CRJ 308: Advanced Criminological Theories Quiz

Name ___________________________________________

At what age does the age-crime curve peak?
A. 18 B. 21 C. 17 D. 16
What scholar(s) argued that children who manifest conduct problems during childhood are the same ones who manifest delinquency during their teens?
A. Patterson B. Gottfredson and Hirschi C. Moffitt D. Sampson and Laub
Moffitt's Life Course Persistent/Adolescence Limited Theory argues that offending is marked by
A. gender B. Continuity or change C. race D. age
What does LCP stand for?
A. Loud Children Playing B. Life Course Persistent C. Life Course Player D. Light Cream Please
What does AL stand for?
A. Antisocial Lifestyle B. Adolescence Limited C. Affecting Limits D. Antisocial Learning
True or False Sampson and Laub used the Social Bond Theory?
A. True B. False C. False
According to the Age-Graded Theory of Informal Social Control, strong ______ ______ underlie change.
A. parent connection B. social bonds C. family ties D. cultural connection
True or False Maruna was interested in why some offenders had desisted from crime, whereas others had not.
A. False B. False C. True
Giordano et al. states that offenders are intentional and _______.
A. reflective B. cognitive C. destructive D. allusive
True or False Parent training is not an effective way of preventing crime
A. True B. False C. True

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CRJ 308: Advanced Criminological Theories Quiz (Answer Key)

Name ___________________________________________

At what age does the age-crime curve peak?
A. 18 B. 21 C. 17 D. 16
What scholar(s) argued that children who manifest conduct problems during childhood are the same ones who manifest delinquency during their teens?
A. Patterson B. Gottfredson and Hirschi C. Moffitt D. Sampson and Laub
Moffitt's Life Course Persistent/Adolescence Limited Theory argues that offending is marked by
A. gender B. Continuity or change C. race D. age
What does LCP stand for?
A. Loud Children Playing B. Life Course Persistent C. Life Course Player D. Light Cream Please
What does AL stand for?
A. Antisocial Lifestyle B. Adolescence Limited C. Affecting Limits D. Antisocial Learning
True or False Sampson and Laub used the Social Bond Theory?
A. True B. False C. False
According to the Age-Graded Theory of Informal Social Control, strong ______ ______ underlie change.
A. parent connection B. social bonds C. family ties D. cultural connection
True or False Maruna was interested in why some offenders had desisted from crime, whereas others had not.
A. False B. False C. True
Giordano et al. states that offenders are intentional and _______.
A. reflective B. cognitive C. destructive D. allusive
True or False Parent training is not an effective way of preventing crime
A. True B. False C. True

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