Testbank for Criminal Behavior A Psychological Approach 11e (Bartol)
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Criminal Behavior: A Psychological Approach, 11e (Bartol)
Chapter 1
... [Show More] Introduction to Criminal Behavior
1.1 Multiple-Choice Questions
1) Criminal behavior is best defined as
A) antisocial behavior.
B) deviant behavior.
C) an intentional act in violation of a criminal code.
D) a failure to impede the criminal process.
Answer: C
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Objective: Define criminal behavior and juvenile delinquency
Level: Basic
2) The end result of a theory that is not verified is
A) justification.
B) falsification.
C) clarification.
D) subjugation.
Answer: B
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Objective: Identify the different perspectives of human nature that underlie the theoretical
development and research of criminal behavior
Level: Intermediate
3) Which piece of data would be included in the UCR?
A) A reported robbery with no arrest
B) A reported forgery with no arrest
C) A reported simple assault with no arrest
D) A reported statutory rape with no arrest
Answer: A
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Objective: Introduce the reader to the various measurements of criminal and delinquent behavior
Level: Difficult
4) All of the following are consistent with the developmental approach to the study of crime
except
A) examining factors that place a child at risk of engaging in serious delinquency.
B) identifying the age of onset of antisocial behavior.
C) searching for protective factors in a child's life.
Criminal Behavior: A Psychological Approach, 11e (Bartol)
Chapter 2 Origins of Criminal Behavior: Developmental Risk Factors
2.1 Multiple-Choice Questions
1) The developmental perspective on crime and antisocial behavior views the life course of all
humans as following a
A) series of distinct age-related stages of development.
B) developmental pathway littered with risk factors.
C) vertical line dependent upon physiological milestones.
D) sequence of stages that enhance empathy.
Answer: B
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Objective: Identify social, family, and psychological developmental risk factors that lead to
delinquency and crime
Level: Intermediate
2) Those influences in a person's life that are believed to increase the probability that an
individual will engage in criminal behavior are called
A) self-regulatory assumptions.
B) criminogenic needs.
C) risk factors.
D) impulsive drives.
Answer: C
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Objective: Identify social, family, and psychological developmental risk factors that lead to
delinquency and crime
Level: Basic
3) Poverty is an example of a(n) ________ risk factor.
A) social
B) familial
C) economic
D) psychological
Answer: A
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Objective: Identify social, family, and psychological developmental risk factors that lead to
delinquency and crime
Level: Intermediate [Show Less]