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Questions

1. Which of the following statements about labeling theories is accurate?

a. Labeling theories focus on how society responds to criminal acts.

b. Labeling theories and deterrence theories make incompatible predictions about the effect of legal sanctions on future offending.

c. Labeling theorists assume that the reactions of others in society can change an individual's self-perception.

d. All of the above

2. Which of the following theories of crime asks the question, "Why do people commit crime?"

a. Hirschi's Control Theory of Delinquency (1969)

b. Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime (1990)?

c. Merton's Strain Theory

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

3. According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), which of the following is a common characteristic of programs that DON'T work to prevent crime?

a. Limited to adults lecturing at youth

b. Involve a cognitive behavioral component

c. Involve long-term treatments

d. All of the above

4. In scaling up the Nurse-Family Partnership, which of the following has been found to be necessary for the Nurse-Family Partnership to be successful?

a. Program must be directed toward second-time mothers.

b. Program must be directed toward married mothers.

c. Home visits must be conducted by nurses.

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

5. Which of the following is an example of a social structure theory of crime?

a. Biological theories of crime

b. Merton's Strain Theory

c. Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime

d. All of the above

6. Which of the following statements is MOST accurate?

a. All criminal acts are deviant

b. All deviant acts are criminal

c. An act can be criminal but not deviant

d. All deviant acts violate the law

7. Deterrence theorists would likely agree with the concept of radical nonintervention.

True

False

8. According to Sampson and Laub, getting married leads to desistance from crime because it increases the strength of the social bond.

True

False

9. In Hirschi's social bond theory, "attachment" refers to sensitivity to the opinions of others.

True

False

10. According to Moffit, this type of offender engages in antisocial behavior beginning in adolescence and typically desists from crime by young adulthood.

a. Life-course persistent

b. Adolescence-limited

c. Chronic offenders

d. All of the above