Criminology Midterm Exam Review!

Projects like the Human Genome Project may help us better understand why people commit crimes.

Which theory examines how geographical location and features in that location affect crime?

Which of the following is NOT a crime against persons?

Hans J. Eysenck in the 1960s argued that crime was related to what?

Insanity pleas do not happen as often in real life as on television.

Which of the following is someone who collects and examines evidence in actual crimes?

Crime and deviance refer to the same actions and behaviors.

What is the initial acts of deviance that a person might commit known as?

Social sickness is also called what?

Who argued that individuals learn aggressive behavior by imitating and learning from others?

The NCVS generally reveals more crime than the UCR.

About what percent of homicide victims knew their killer?

What are norms that have an underlying shared assumption of approval or disapproval?

Somatotyping uses what to explain crime?

Human actions that violate the formalized laws of a country are known as what?

Crime is a straightforward, easy topic to research and study.

In official statistics, crime is which of the following?

What are external forces that influence our actions and lives?

What are formal norms called?

If you commit a crime under duress, what does this mean?

About what percent of arson fires are set by individuals under 18?

In about what percent of home robberies does the victim know the offender?

In 2014, the number of homicides was what percent of the total number of crimes reported?

Individuals who commit assaults are most likely to be in which age group?

Crime statistics are incredibly accurate.

Who argued that deviance has benefits for society?

Mens rea literally means what?

Mens rea is the actual act that the person is accused of.

Constitutional theories are those that explain crime as related to psychological attributes.

Which of the following is NOT classified as a crime against property?

Deviance is simply any act that violates what?

Freud argued that which part of our personality held our unconscious urges, desires, and drives

According to Stark, which area would be most likely to have a high crime rate?