and community control have broken down
C) Crime is a result of strict social control
D) Crime decreases in organized communities
  • 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 is a result of genetic factors
C) Crime is a result of personal choices
D) Crime happens when people achieve society’s goals through legal means
  • 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 only affects adults
C) People become deviant when they resist societal labels
D) Labeling has no impact on behavior
  • 13. What does Conflict Theory state?
A) Crime is a result of societal harmony
B) Crime results from power struggles between groups, where dominant groups create laws that control and disadvantage weaker groups
C) Crime is a result of individual choices
D) Crime results from cooperation between groups
  • 14. What does Behavioral Theory suggest?
A) Behavior is random
B) All behavior, including criminal acts, is learned and shaped by rewards, punishments, and reactions from others
C) Behavior is innate
D) Behavior is determined by genetics
  • 15. What does Social Learning Theory explain?
A) Criminal behavior is not learned
B) People learn criminal behavior through genetics
C) Criminal behavior is only learned in schools
D) People learn criminal behavior through observing, interacting with, and imitating others who already engage in crime
  • 16. What does Differential Association Theory state?
A) People are only influenced by their parents
B) People become criminal when isolated from others
C) People are born criminal
D) People become criminal when exposed to more pro-crime influences than anti-crime influences
  • 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 random
C) Criminal behavior is learned through genetics
D) Criminal behavior is only learned through punishment
  • 18. What does Neutralization Theory suggest?
A) Offenders are unaware of their actions
B) Offenders always reject societal norms
C) Offenders learn techniques to justify or excuse wrongdoing, allowing them to drift between lawful and unlawful behavior
D) Offenders always obey the law
  • 19. What is a typology?
A) A criminal motive
B) A legal defense
C) A type of punishment
D) An organizing device for categorizing large amounts of information into mutually exclusive categories
  • 20. What is an offense?
A) A serious crime
B) An act or omission that is punishable by special laws
C) A moral wrong
D) A civil dispute
  • 21. What is a special law?
A) A statute enacted by congress, penal in character, which is not an amendment of the Revised Penal Code
B) A law that is only applied in certain regions
C) A law that applies only to certain people
D) A law that is not enforced
  • 22. What is a felony?
A) A minor violation
B) 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
C) A traffic violation
D) A civil dispute
  • 23. What is a delinquency/misdemeanor/infraction?
A) A serious crime
B) A federal offense
C) A moral wrong
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) Financial fraud
B) Offenses where violence was applied. They are also called acts or crimes against persons
C) Traffic violations
D) Public disturbances
  • 25. What are economic crimes primarily committed for?
A) To seek revenge
B) Political reasons
C) To express anger
D) To bring financial gain to the offender
  • 26. What are public order crimes?
A) Crimes that have no victims
B) Crimes that benefit the public
C) Crimes committed in private
D) Unlawful acts that interfere with the normal operation of society and the ability of people to function efficiently
  • 27. What does "mala in se" mean?
A) Wrong because it is prohibited
B) Neutral act
C) Good in itself
D) Evil in itself
  • 28. What does "mala prohibita" mean?
A) Socially acceptable
B) Morally right
C) Wrong because it is prohibited
D) Evil in itself
  • 29. What are white-collar crimes?
A) 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
B) Crimes committed against corporations
C) Crimes committed in the workplace
D) Crimes committed by unskilled workers
  • 30. What are blue-collar crimes?
A) Those committed by ordinary professional criminals to maintain their livelihood
B) Crimes committed in factories
C) Crimes committed by police officers
D) Crimes committed by white-collar workers
  • 31. What are crimes by imitation?
A) Crimes committed by robots
B) Crimes committed by accident
C) Crimes committed by animals
D) Crimes committed by merely duplicating what was done by others; based on the
  • 32. What are crimes of passion?
A) Crimes committed for political reasons
B) Crimes committed for money
C) Crimes committed without thinking
D) Those committed at the height of great emotions
  • 33. What are service crimes?
A) Crimes committed by doctors
B) Crimes committed in the military
C) Crimes committed through rendition of service to satisfy desire of another
D) Crimes committed by government employees
  • 34. What is genocide?
A) A crime against the environment
B) A crime against property
C) A crime committed by a government through mass destruction or annihilation of human populations
D) A crime against animals
  • 35. What are transnational crimes?
A) Crimes that are only committed by tourists
B) Violations of law that involve more than one country in their planning, execution, e.g. drug trafficking, human trafficking
C) Crimes that occur within a single country
D) Crimes that are legal in some countries
  • 36. What are environmental crimes?
A) Crimes committed against people
B) Crimes committed in national parks
C) Crimes committed for environmental activism
D) Acts that breach environmental legislation and cause significant harm or risk to the environment and human health
  • 37. What are cybercrimes?
A) Crimes that involve computers and networks
B) Crimes committed by corporations
C) Crimes committed by government officials
D) Crimes committed in physical spaces
  • 38. What are political crimes?
A) Crimes committed during elections
B) Criminal activities for ideological purposes; also serious violations of laws that threaten the security or existence of the government
C) Crimes committed in political rallies
D) Crimes committed by politicians
  • 39. What are acute criminals?
A) Criminals who plan their crimes carefully
B) Criminals who commit crimes for financial gain
C) They commit crimes due to impulses of the moment, fit of passion, anger, or spell of extreme jealousy
D) Criminals who are mentally ill
  • 40. What are chronic criminals?
A) Criminals who commit crimes due to drug addiction
B) Criminals who commit crimes due to mental illness
C) Criminals who commit crimes impulsively
D) They are those who acted in consonance with deliberate thinking
  • 41. What are normal criminals?
A) Criminals who are mentally ill
B) Their psychic conditions resemble that of a normal individual, except that they identify themselves with criminal prototypes
C) Criminals who are highly intelligent
D) Criminals who are highly skilled
  • 42. What are ordinary criminals?
A) Criminals who are highly organized
B) Criminals who are highly skilled
C) Criminals who commit complex crimes
D) 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
  • 43. What are organized criminals?
A) Criminals who commit crimes randomly
B) Criminals who are mentally unstable
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) Criminals who are mentally ill
B) Criminals who are easily caught
C) 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
D) Criminals who are amateurs
  • 45. What are accidental criminals?
A) Criminals who commit crimes for financial gain
B) They commit criminal acts as a result of unanticipated circumstances
C) Criminals who plan their crimes carefully
D) Criminals who commit crimes intentionally
  • 46. What are situational criminals?
A) Criminals who commit crimes randomly
B) Criminals who are always criminal
C) They are not actually criminals but commit crimes due to a given situation; sometimes their criminal activities are intermixed with legitimate activities
D) Criminals who commit crimes for fun
  • 47. What are habitual criminals?
A) Criminals who commit crimes for political reasons
B) Criminals who commit crimes rarely
C) Criminals who commit crimes only once
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) They commit crimes in impulsive manner usually due to their aggressive behavior, as shown in crimes of passion, resentment, or revenge
B) Criminals who commit crimes calmly
C) Criminals who commit crimes for financial gain
D) Criminals who are passive
  • 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) They are normal in their behavior but mere inadequate and defective in their socialization process
B) Criminals who are isolated from society
C) Criminals
D) Criminals who reject social norms
  • 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) Specific Deterrence
B) Rehabilitation
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) Raffaele Garofalo E.
B) Enrico Ferri
C) Jeremy Bentham
D) Cesare Lombroso
  • 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) Labeling Theory
B) Social Control Theory
C) Strain Theory
D) Broken Windows 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) Anomie Theory
C) Differential Association Theory
D) Routine Activities 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) Anomie
B) Symbiosis
C) Somatotyping
D) Atavism
  • 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 Capable Guardian
B) A Suitable Target
C) Social Bond
D) A Motivated Offender
  • 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) Restorative Justice
B) Secondary Victimization
C) Victim Compensation
D) Victim Blaming
  • 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) Blue-collar Crime
B) White-collar Crime
C) Violent Crime
D) Victimless 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 with Minor Guilt
B) Victim as Guilty as Offender
C) Victim more Guilty than Offender
D) Completely Innocent Victim
  • 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) Episodic/Acute Crime
B) Chronic Crime
C) Professional Crime
D) 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
  • 61. Which school of criminology argues that "the punishment should fit the crime" and that humans possess free will?
A) Neo-Classical School
B) Positivist School
C) Chicago School
D) AClassical 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) Positivist School
B) Neo-Classical School
C) Classical School
D) Italian 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) Victimogenesis
B) Criminogenesis
C) Criminal Evolution
D) Penology
  • 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) William Sheldon
B) Robert Merton
C) Emile Durkheim
D) Sigmund Freud
  • 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) Social Stigma
C) Tertiary Deviance
D) Primary Deviance
  • 66. Criminology is considered a "Social Science" because it
A) Uses chemistry to analyze blood
B) Studies crime as a social phenomenon
C) Only focuses on the laws written in books
D) Is applicable only in specific countries.
  • 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) Stable
B) Absolute
C) Dynamic
D) Nationalistic
  • 68. Which branch of Criminology focuses specifically on the scientific study of the causes of crime and the development of criminals?
A) Penology
B) Sociology of Law
C) Criminal Etiology
D) Victimology
  • 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) Choice Theory
C) Biological Theory
D) Strain Theory
  • 70. This refers to the total number of crimes that go unreported to the police.
A) Dark Figure of Crime
B) Index Crimes
C) Recidivism
D) Crime Rate
  • 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) Mala In Se
D) Modus Operandi
  • 72. An act that is considered wrong in itself, such as murder or rape, regardless of whether a law forbids it, is called:
A) Misdemeanor
B) Mala Prohibita
C) Felony
D) Mala In Se
  • 73. Which term refers to the "guilty mind" or the intent to commit a crime?
A) Corpus Delicti
B) Actus Reus
C) Mens Rea
D) Doli Incapax
  • 74. The study of the "physical" evidence of a crime (fingerprints, ballistics) to identify a suspect is technically known as
A) Criminology
B) Penology
C) Sociology
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) All of the above
B) Rational Choice Theory
C) Pleasure-Pain Principle (Hedonism)
D) Free Will Doctrine
  • 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) Ritualism
B) Innovation
C) Retreatism
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) Classical Strain Theory
B) General Strain Theory (Agnew)
C) Rational Choice Theory
D) Neutralization Theory
  • 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) Social Control/Bond Theory
B) Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
C) Life Course 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) Attachment
B) Involvement
C) Belief
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) Psychopathy/Antisocial Personality Disorder
B) Paranoia
C) Schizophrenia
D) Neuroticism
  • 82. According to Freud, which part of the personality represents the "conscience" and the moral rules of society?
A) Ego
B) Alter-Ego
C) Id
D) Superego
  • 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) Biochemical Theory
B) Evolutionary Criminology
C) Social Ecology
D) Psychological Positivism
  • 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) bservational Learning (Modeling)
B) Operant Conditioning
C) Genetic Predisposition
D) Cognitive Dissonance
  • 85. Which term refers to the "primitive" part of the human personality that seeks immediate gratification of biological drives like hunger and sex?
A) Id
B) Ego
C) Preconscious
D) Superego
  • 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) Denial of Responsibility
C) Condemnation of Condemners
D) Denial of Victim
  • 87. The process by which the justice system creates "career criminals" by stigmatizing first-time offenders is known as
A) Radical Non-intervention
B) Diversion
C) The Dramatization of Evil
D) Decriminalization
  • 88. Which of the following describes "Primary Deviance"?
A) Initial acts of norm violation that have very little influence on the self-concept
B) Crime that is inherently evil.
C) . Deviance that occurs after a person accepts a criminal label.
D) Crime committed by high-ranking officials.
  • 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) Incapacitation
B) Deterrence
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 I: Central Business District
B) Zone III: Workingmen’s Homes
C) Zone II: Zone in Transition
D) Zone IV: Residential Zone
  • 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) Childhood (5-10)
B) Middle Age (40-50)
C) B. Late Adolescence/Young Adulthood (15-24)
D) Senior Years (65+)
  • 93. Which of the following is considered an "Index Crime" (or Focus Crime) in many police reporting systems?
A) Littering
B) Robbery
C) Vagrancy
D) Gambling
  • 94. A researcher uses "Self-Report Surveys" to gather data. What is the primary advantage of this method?
A) It captures the "Dark Figure of Crime"
B) It is more official than police records.
C) It only counts crimes that lead to a conviction.
D) It is always 100% honest
  • 95. A person is forced at gunpoint to drive a getaway car for a bank robbery. He may use the defense of:
A) Duress/Compulsion
B) Insanity
C) Self-defense
D) Alibi
  • 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) Stigma
D) Anomie
  • 97. What is the "Golden Thread" of criminal justice, meaning a person is innocent until proven guilty?
A) Presumption of Innocence
B) Due Process
C) Habeas Corpus
D) Equal Protection
  • 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) Bill of Attainder
C) Writ of Amparo
D) Blue Law
  • 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 Injury
B) Appeal to Higher Loyalties
C) Denial of Victim
D) Denial of Responsibility
  • 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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