Criminology Exam 1 part 3 – Flashcards
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The classical school of criminology is based on the assumption that individuals choose to commit crimes after weighing the consequences of their actions.
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True.
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Cesare Beccaria's work was governed by utilitarian principles.
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True.
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Bentham proposed the "Felicific calculus" to explain how people decide whether to commit a crime or not.
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True.
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The science of phrenology posited that bumps on the head were indications of psychological propensities.
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True.
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The classical school of criminology is based on the assumption that?
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Individuals choose to commit crimes after weighing the consequences of their actions.
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Who wrote On Crime and Punishment?
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Cesare Beccaria.
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Who is known as the "father of modern Criminology"?
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Cesare Beccaria.
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Whose work was guided by utilitarian principles?
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Jeremy Bentham.
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What provided the next generation of criminologists with the tools they needed to challenge classical criminology?
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Darwin's origin of species.
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Physiognomy is the study of __________ and their relation to human behavior.
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Facial features.
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__________ posited that bumps on the head were indications of psychological propensities.
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Phrenology.
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Lombroso's the criminal man replaced the concept of free will with the concept of __________.
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Determinism.
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Cesare Lombroso argued that the "born criminal"was distinguishable by __________.
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Both b and c. (Huge jaws and strong canine teeth and atavistic stigmata.)
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According to Lombroso, an individual born with any __________ of the various atavistic stigmata is born criminal.
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5.
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The major challenge to Lombrosian theory came from work of?
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Charles Goring.
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The somatotypes school of criminology differentiated three principles types of physiques. Which one of the following is not one of those types?
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The ascetic.
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William Sheldon brought the somatotype school to the Untied States. Which one of the following is not one of the three types Sheldon formulated?
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Andromorph.
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According to Sheldon, which one of the somatotypes is most likely to be involved in illegal behavior?
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Mesomorph.
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Who is acknowledged as America's first forensic psychiatrist?
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Isaac Ray.
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Who first described the concept of moral insanity?
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Philippe Pinel.
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Among the first scholars to disclaim the free will doctrine of the classical school of thought were?
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Adolphe Quetelet and Michel Guerry.
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One of the earliest sociological theories of criminal behavior was formulated by?
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Gabriel Tarde.
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The most important of Durkheim's numerous contributions to contemporary sociology is his concept of?
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Anomie.
