13 Crime and the Legal System: How Do Societies Respond to Crime and Deviance?

01

Any violation of a widely held norm is called:

crime

deviance

degeneracy

counternormative
02

Crime is the violation of norms that have been written into law.

True

False
03

_____________ is the scientific study of crime, deviance, and social policies that the criminal justice system applies.

Deviance

Juvenile justice

Criminology

Deviantology
04

Corporate crime refers to many different types of criminal acts, such as burglary, rape, and assault.

True

False
05

The UCR refers to the __________.

Unified Criminal Record

United Criminal Recording

Uniform Criminal Rate

Uniform Crime Report
06

To investigate unreported crime, researchers use (the) __________, which is/are based on regular interviews conducted with a random sample of Americans aged 12 and over.

Uniform Crime Reports

National Incident Reporting System

police department reports

National Crime Victimization Survey
07

The Crime Index is made up of eight offenses used to measure crime: homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.

True

False
08

Essentially, crime is a young person’s game.

True

False
09

Throughout history, women have traditionally committed more crime than men.

True

False
10

African Americans make up about 12 percent of the population, but they represent 27 percent of those arrested in the United States. This disproportionate representation suggests African Americans commit more crimes.

True

False
11

Consensus Model of Law suggests laws arise because people see a behavior they do not like, and they agree to make it illegal.

True

False
12

The model of law that proposes powerful people write laws to protect their own interests while punishing the actions of those they wish to control is known as:

The Consensus Model

The Conflict Model

The Racial Model

The Gerentological Model
13

Shaming is a deliberate effort to attach a negative meaning to a behavior.

True

False
14

A permanent label given to an offender, which could actually increase the chances of reoffending because the guilty person is forever labeled, is called:

Stigmatizing Shame

Double Jeopardy

Impoverished Shame

Socio-economic Shame
15

Reintegrative Shaming is an effort to bring an offender back into the community after punishment.

True

False
16

______________ prevents a person from doing something because of fear of the consequences.

Shaming

Deterrence

Incarceration

Probation
17

General Deterrence is a measure that changes the attitude of individuals, who have already violated the law and been punished, by causing them never to commit crime again.

True

False
18

______________ is the tendency for inmates released from prison to return to prison.

Stubbornness

Recidivism

Habitualism

Repetition
19

_______________ is the act of seeking pleasure over pain.

Hedonism

The Pleasure Principle

Narcissism

Recidivism
20

Positivists assume that people are naturally social beings and are not prone to act criminally unless some biological, psychological, or social factor is involved.

True

False

13 Crime and the Legal System: How Do Societies Respond to Crime and Deviance?

Any violation of a widely held norm is called:

Crime is the violation of norms that have been written into law.

_____________ is the scientific study of crime, deviance, and social policies that the criminal justice system applies.

Corporate crime refers to many different types of criminal acts, such as burglary, rape, and assault.

The UCR refers to the __________.

To investigate unreported crime, researchers use (the) __________, which is/are based on regular interviews conducted with a random sample of Americans aged 12 and over.

The Crime Index is made up of eight offenses used to measure crime: homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.

Essentially, crime is a young person’s game.

Throughout history, women have traditionally committed more crime than men.

African Americans make up about 12 percent of the population, but they represent 27 percent of those arrested in the United States. This disproportionate representation suggests African Americans commit more crimes.

Consensus Model of Law suggests laws arise because people see a behavior they do not like, and they agree to make it illegal.

The model of law that proposes powerful people write laws to protect their own interests while punishing the actions of those they wish to control is known as:

Shaming is a deliberate effort to attach a negative meaning to a behavior.

A permanent label given to an offender, which could actually increase the chances of reoffending because the guilty person is forever labeled, is called:

Reintegrative Shaming is an effort to bring an offender back into the community after punishment.

______________ prevents a person from doing something because of fear of the consequences.

General Deterrence is a measure that changes the attitude of individuals, who have already violated the law and been punished, by causing them never to commit crime again.

______________ is the tendency for inmates released from prison to return to prison.

_______________ is the act of seeking pleasure over pain.

Positivists assume that people are naturally social beings and are not prone to act criminally unless some biological, psychological, or social factor is involved.