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  • 1. What is criminology?
A) Study of police equipment
B) Study of government laws only
C) Scientific study of crime and criminal behavior
D) Study of punishment only
  • 2. Who is known as the Father of Criminology?
A) Cesare Beccaria
B) Cesare Lombroso
C) Edwin Sutherland
D) Jeremy Bentham
  • 3. Who is known as the Father of Classical Criminology?
A) Enrico Ferri
B) Cesare Beccaria
C) Cesare Lombroso
D) Raffaele Garofalo
  • 4. Who is credited with introducing the term criminology?
A) Travis Hirschi
B) Raffaele Garofalo
C) Jeremy Bentham
D) Edwin Sutherland
  • 5. What is the primary subject matter of criminology?
A) Business management
B) Political campaigns
C) Weather conditions
D) Criminal behavior and crime
  • 6. Which field studies victims of crime?
A) Penology
B) Victimology
C) Sociology
D) Anthropology
  • 7. Which field studies punishment and correctional systems?
A) Biology
B) Penology
C) Psychology
D) Victimology
  • 8. What is a crime?
A) Any act considered impolite
B) An act or omission punishable by law
C) Any violation of family rules
D) Any behavior disliked by a person
  • 9. What is deviance?
A) A court judgment
B) Only a serious criminal offense
C) Behavior that violates social norms
D) A police investigation
  • 10. What does recidivism mean?
A) Reporting a crime
B) Becoming a crime victim
C) Returning to criminal behavior
D) Committing a crime for the first time
  • 11. Which discipline studies human society and social relationships?
A) Sociology
B) Physics
C) Chemistry
D) Astronomy
  • 12. Which discipline studies mental processes and behavior?
A) Political science
B) Economics
C) Psychology
D) Geology
  • 13. Which discipline examines human biological characteristics?
A) Philosophy
B) History
C) Biology
D) Sociology
  • 14. Why is criminology considered interdisciplinary?
A) It excludes social sciences
B) It uses knowledge from several academic fields
C) It focuses only on police officers
D) It studies laws only
  • 15. What is the primary goal of crime prevention?
A) Increase criminal opportunities
B) Punish every suspicious person
C) Reduce the likelihood of crime
D) Eliminate all courts
  • 16. What is rehabilitation?
A) Preventing victims from reporting crimes
B) Ignoring criminal behavior
C) Increasing punishment in every case
D) Helping offenders change and reintegrate into society
  • 17. What is deterrence?
A) Encouraging criminal activity
B) Removing criminal laws
C) Discouraging crime through the threat or experience of sanctions
D) Studying fingerprints
  • 18. What is criminal behavior?
A) Behavior that violates criminal law
B) Any unusual behavior
C) Any disagreement
D) Any violation of fashion trends
  • 19. What does victimization refer to?
A) The process of sentencing judges
B) The process of becoming a victim of crime or harm
C) The rehabilitation of offenders
D) The study of police ranks
  • 20. Which is a major concern of criminological research?
A) Designing buildings
B) Predicting the weather
C) Studying planets
D) Understanding crime patterns and causes
  • 21. Which school emphasizes free will and rational choice?
A) Chicago School
B) Biological School
C) Positivist School
D) Classical School
  • 22. Which school emphasizes scientific study of factors associated with criminal behavior?
A) Positivist School
B) Legal School
C) Classical School
D) Historical School
  • 23. Who wrote On Crimes and Punishments?
A) Cesare Beccaria
B) Enrico Ferri
C) Raffaele Garofalo
D) Cesare Lombroso
  • 24. In what year was On Crimes and Punishments published?
A) 1764
B) 1804
C) 1750
D) 1789
  • 25. Who is associated with the concept of the “born criminal”?
A) Robert Merton
B) Jeremy Bentham
C) Edwin Sutherland
D) Cesare Lombroso
  • 26. What was the central emphasis of Lombroso's early theory?
A) Social learning alone
B) Free will alone
C) Biological characteristics associated with criminality
D) Economic inequality alone
  • 27. Which early criminologist emphasized social and economic factors in criminal behavior?
A) Travis Hirschi
B) Cesare Beccaria
C) Enrico Ferri
D) Jeremy Bentham
  • 28. Who is associated with the concept of natural crime in early criminological thought?
A) Robert Merton
B) Jeremy Bentham
C) Raffaele Garofalo
D) Edwin Sutherland
  • 29. What does the Classical School generally assume about human behavior?
A) Crime is always accidental
B) People can make choices and consider consequences
C) People have no ability to make choices
D) All crime is inherited
  • 30. According to classical thinking, punishment should generally be:
A) Based only on public anger
B) Proportionate to the offense
C) Unlimited
D) Based only on public anger
  • 31. Who is associated with utilitarianism and the Panopticon prison design?
A) Travis Hirschi
B) Jeremy Bentham
C) Cesare Lombroso
D) Edwin Sutherland
  • 32. What is the principle of utility concerned with?
A) Fingerprint classification
B) Biological inheritance
C) Promoting the greatest happiness for the greatest number
D) Police patrol schedules
  • 33. Which school is most closely associated with the study of crime through observation and scientific evidence?
A) Positivist School
B) Classical School
C) Legal School
D) Moral School
  • 34. What does the Neoclassical School recognize more explicitly than strict classical theory?
A) Punishment should never be imposed
B) Individual circumstances may affect responsibility and punishment
C) All offenders are biologically identical
D) Crime has no consequences
  • 35. What is the main purpose of punishment under deterrence theory?
A) Increase social conflict
B) Reward criminal behavior
C) Discourage future offending
D) Discourage future offending
  • 36. Which concept means preventing the public from offending by punishing an offender?
A) Rehabilitation
B) Reintegration
C) Restitution
D) General deterrence
  • 37. Which concept aims to discourage the same offender from committing another crime?
A) Victimology
B) Social disorganization
C) Specific deterrence
D) General deterrence
  • 38. Which punishment philosophy focuses on giving an offender a penalty proportionate to the offense?
A) Rehabilitation
B) Restorative justice
C) Incapacitation
D) Retribution
  • 39. Which approach focuses on repairing harm and involving affected parties when appropriate?
A) Biological determinism
B) Restorative justice
C) General deterrence
D) Social disorganization
  • 40. Which statement best describes the modern scientific approach to criminology?
A) Crime is caused by one factor only
B) Crime can be examined through evidence and multiple explanations
C) Opinions are more important than evidence
D) All criminals have the same personality
  • 41. Who developed Differential Association Theory?
A) Edwin Sutherland
B) Robert Merton
C) Cesare Lombroso
D) Travis Hirschi
  • 42. What does Differential Association Theory propose?
A) Criminal behavior can be learned through interaction with others
B) Crime is always inherited
C) Punishment causes all crime
D) Crime is unrelated to social interaction
  • 43. Who developed Social Bond Theory?
A) Raffaele Garofalo
B) Jeremy Bentham
C) Travis Hirschi
D) Edwin Sutherland
  • 44. Which is NOT one of Hirschi's four social bonds?
A) Attachment
B) Involvement
C) Biological inheritance
D) Commitment
  • 45. What are the four elements of Social Bond Theory?
A) Biology, climate, geography, and age
B) Punishment, prison, trial, and appeal
C) Attachment, commitment, involvement, and belief
D) Poverty, anger, fear, and stress
  • 46. Who is associated with Strain Theory and the concept of anomie in American sociology?
A) Travis Hirschi
B) Cesare Beccaria
C) Jeremy Bentham
D) Robert K. Merton
  • 47. According to Merton's Strain Theory, strain can occur when:
A) All laws are removed
B) Police officers change assignments
C) There is a gap between culturally valued goals and legitimate means
D) Everyone has equal access to opportunities
  • 48. Who developed the concept of anomie in classical sociology?
A) Cesare Lombroso
B) Jeremy Bentham
C) Émile Durkheim
D) Edwin Sutherland
  • 49. What does Social Disorganization Theory emphasize?
A) Crime depends only on an individual's height
B) Punishment is the only cause of crime
C) Criminal behavior is always inherited
D) Community conditions and weakened social organization can affect crime
  • 50. Which researchers are associated with early Social Disorganization Theory?
A) Hirschi and Sutherland
B) Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay
C) Lombroso and Garofalo
D) Beccaria and Bentham
  • 51. What does Broken Windows Theory suggest?
A) Punishment is never useful
B) Visible disorder, if left unaddressed, may contribute to further disorder and crime
C) Crime is exclusively genetic
D) All broken windows cause serious crime
  • 52. Who are associated with Broken Windows Theory?
A) Beccaria and Bentham
B) James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling
C) Shaw and McKay
D) Sutherland and Hirschi
  • 53. What does Labeling Theory examine?
A) The biological traits of offenders
B) The structure of police vehicles
C) How societal labels and reactions may influence identity and behavior
D) The chemical composition of evidence
  • 54. Which sociologist is associated with Labeling Theory through the work Outsiders?
A) Howard S. Becker
B) Émile Durkheim
C) Robert Merton
D) Jeremy Bentham
  • 55. What is the main idea of Routine Activity Theory?
A) Criminal behavior is always learned at school
B) Crime occurs when a motivated offender, suitable target, and absence of a capable guardian converge
C) Crime is caused only by biological traits
D) All crime results from poverty
  • 56. Who developed Routine Activity Theory?
A) Beccaria and Bentham
B) Lawrence Cohen and Marcus Felson
C) Lombroso and Ferri
D) Shaw and McKay
  • 57. What does Rational Choice Theory emphasize?
A) Criminal behavior cannot be studied
B) People never consider consequences
C) Offenders may weigh perceived costs and benefits when making decisions
D) All crime is accidental
  • 58. What does Conflict Theory generally emphasize?
A) Crime occurs only in rural areas
B) Power differences and social inequality can shape laws and criminal justice
C) All laws affect everyone equally in every circumstance
D) Crime has only biological causes
  • 59. What does Social Learning Theory emphasize?
A) Punishment is always ineffective
B) Behavior can be learned through observation, imitation, and reinforcement
C) Society has no influence on behavior
D) Crime is determined only by eye color
  • 60. What does the Life-Course Perspective study?
A) Only crime-scene evidence
B) Only prison architecture
C) Only juvenile offenses
D) How offending and related factors change throughout a person's life
  • 61. What is white-collar crime commonly associated with?
A) Only street fighting
B) Offenses committed in occupational or professional settings
C) Only juvenile delinquency
D) Only traffic violations
  • 62. Who popularized the term “white-collar crime”?
A) Edwin H. Sutherland
B) Travis Hirschi
C) Cesare Beccaria
D) Jeremy Bentham
  • 63. What is organized crime?
A) A single accidental mistake
B) A lawful neighborhood meeting
C) Any disagreement between friends
D) Coordinated criminal activity by a group or network
  • 64. What is cybercrime?
A) Crime involving computers, digital systems, or networks
B) Any crime involving paper documents
C) Crime committed only in public parks
D) Any violation of school rules
  • 65. What is juvenile delinquency generally concerned with?
A) Only traffic enforcement
B) Unlawful behavior by minors, subject to applicable juvenile justice laws
C) Only corporate fraud
D) Crimes committed exclusively by adults
  • 66. What is fraud?
A) Deception used to obtain an unlawful or unfair benefit
B) A lawful exchange
C) A type of fingerprint
D) An accidental injury
  • 67. What is burglary generally concerned with?
A) Unlawful entry into a building or structure with the legally required criminal intent
B) A lawful business transaction
C) Reporting a lost item
D) A traffic accident
  • 68. What is robbery generally characterized by?
A) Borrowing property with permission
B) Taking property through force or intimidation, as defined by law
C) Losing personal belongings
D) Refusing to sign a contract
  • 69. What is theft generally concerned with?
A) Damaging a public road
B) Unlawfully taking property belonging to another
C) Reporting a missing person
D) Giving property away
  • 70. What is arson generally associated with?
A) Unlawfully setting fire to property
B) Forging a signature
C) Taking a vehicle without permission
D) Making a false statement
  • 71. What is white-collar crime an example of?
A) A crime category based solely on physical violence
B) category often associated with occupational or financial wrongdoing
C) A type of juvenile court
D) A police rank
  • 72. What does modus operandi (MO) mean?
A) The police officer's rank
B) The sentence imposed by a judge
C) The victim's personal history
D) The method or pattern used to carry out an offense
  • 73. What does criminal profiling attempt to do?
A) Replace all physical evidence
B) Automatically determine a sentence
C) Infer possible offender characteristics from crime-related information
D) Prove guilt by itself
  • 74. What is a crime trend?
A) A pattern of change in crime over time
B) A single unverified rumor
C) A court's building design
D) A suspect's clothing style
  • 75. What is the dark figure of crime?
A) Crimes that occur but are not reported to or recorded by authorities
B) Crimes involving black clothing
C) Crimes committed only in cities
D) Crimes committed only at night
  • 76. What is victim precipitation?
A) A method of collecting fingerprints
B) A debated concept examining whether a victim's actions contributed to the sequence of events leading to victimization
C) A form of police patrol
D) A type of criminal sentence
  • 77. What is recidivism commonly measured by?
A) Number of police stations in a city
B) Number of crime-scene photographs
C) Re-arrest, reconviction, or reincarceration, depending on the measure used
D) Number of courtrooms
  • 78. What is a crime hotspot?
A) A geographic area with a relatively high concentration of crime
B) A location used only for training
C) A police headquarters
D) A place with no recorded offenses
  • 79. What is the purpose of criminological research?
A) To replace criminal law
B) To eliminate the need for courts
C) To prove every suspect guilty
D) To develop evidence-based understanding of crime
  • 80. What is primary data?
A) A historical textbook
B) Information copied from an encyclopedia
C) A summary of previous studies only
D) Data collected firsthand by the researcher
  • 81. Which is an example of a primary data collection method?
A) Reviewing a textbook
B) Reading a dictionary
C) Reading a published review article
D) Conducting a survey with respondents
  • 82. What is secondary data?
A) Data always collected through experiments
B) Information that has never been recorded
C) Only data from interviews
D) Existing information originally collected or compiled by others
  • 83. What is a hypothesis?
A) A final court decision
B) A police report number
C) A criminal sentence
D) A testable statement or prediction about a relationship or phenomenon
  • 84. What is a correlation?
A) Proof that one variable causes another in every case
B) A court procedure
C) A type of criminal offense
D) A statistical relationship between variables
  • 85. Does correlation automatically prove causation?
A) Yes, when two variables are measured
B) No, correlation alone does not establish causation
C) No, because correlation cannot be measured
D) Yes, always
  • 86. What is a sample in research?
A) The complete population in every study
B) A subset of a population selected for study
C) A statistical formula
D) A research conclusion
  • 87. What is random sampling?
A) Selecting only the researcher's friends
B) Selecting only people who agree with the researcher
C) Selecting participants using a chance-based method
D) Selecting participants based on appearance
  • 88. What is informed consent?
A) Hiding the purpose of a study
B) Voluntary agreement after receiving adequate information about participation
C) Forcing a person to answer a questionnaire
D) Publishing participants' private information
  • 89. What is confidentiality in research?
A) Protecting participants' information from unauthorized disclosure
B) Allowing anyone to access the raw data
C) Sharing all participant information publicly
D) Publishing respondents' names without permission
  • 90. What is community policing?
A) Replacing all criminal laws
B) Punishing all community members
C) Police working without public contact
D) Police and community members working together to address public safety concerns
  • 91. What is situational crime prevention?
A) Studying offenders' childhoods only
B) Reducing opportunities for crime by changing situations and environments
C) Increasing opportunities for offending
D) Eliminating community participation
  • 92. Which is an example of situational crime prevention?
A) Leaving valuable property unsecured
B) Ignoring repeated thefts
C) Installing better lighting and access controls in a vulnerable area
D) Removing security measures
  • 93. What is incapacitation in criminal justice?
A) Paying compensation to a victim
B) Restricting an offender's ability to commit certain crimes, such as through lawful imprisonment
C) Teaching offenders a new skill
D) Conducting a victim survey
  • 94. What is reintegration?
A) Removing all community support
B) Increasing social exclusion permanently
C) Supporting a person's return to community life after a period of justice-system involvement
D) Preventing former offenders from finding lawful work
  • 95. What is the presumption of innocence?
A) Every accused person is automatically guilty
B) Witness statements are always false
C) An accused person is presumed innocent unless guilt is established according to law
D) Police officers determine guilt without a trial
  • 96. What is the role of the criminal justice system?
A) Punishing people without legal procedures
B) Preventing and responding to crime while administering justice under the law
C) Replacing all social institutions
D) Deciding cases based only on rumors
  • 97. What is a key purpose of evidence-based crime prevention?
A) Following rumors without verification
B) Using assumptions instead of data
C) Using the same intervention regardless of results
D) Applying approaches supported by reliable research and evaluation
  • 98. What is the ultimate value of studying criminology?
A) Improving understanding of crime and supporting effective, fair crime prevention and justice
B) Memorizing criminal names only
C) Learning how to avoid all laws
D) Understanding police ranks only
  • 99. Which theory emphasizes attachment to family and commitment to conventional goals as restraints against delinquency?
A) Routine Activity Theory
B) Conflict Theory
C) Labeling Theory
D) Social Bond Theory
  • 100. Which theory focuses on the relationship between community conditions and crime?
A) Rational Choice Theory
B) Social Disorganization Theory
C) Differential Association Theory
D) Deterrence Theory
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