CRJ 308: Advanced Criminological Theories Quiz
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At what age does the age-crime curve peak?
17
(wrong answers:
18,
21,
16)
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What scholar(s) argued that children who manifest conduct problems during childhood are the same ones who manifest delinquency during their teens?
Gottfredson and Hirschi
(wrong answers:
Patterson,
Moffitt,
Sampson and Laub)
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Moffitt's Life Course Persistent/Adolescence Limited Theory argues that offending is marked by
Continuity or change
(wrong answers:
gender,
race,
age)
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What does LCP stand for?
Life Course Persistent
(wrong answers:
Loud Children Playing,
Life Course Player,
Light Cream Please)
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What does AL stand for?
Adolescence Limited
(wrong answers:
Antisocial Lifestyle,
Affecting Limits,
Antisocial Learning)
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True or False Sampson and Laub used the Social Bond Theory?
True
(wrong answers:
False,
False)
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According to the Age-Graded Theory of Informal Social Control, strong ______ ______ underlie change.
social bonds
(wrong answers:
parent connection,
family ties,
cultural connection)
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True or False Maruna was interested in why some offenders had desisted from crime, whereas others had not.
True
(wrong answers:
False,
False)
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Giordano et al. states that offenders are intentional and _______.
reflective
(wrong answers:
cognitive,
destructive,
allusive)
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True or False Parent training is not an effective way of preventing crime
False
(wrong answers:
True,
True)