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(MIDTERM Exam in Theories of Crime Causation)

Name: ___TARSONA JOHN ANDREI Day & Time:_THRUSDAY1.30-430__

Instructor: ______________________________ Score : _____________

Directions: Identification test. Write your answer before each number.

Differencial identification theory 1. This theory describes a person, “according to Daniel Glaser,
who pursues criminal behavior to the extent that he identifies himself with real or imaginary
persons from whose perspective his criminal behavior seems acceptable.
Marxism2. It is a method of socioeconomic analysis that views class relations and social conflict
using a materialist interpretation of historical development and takes a dialectical view of social
transformation.
Theory 3. A reflective and coherent type of mental or generalizing thinking about a
phenomenon, or the results of such imagination.
Radical feminists 4. They view society as fundamentally a patriarchy in which men dominate
and oppress women.
Conflict theory 5. This theory is a field of sociology that focuses on competition and the
dynamics of conflicting interests between different social groups as the fundamental force
underpinning culture and politics.
Theories 6. This guides the readiness of finding facts rather than of reaching goals, and are
neutral concerning alternatives among value Strain Theory7. This theory assumes that
people are law-abiding, but under great pressure they resort to crime.
Rational cause 8. The basis of this theory explains offender motivation to commit a crime as a
purposeful decision with intent of personal gain in the form of ego-boosting incentives such as
money, power, status or learning.
Biological Positivism 9. It refers to one of the causes of crime theorized by Italian
criminologist Cesare Lombroso in the late1800s, and is based in anthropology , and studies the
evolution and physiological differences between criminals and non-criminals, theorizing that some
people are born-criminals The Anomie Theory10. This is defined as the breakdown of
social disorder as a result of the loss of standards of values in a society which developsj into a
modern, urbanized one, and the intimacy needed to sustain a common set of norms declines.

Directions: Choose the correct answer.

Psychological Positivism Strain Theory
Rational Theory Radical Feminists
Liberal Feminism Anomie/Normlessness
Structural Factionalism Control Theory
Overvalued beliefs Conflict Theory
Marxist Feminism Social Learning Theory
Sociological Positivism Differential Association
Labelling Theory

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1. Use of free-will in the commission of Crime.
2. A well-confirmed type of explanation of nature of crime.
3. We tend to see what we believe.
4. Examines relationship between societal influences and crime
5. Focuses of women’s ability to maintain their equality through their actions and choices.
6. The community encourages those individuals to redefine themselves in accordance with the
community’s definition.
7. When a simple society develops into a modern, urbanized one, the intimacy needed to sustain
a common set of norms declines.
8. Assumes that people are law-abiding, but under great pressure they resort to crime.
9. Analyzes criminality as the result of an internal and unavoidable cause versus that of a
controlled decision.
10. View society as fundamentally patriarchy in which men dominate and oppress women
Answer.
1.Rational Theory
2.
3.overvalued beliefs
4. sociological positivism
5.liberal feminism
6.
7.Anomie
8.DifferentialAssociation 9.psychological positivism
10.marxists feminism

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III. The Theories of Victimization shows the vulnerability of every individual. List down below the
elements in every number the factors to reduce crime. Three (3) points each.

IV- Answer the following.

1. What is Victimology?
the study of the victims of crime and the psychological effects on them of their experience.
2. Who is the father of victimology?
Benjamin mendelsohn
3. What is victimization?
the action of singling someone out for cruel or unjust treatment.
4-8. Types of general victimology.
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Sexual Misconduct.
Rape.
Sexual Touching.
Sexual Harassment.
Stalking.
Physical Assault/Battery.
Dating/Relationship/Domestic Violence.
Theft.

Good Luck!!!

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