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CMY1501-THEME 3
Question 1
According to the power-control theory, gender and social class differences in
delinquency are linked to the structure of the___________.
a) community
b) family Page 82
c) working-class
d) economy
Question 2
According to the ____________ theory, the traditionally lower crime rate for women
could be explained by their “second-class” economic and social position.
a) conflict
b) consensus
Page 83
c) radical
d) liberal feminist
Question 3
_________needs are associated with a need for achievement.
a) Social
b) Psychological Page 92
c) Biological
d) Postmodernist
Question 4
Physiological disorders have a biological (genetic) and a psychological influence on
human behaviour as well as a labelling impact (Hunter & Dantzker 2002: 81).
Psychological disorders include:
a) Autism
b) Epilepsy Page 115
c) Tourette’s syndrome
d) All of the above
Question 5
LYNETTE OUSIEKIE MEREYOTLHE
There are three separate but overlapping branches within the ___________
perspective.
a) social structure
b) social learning theory Page 100
c) social process theory
d) social transformation
Question 6
Rational choice theorists view crime as both offence and offender specific in nature.
Crime is offence specific because an offender will choose a specific crime based on
the ____________
a) features of the offenders. Page 99
b) culture of the offender.
c) characteristics of that crime.
d) Security system concerned.
Question 7
__________ has its roots in the classical school of criminology which was developed
by the Italian “social thinker” Cesare Beccaria.
a) Maslow’s theory
b) Social learning Page 99
c) Motivation process
d) Rational choice theory
Question 8
______________ assumes that men and women are “the same” but women are
denied opportunities to do the same things as men, including participating in crime
(Burke 2014:229).
a) Systematic observations
b) Liberal feminist approach Page 77
c) Generalised knowledge
d) Circumstantial factors
Question 9
__________ identifies four types of violent offender, namely, culturally violent
offenders, criminally violent offenders, pathologically violent offenders, and
situationally violent offenders.
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a) Conklin (2013:49)
b) Walsh (2015:6) Page 77
c) Burke (2014:229)
d) Conklin (2013:145)
Question 10
Racial differences in crime rate may be linked to ____________
a) researchers who work with statistics and often try to compare incomparable
figures. Page 78
b) the justification of crime in political terms.
c) frustration over perceived racism, discrimination and economic disparity.
d) exposure to violence at every level which entrenches violent behaviour.
Question 11
Some juvenile delinquents become habitual professional criminals who turn their
backs on crime only at ______________
a) early teens or early twenties
b) early twenties or late thirties
Page 85
c) late thirties or early forties
d) a very late stage