CDEO Past Paper
Which of the following was not one of the three types of crimes outlined by Beccaria?
A. Crimes that involved no victims other than society,
B. Crimes that ran contrary to the social order.
C. Crimes that injured citizens or their property.
D. Crimes that threatened the security of the state.
Which of the following categories of punishment might include the loss of the right to vote?
A. Chronic
B. Compulsive
C. Indelible
D. Restrictive
the argument that crime is not a result of poverty or social conditions and therefore cannot be affected by social programs were made by:
A. Lawrence Cohen
B. David Fogel
C. Ronald V. Clarke
D. James Q. Wilson
Research by ————–found that a small number of chronic recidivists were responsible for a large majority of serious violent crime.
A. Marvin Wolfgang
B. Marcus Felson
C. Jack Katz
D. Ronald V. Clarke
The text focuses on the ——–and their interactions with criminal law in its attempts to explain criminal behavior.
A. Legal mechanisms of society
B. Social Science
C. Country’s interest in crime
D. Scientific reports
A crime must be proven:
A. by a preponderance of the evidence
B. by clear and convincing evidence
C. beyond a reasonable doubt
D. beyond all doubt
If a person commits arson and the death of another results from it, even though he/she had no intent to cause the death of anyone, he/she may be charged with murder under the:
A. Irresistible impulse doctrine
B. Felony-murder doctrine
C. The Durham rule
D. Direct responsibility rule