Cj 120 Notes
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1. | A ballistic expert or crime scene photographer is best described as. A specialist in the collection and examination of the physical evidence of a crime | | Criminalist | 2. | A codified law is known as a. | | Statute | 3. | A controlled experiment provides some control over factors that threaten external validity. | | False | 4. | A correlation exists between sample size and the degree of confidence we can have in our results. | | Positive | 5. | A criminalist is a specialist in the collection and examination of the physical evidence of a crime | | True | 6. | A general theory of crime is one that attempts to explain all or at least most ) forms of criminal conduct through a single, overarching approach. | | True | 7. | A hypothesis cannot be tested until the concepts are operationalized. | | True | 8. | A recent study of rape found that rape of young girls is rare. | | False | 9. | A researcher may submit an article to several journals at the same time. | | False | 10. | A researcher using the participant as observer strategy does not have to be concerned about influencing the behavior of the group being observed. | | False | 11. | A theory is made up of clearly stated propositions that posit relationships, often of a causal sort, between events and things under study. | | True | 12. | Accordinding to Gall, the shape of the_______ is indicative of the personality. | | Skull | 13. | According to Adolphe Qu'etelet, property crime rates_____ during the colder months of the year. | | Increasing in frequency | 14. | According to Beccaria, oaths were______ in a court of law. | | Useless | 15. | According to Cesare Lombroso's categorization of offenders, occasonal criminals were known as. | | Criminaloids | 16. | According to Jack Katz, crime may be sensually compelling to the offender. | | True | 17. | According to modern neoclassical
1. | A ballistic expert or crime scene photographer is best described as. A specialist in the collection and examination of the physical evidence of a crime | | Criminalist | 2. | A codified law is known as a. | | Statute | 3. | A controlled experiment provides some control over factors that threaten external validity. | | False | 4. | A correlation exists between sample size and the degree of confidence we can have in our results. | | Positive | 5. | A criminalist is a specialist in the collection and examination of the physical evidence of a crime | | True | 6. | A general theory of crime is one that attempts to explain all or at least most ) forms of criminal conduct through a single, overarching approach. | | True | 7. | A hypothesis cannot be tested until the concepts are operationalized. | | True | 8. | A recent study of rape found that rape of young girls is rare. | | False | 9. | A researcher may submit an article to several journals at the same time. | | False | 10. | A researcher using the participant as observer strategy does not have to be concerned about influencing the behavior of the group being observed. | | False | 11. | A theory is made up of clearly stated propositions that posit relationships, often of a causal sort, between events and things under study. | | True | 12. | Accordinding to Gall, the shape of the_______ is indicative of the personality. | | Skull | 13. | According to Adolphe Qu'etelet, property crime rates_____ during the colder months of the year. | | Increasing in frequency | 14. | According to Beccaria, oaths were______ in a court of law. | | Useless | 15. | According to Cesare Lombroso's categorization of offenders, occasonal criminals were known as. | | Criminaloids | 16. | According to Jack Katz, crime may be sensually compelling to the offender. | | True | 17. | According to modern neoclassical