Question 1

__________ refers to the crime-control practices, philosophies, and policies used by the police, courts, and system of corrections.

Accepted Answer

A)   Criminology
B)   Victimology
C)   Criminal justice
D)   Sociology

Question 2

The term criminology was coined in _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   1847
B)   1885
C)   1947
D)   1985

Question 3

What does it mean to adhere to the responsibilities of criminology as a profession? What does this involve?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What does it mean to adhere to...

Question 4

Those who study crime-control practices, philosophies, and policies used by the police, courts, and system of corrections are as likely to identify themselves, or be identified by others, as __________. However, so are those who study criminal behavior and its causes.

Accepted Answer

A)   psychologists
B)   police officers
C)   criminologists
D)   victims

Question 5

____________ research methods involve numbers, counts, and measures that are arrived at via a variety of research techniques.

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The answer of ____________ research methods involve numbers, counts, and...

Question 6

Criminology involves the following component(s) :

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A)   The definition and nature of crime as harm-causing behavior
B)   Looking at different types of criminal activity as well as creating profiles of typical offenders and victims
C)   An analysis of the cause, extent, incidence, patterning, and cost of crimes
D)   All of the above D

Question 7

____________ research methods are designed to enable the researcher to understand the meaning of criminal activity to the participants.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________ research methods are designed to enable...

Question 8

Globalization ___________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   is a process of unification in which differences in economic, technological, political, and social institutions are transformed from a local or national network into a single system
B)   relates to an international universalism, whereby events happening in one part of the world affect those in another
C)   relates to the recognition of different cultures' diversity of experience and the formation of new identities
D)   All of the above

Question 9

___________ criminology involves the cross-cultural or cross-national study of both crime and crime control, applying the comparative scientific method in criminology.

Accepted Answer

A)   Peacemaking
B)   Comparative
C)   Ecological
D)   Feminist

Question 10

Science requires criminologists to build criminological knowledge from _______________ hypotheses that are subject to retesting.

Accepted Answer

A)   logically interrelated
B)   theoretically grounded
C)   empirically tested
D)   All of the above

Question 11

___________ is the systematic study of the nature, extent, cause, and control of lawbreaking behavior.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ___________ is the systematic study of the...

Question 12

Comparative criminology is the systematic study of crime, law, and social control of two or more cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Is criminology scientific? What distinguishes science from non-science?

Accepted Answer

Answer should include: Criminology requires that criminologists strictly adhere to the scientific method. What distinguishes science from non-science is the insistence on testable hypotheses whose support or refutation through empirical research forms the basis of what is accepted among scientific criminologists as valid knowledge. Science, then, requires criminologists to build criminological knowledge from logically interrelated, theoretically grounded, and empirically tested hypotheses that are subject to retesting. These theoretical statements hold true as long as they are not falsified by further research.

Question 14

____________ criminology is the systematic study of crime, law, and social control of two or more cultures.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________ criminology is the systematic study of...

Question 15

What distinguishes science from non-science is the insistence on testable hypotheses whose support or refutation through empirical research forms the basis of what is accepted among scientific criminologists as valid knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Criminology requires that criminologists strictly adhere to the scientific method.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Please briefly list and explain the categorical core components of criminology. How do these relate to one another?

Accepted Answer

Answer should include: (1) the definition and nature of crime as harm-causing behavior; (2) different types of criminal activity, ranging from individual spontaneous off ending to collective organized criminal enterprises; (3) profiles of typical offenders and victims, including organizational and corporate law violators; (4) statistical analysis of the extent, incidence, patterning, and cost of crimes, including estimates of the "dark figure" of hidden or unreported crime, based on surveys of victims and self-report studies of offenders; and (5) analysis of crime causation.

Question 18

___________ is the scientific study of the physical, emotional, and financial harm people suffer because of criminal activities.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ___________ is the scientific study of the...

Question 19

Those who study crime-control practices, philosophies, and policies used by the police, courts, and system of corrections are as likely to identify themselves, or be identified by others, as ___________, however, as are those who study criminal behavior and its causes.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Those who study crime-control practices, philosophies, and...

Question 20

Victimology is the study of:

Accepted Answer

A)   Who becomes a victim and how they are victimized
B)   How much harm victims suffer
C)   Victims' role in the criminal act and well as their rights and role in the criminal justice system
D)   All of the above

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The term criminology was coined in _____.

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What does it mean to adhere to the responsibilities of criminology as a profession? What does this involve?

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Those who study crime-control practices, philosophies, and policies used by the police, courts, and system of corrections are as likely to identify themselves, or be identified by others, as __________. However, so are those who study criminal behavior and its causes.

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____________ research methods involve numbers, counts, and measures that are arrived at via a variety of research techniques.

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Globalization ___________________.

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___________ criminology involves the cross-cultural or cross-national study of both crime and crime control, applying the comparative scientific method in criminology.

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Science requires criminologists to build criminological knowledge from _______________ hypotheses that are subject to retesting.

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___________ is the systematic study of the nature, extent, cause, and control of lawbreaking behavior.

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Comparative criminology is the systematic study of crime, law, and social control of two or more cultures.

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Is criminology scientific? What distinguishes science from non-science?

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What distinguishes science from non-science is the insistence on testable hypotheses whose support or refutation through empirical research forms the basis of what is accepted among scientific criminologists as valid knowledge.

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Criminology requires that criminologists strictly adhere to the scientific method.

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Please briefly list and explain the categorical core components of criminology. How do these relate to one another?

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Those who study crime-control practices, philosophies, and policies used by the police, courts, and system of corrections are as likely to identify themselves, or be identified by others, as ___________, however, as are those who study criminal behavior and its causes.

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Victimology is the study of:

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____________ research methods involve numbers, counts, and measures that are arrived at via a variety of research techniques.

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Globalization ___________________.

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Science requires criminologists to build criminological knowledge from _______________ hypotheses that are subject to retesting.

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Comparative criminology is the systematic study of crime, law, and social control of two or more cultures.

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Is criminology scientific? What distinguishes science from non-science?

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What distinguishes science from non-science is the insistence on testable hypotheses whose support or refutation through empirical research forms the basis of what is accepted among scientific criminologists as valid knowledge.

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Criminology requires that criminologists strictly adhere to the scientific method.

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Please briefly list and explain the categorical core components of criminology. How do these relate to one another?

___________ is the scientific study of the physical, emotional, and financial harm people suffer because of criminal activities.

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Those who study crime-control practices, philosophies, and policies used by the police, courts, and system of corrections are as likely to identify themselves, or be identified by others, as ___________, however, as are those who study criminal behavior and its causes.

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