This United States Supreme Court case dealt with the eugenics movement.
A. Brown v. Board of Education
B. Buck v. Bell
C. Boston v. United States
D. Becker v. New York
According to Sheldon, which body type is most prone to aggression, violence, and delinquency?
A. Endomorphs
B. Ectomorphs
C. Msomorphs
D. Blotomorphs
What term describes a throwback to easier stages of evolution where individuals were not sufficiently mentally advanced for successful life n the modern world?
A. Anomie
B. Somatotype
C. Atavism
D. Innovator
What is a main proposition of routine activities theory?
A. Criminal behavior is learned
B. Crime is the result of the powerful asserting their dominance over the powerless
C. Crime is the result of a weakening of the bonds to society
D. Crime is the likely to occur when a motivated offender and a suitable target come together in the absence of a capable guardian
This theory posits that lifestyles significantly affect both the volume and type of crime found in any society and the risk of criminal victimization various dramatically among the circumstances and locations in which people place themselves and their property.
A. Routine activities theory
B. Anomie
C. Positivism
D. Conflict theory
What assumptions are included in most classical theories of crime causation?
A. Pain and pleasure are the two central determinants of human behavior
B. Crime prevention is possible through swift and certain punishment that offsets any gains to be had through criminal behavior .
C. Crime is caused by the individual exercise of free will
D. All of the above
Crimes that occur because of a diseased mind or a disordered personality may be from conditions known as what?
A. Secondary deviance
B. Legal relativism
C. Subculture of violence
D. Psychopathy
This theory has also been called companionate criminology:
A. Critical Criminology
B. Social control theory
C. Peacekeeping criminology
D. General theory of crime
This perspective states that formal agencies of social control at best merely coerce the unempowered or the disenfranchised to comply with the rules established by those in power.
A. Social Control
B. Neoclassical
C. Labeling
D. conflict
The conditions of a weak superego, sublimation, or a death wish being possible sources of criminal behavior are part of what theory?
A. Anomie
B. Social learning
C. Primary deviance
D. Psychoanalysis