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Which of the following disciplines is related to criminology?
.A. sociology
B. economics
C. political science
D. all of the above
D.
A common characteristic of the criminal justice systems in the United States is that
they are based on constitutional principles
Research has revealed that society's reaction to lawbreaking has often been
irrational, arbitrary
criminology is the study of
the making of laws
the breaking of laws
society's reaction to the breaking of laws
criminology generally focuses on the study of
crime and criminality
Edwin H. Sutherland mandated that criminologists, like all other scientists, collect information for study and analysis in accordance with
the research methods of modern science
According to the wheel of terrorism, which is not a transnational crime that is directly relevant to terrorism?
A. illicit arms trafficking
B. money laundering
C. animal poaching
D. computer crime
C
Who initially coined the term "criminology" in 1885?
Raffaele Garofalo
The conflict model of law assumes that
the criminal law expresses the values of the ruling class in a society
scientists who study the criminal justice system are referred to as
criminal justice specialists
all early societies imposed punishment for acts that were detrimental to their existence, such as
treason
according to Emile Durkheim, an act that can be considered criminal if it violates or offends the
collective conscience
Which of the following transnational crimes is not related to the financial support of terrorism
A. illicit drug trafficking
B. destruction of cultural property
C. money laundering
D. infiltration of legal business
B
the consensus model of law assumed that
the members of a society by and large agree on what is right and wrong
criminal justice generally focuses on all the following areas except
A. the just treatment of offenders
B. the needs of victims
crime
C. the effect of sentencing D. philosophy
C
at the turn of the 20th century, crime was attributed to
feeblemindedness
conflict theorists claim that the basic feature of human existence is
a struggle for power
natural-law philosophers believed that
some forms of behavior are innately criminal
criminologists distinguish between two conflicting perspectives on the origin of criminal law?
conflict and consensus
which of the following is not a characteristic of terrorism?
it is generally local in nature
true of false: In saying that criminologists have to study the process of lawbreaking, Edwin H. Sutherland meant that they should particularly determine whether someone has violated the criminal law.
false
true or false - Conflict theorists view society as a stable entity in which laws are created for the general good.
false
true or false: the principal crime problems of today are totally globalized
true
true or false: most criminological research supports the belief that escalating punishments is an effective way to deal with the crime problem
false
true or false: criminology is not an empirical science
false
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