Higher Education

Crime in Canadian Context, Third Edition: Chapter 3: Non-Sociological Explanations of Crime

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Question 1:

The Magna Carta is an important historical document because ________.
a) it was contained within the Ark of the Covenant
b) it is the foundation of modern laws and procedures in English Law
c) the Leviathan, written by Hobbes, was based on the document
d) Enlightenment thinking challenged its logic

Question 2:

Rationalism assumes that people ________.
a) naturally lie
b) naturally have a death wish
c) lack self control
d) are self-determining entities

Question 3:

In the late 1700s, _______ made it his goal to reform the prison system and make it more humane.
a) Phillip Pinel
b) John Howard
c) George Washington
d) Michel Foucault

Question 4:

Positivism ________.
a) is synonymous with feminism
b) is a philosophy that is not interested in precise measurement
c) is the application of the scientific method to study the human condition
d) had little to do with the early development of scientific criminology

Question 5:

Lombroso collected data to develop his theory of bio-criminology from ________.
a) Italian prisoners
b) observations of the animal world
c) large population surveys
d) his experiences working as a police officer

Question 6:

For William Sheldon the _________ body type was not deemed to be prone to crime.
a) mesomorphic
b) ectomorphic
c) heteromorphic
d) crimomorphic

Question 7:

The ________ perspective contends that biological parents are less prone to murdering their children than are non-biological parents.
a) bio-criminology
b) evolutionary psychology
c) positivism
d) strain theory

Question 8:

The XYY ________ configuration is thought to be linked to crime.
a) atavistic
b) biological
c) psychopathic
d) chromosomal

Question 9:

Sigmund Freud believed that the Id ________.
a) consists of primal urges
b) acts as a person’s social conscience
c) was the ‘reality principle’
d) develops in late adulthood

Question 10:

Social learning theory believes that ________.
a) people are controlled by their super-ego
b) aggressive behaviour is inherited from one’s biological parents
c) aggressive behaviour is learned through a series of psychological thought processes and perceptions
d) all human action is based on the freedom of choice