CRJ 110 Final Exam
1. What are the four definitional perspectives in contemporary criminology?
A) The four definitional perspectives are legalistic, political, sociological, and psychological.
2. What is the definition of crime that the authors of your textbook have chosen to use?
A) Crime is human conduct in violation of the criminal laws of a state, the federal government, or a local jurisdiction that has the power to make such laws.
3. What is the difference between crime and deviance?
A) Crime violates a law and deviance violates social norms.
4. What is the legalistic approach to the study of crime?
A) The legalistic approach to crime yields the moral high ground to powerful individuals who are able to influence the making of laws and the imposition of criminal definitions on lawbreakers. Also it is stated that the nature of crime cannot be separated from the nature of law, as the one explicitly defines the other.
5. What do criminologists do? List five employment opportunities available in the field of criminology.
A) Criminologists study crime, criminals, and criminal behavior. Some employment opportunities available for criminologists are corrections officers, forensics, probation officers, police officers, and judges.
6. List three of the various definitions of criminology?
A) From the European Society of Criminology it is defined as all scholarly, scientific and professional knowledge concerning the explanation, prevention, control and treatment of crime and delinquency, offenders and victims, including the measurement and detection of crime, legislation, and the practice of criminal law, and law enforcement, judicial, and correctional systems. Edwin H. Sutherland defined it as the body of knowledge regarding the social problem of crime. The book uses this definition, an interdisciplinary profession built around the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior, including their manifestations, causes, legal aspects, and control.
7. How does contemporary criminology
A) The four definitional perspectives are legalistic, political, sociological, and psychological.
2. What is the definition of crime that the authors of your textbook have chosen to use?
A) Crime is human conduct in violation of the criminal laws of a state, the federal government, or a local jurisdiction that has the power to make such laws.
3. What is the difference between crime and deviance?
A) Crime violates a law and deviance violates social norms.
4. What is the legalistic approach to the study of crime?
A) The legalistic approach to crime yields the moral high ground to powerful individuals who are able to influence the making of laws and the imposition of criminal definitions on lawbreakers. Also it is stated that the nature of crime cannot be separated from the nature of law, as the one explicitly defines the other.
5. What do criminologists do? List five employment opportunities available in the field of criminology.
A) Criminologists study crime, criminals, and criminal behavior. Some employment opportunities available for criminologists are corrections officers, forensics, probation officers, police officers, and judges.
6. List three of the various definitions of criminology?
A) From the European Society of Criminology it is defined as all scholarly, scientific and professional knowledge concerning the explanation, prevention, control and treatment of crime and delinquency, offenders and victims, including the measurement and detection of crime, legislation, and the practice of criminal law, and law enforcement, judicial, and correctional systems. Edwin H. Sutherland defined it as the body of knowledge regarding the social problem of crime. The book uses this definition, an interdisciplinary profession built around the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior, including their manifestations, causes, legal aspects, and control.
7. How does contemporary criminology