Test Bank For Criminology The Essentials 3rd Edition By Walsh
Chapter 1: An Overview of Crime and Criminology
Multiple Choice
- ______ is an interdisciplinary science that gathers and analyzes data on crime and criminal behavior.
- criminology
- theory
- sociology
- law
Ans: a
Learning Objective: 1.1 Be able to describe the difficulties attached to defining crime and the difference between crime and criminality
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Is Criminology?
Difficulty Level: Easy
- Criminologists use what is known as the ______ to try to answer the questions they ask rather than simply speculate about the questions.
- scientific procedure
- scientific method
- technique of natural science
- observational analysis
Ans: b
Learning Objective: 1.1 Be able to describe the difficulties attached to defining crime and the difference between crime and criminality
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Is Criminology?
Difficulty Level: Easy
- Universally condemned crimes are known as ______.
- mala in se
- mala prohibita
- actus reus
- mens rea
Ans: a
Learning Objective: 1.2 Explain the difference between mala in se and mala prohibita crimes
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Beyond Social Construction: The Stationary Core Crimes
Difficulty Level: Easy
- Crimes that are time and culture bound are described as ______.
- mala in se
- mala prohibita
- actus reus
- mens rea
Ans: b
Learning Objective: 1.2 Explain the difference between mala in se and mala prohibita crimes | 1.4 Realize how thinking about crime and criminality is time and culture bound
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Beyond Social Construction: The Stationary Core Crimes
Difficulty Level: Easy
- When criminologists study ______, they study individuals who commit harmful acts, regardless of the legal status of those acts.
- crime
- criminology
- criminality
- law
Ans: c
Learning Objective: 1.3 Understand the legal process required to “officially” become criminal | 1.4 Realize how thinking about crime and criminality is time and culture bound
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Criminality
Difficulty Level: Easy
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