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1
Which of the following would be an example of comparative criminology?
A)comparing murder rates between New York and Chicago
B)comparing victimization rates of Native Americans
C)comparing crime rates between the East Coast and the South
D)comparing American serial murder rates with those of Germany
2
According to the text, who may have been first to use comparative criminology?
A)Romans
B)Mesopotamians
C)Early Americans
D)Europeans
3
Which of the following has primarily motivated the need for international criminology?
A)Asian exports
B)fluctuations in crime rates
C)globalization of world economies
D)organized crime
4
What is considered the first requirement when conducting comparative research?
A)selecting a sample
B)taking a sociology course
C)learning a foreign language
D)studying foreign law
5
NIJ is an acronym for which of the following organizations or affiliates?
A)National Institute of Justice
B)Northern International Justice
C)Northern Ireland Judicial
D)Nations Integrated by Justice
6
Which type of law is associated with the Sharia?
A)civil
B)socialist
C)customary
D)Islamic
7
Where is the majority of international crime statistics sent?
A)FBI
B)Interpol
C)United Nations
D)INS
8
Which example does the text use to illustrate the comparing of interdependent phenomena?
A)children to kids
B)dogs to cats
C)bicycles to automobiles
D)hotdogs to kielbasas
9
Which culture-specific Phenomena may explain the difference in crime rates between Japanese society and American society?
A)shaming
B)education
C)longer prison sentences
D)public canings
10
Who authored the first book on comparative criminology?
A)Marshall B. Clinard
B)William Clifford
C)Hermann Mannheim
D)Mark Hamm
11
Which of the following is not identified in the text as a problem associated with empirical research?
A)identification of comparable problems
B)funding of comparable research
C)identification of sources of information
D)selection of compatible research methods
12
Which of the following was the focus of recent comparative research that was originally performed by Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck?
A)juvenile delinquency rates
B)suicide rates
C)serial murder
D)female criminality
13
The cross-cultural validity of several American criminological theories have shown:
A)no statistical validity.
B)weak statistical validity.
C)moderate to significant statistical validity.
D)strong statistical validity.
14
Some cross-cultural researchers have suggested that a linkage exists between increases in certain types of crime such as property crime and:
A)population increases.
B)escalation of poverty.
C)escalation of military buildups.
D)rapid development (urbanization).
15
Why is the theft of art and cultural objects of paramount concern to comparative criminologists?
A)its potential for robbing entire cultures of their cultural heritage
B)the enormous total monetary value
C)most of the famous works of art are housed in foreign nations
D)the thefts are hard to detect
16
Which of the following would most likely be of interest to comparative criminologists?
A)theft of library books
B)software piracy
C)plagiarism
D)misrepresenting a manufactured product
17
What was taken from a German physician against his will while attending a medical congress in Rio de Janeiro in 1988, and illustrates the need for comparative criminology?
A)motor vehicle
B)child
C)retirement account
D)kidney
18
What was established in May 2002 for the purpose of dealing with only the most heinous of international crimes?
A)International Criminal Court
B)Interpol
C)World Police Organization
D)World Health Organization
19
Which of the following is not considered as international crime, according to the Draft Code of Crimes?
A)crimes against humanity
B)genocide
C)mass suicide
D)apartheid
20
Which term refers to the breakup of nation-states and is considered the opposite of globalization?
A)industrialization
B)internationalism
C)incorporation
D)balkanization





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