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Multiple Choice Quiz

1
Which of the following persons established what came to be known as the classical school of criminology?
A)Cesare Lombroso
B)Charles Darwin
C)Cesare Beccaria
D)Enrico Ferri
2
Which of the following notions does the classical school of criminology suggest about individual behavior?
A)persons weigh the consequences of their behavior
B)most persons secretly prefer pain to pleasure
C)punishment should not be a deterrent to crime
D)individual choices are uncontrollable
3
Which of the following views is purported by the positivist school of criminology?
A)criminal behavior is a matter of control
B)criminal behavior stems from biological, psychological and social factors
C)it is impossible to measure forces impacting human behavior
D)persons rationally choose to commit criminal acts
4
What did Cesare Beccaria believe that crime problems could be traced to?
A)evil people
B)laws created by legislators
C)bad laws
D)corrupted supervision
5
Which of the following views on punishment would Cesare Beccaria not agree with?
A)punishment should be determined by the crime
B)all people should be treated equally
C)capital punishment should be abolished
D)it is better to punish crimes than prevent them
6
Which term did Jeremy Bentham use to describe human equations regarding behavior?
A)felicific calculus
B)precise utility
C)calculated pseudoism
D)preventive effigy
7
The study of phrenology regarding criminal behavior suggests that:
A)human actions are calculated in accordance to pleasure or pain.
B)there can be no real knowledge unless based on the scientific approach.
C)red haired people are more likely to be criminal.
D)bumps on the head were indications of psychological propensities.
8
Lombroso contended that criminals are distinguishable from noncriminals by:
A)somatotypes.
B)atavistic stigmata.
C)utilitarianism.
D)sociological anomalies.
9
Which of the following traits would be consistent with "born criminals," according to Lombroso?
A)receding or balding hairlines
B)small feet or little toes
C)huge jaws and strong canine teeth
D)long legs and short arms
10
Which category of criminals did Lombroso suggest were not born criminal?
A)insane criminals
B)atavistic criminals
C)criminaloids
D)female criminals
11
Why did Enrico Ferri argue that criminals should not be held morally responsible for their crimes?
A)because criminals make rational choices
B)criminals are driven to commit crime by conditions in their lives
C)individuals are influenced by the classical free will notion of crime
D)using the death penalty encouraged people to become criminal
12
What term did Raffaele Garofalo use to describe criminal behavior?
A)atavistic stigmata
B)criminaloid
C)moral anomalies
D)infidels
13
Who made the first major challenge to Lombrosian theory?
A)Enrico Ferri
B)Raffaele Garofalo
C)Charles Darwin
D)Charles Buckman Goring
14
Who is credited with the reawakening of Lombrosian theory in 1939?
A)Charles Goring
B)Raffaele Garafalo
C)Ernest Hooten
D)Karl Pearson
15
Which of the following treatments did Ernest Hooten recommend for criminals?
A)sterilization
B)a life of servitude
C)religious penance
D)physical and social banishment
16
The term somatotype refers to the relationship of criminal behavior to:
A)brain dysfunction.
B)impoverished social conditions.
C)body build.
D)ape-like characteristics.
17
According to William Sheldon, who is more likely to be involved in illegal behavior?
A)mesomorphs
B)endomorphs
C)ectomorphs
D)paramorphs
18
What name did Richard Dugdale assign to the family of more than 1000 members that he studied when concluding that criminality was genetically linked?
A)Kallikak
B)York
C)Jukes
D)Goddard
19
Adolphe Quetelet and Andre Michel Guerry suggested that criminal behavior is a result of:
A)biological inferiority.
B)social factors.
C)physical traits.
D)free will.
20
Which of the following notions did Emile Durkheim not suggest about crime?
A)crime is a result of genetic inferior people
B)some crime is in fact necessary
C)punishment is used to reinforce the value system of societies
D)anomie can lead to social chaos





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