Criminal Justice Test study

Multiple choice questions

What is atavism

 A condition characterized by the existence of features thought to be common in earlier stages of human evolution.

According to somatotypes  mesomorph  have the greatest likelihood of becoming criminal offenders

Personality refers to the relatively stable pattern of thoughts feelings, and behaviors that make a person unique are

What is the central defining characteristic of a psychopath - lack of empathy

A theory is a set of interrelated propositions that describe, explain predict, and control some class of events 

The classical school is an eighteens century approach to criminal  responsibility that emphasizes free will

Distinct portions of a cell's DNA that carry coded in (genes)

Social control theory focuses on the strength of the bond people share with individuals and institutions around them

Social process theories emphasize the role of learning in crime causation

Based on the writings of Sigmund Freud, this theory sees personality as complex composite of interacting mental entities - psychoanalysis

True and false

All deviant behavior is a violation of criminal law- false

Adolescent-limited offenders continue to re-offend through life- false

Increased levels of testosterone may be linked to increased aggressive in men- true

Edomorphs are most likely to engage in delinquent or criminal behavior- false

Labeling theory specifically attempts to explain the origin of crime and deviance- false 

Modern racial criminologists focus on reducing social inequity and increasing fairness in the criminal justice system- true

Which abnormal chromosomal structure is associated with the concept of a supermale- XYY

A violation of social norms defining appropriate or proper behavior under a particular set of circumstances is known as - deviance

Which of the following scholars is considered to be a classical school  - Cesare Beccario