Question 1

According to Cornish and Clarke (2006)  what are two of the main classes of life events that are said to affect desistance from offending?

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A)  lack of friends
B)  marriage and family
C)  long prison sentences
D)  legitimate job opportunities

Question 2

What is meant by 'bounded rationality'?

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A)  offenders are sometimes forced to commit crimes
B)  offenders think before they act
C)  offenders are irrational
D)  offenders' decisions are based on some immediate benefits B,D

Question 3

Routine activity theory, like other control-style theories, starts from the assumption that a key question is 'Why do people not commit crime?'

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Felson's acronym VIVA was concerned with the theft of motor vehicles.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 5

'Crime scripts' are the basis for television police documentaries.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which theories does situational crime prevention draw upon primarily?

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A)  positivism
B)  rational choice
C)  labelling theory
D)  routine activity theories

Question 7

Situational approaches focus on:

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A)  the opportunities for crime and the risks involved
B)  situations where domestic violence might occur
C)  the lack of police on street patrol
D)  persistent offenders

Question 8

'Classical' criminology's assumption is:

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A)  that people are basically selfish
B)  that society should monitor people
C)  that offenders are essentially rationally-calculating actors
D)  that people can be trained to be criminal

Question 9

In what year was the Home Office's 'Crime Prevention Unit set up and what was its target?

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Question 10

Routine activity theory states that offenders learn routines in prison that are criminogenic.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What did Felson describe as the 'chemistry for crime'?

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Question 12

Rather than focussing on the offender and the state's response, since the 1970s some different approaches have enjoyed growing popularity.

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A)  concentration on prison population literacy
B)  focus on 'criminal events' and the circumstances in which those events occur
C)  the role of women in criminal justice
D)  police corruption

Question 13

From the 1970s onwards criminologists from various perspectives found two approaches to crime control increasingly popular:

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A)  deterring offenders prior to the act rather than rehabilitating them afterward
B)  much longer sentences for burglars
C)  'three strikes and you're out'
D)  manipulating environments rather than humans

Question 14

Rational choice theory is based on the idea that individuals will commit offences if the 'expected utility' of doing so is positive, and will not do so if it is negative.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Contemporary classicism emerged from:

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A)  the late 1960s onwards
B)  the early nineteenth century
C)  the 1500s
D)  the early 1990s A

Question 16

As faith in rehabilitation receded from the 1960s onward greater emphasis began to be placed on:

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A)  arming the police
B)  the Probation Service
C)  judges' decision making
D)  deterrence and on 'justice' approaches

Question 17

What is 'defensible space'?

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Question 18

According to rational choice theorists crime is 'purposive'; it is never 'senseless' there is always some anticipated or intended benefit to the offender, including:

Accepted Answer

A)  excitement
B)  prestige
C)  fun
D)  sexual gratification
E)  material reward

Exam 15: Contemporary Classicism

According to Cornish and Clarke (2006) what are two of the main classes of life events that are said to affect desistance from offending?

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What is meant by 'bounded rationality'?

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Routine activity theory, like other control-style theories, starts from the assumption that a key question is 'Why do people not commit crime?'

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Felson's acronym VIVA was concerned with the theft of motor vehicles.

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'Crime scripts' are the basis for television police documentaries.

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Which theories does situational crime prevention draw upon primarily?

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Situational approaches focus on:

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'Classical' criminology's assumption is:

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In what year was the Home Office's 'Crime Prevention Unit set up and what was its target?

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Routine activity theory states that offenders learn routines in prison that are criminogenic.

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What did Felson describe as the 'chemistry for crime'?

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Rather than focussing on the offender and the state's response, since the 1970s some different approaches have enjoyed growing popularity.

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From the 1970s onwards criminologists from various perspectives found two approaches to crime control increasingly popular:

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Rational choice theory is based on the idea that individuals will commit offences if the 'expected utility' of doing so is positive, and will not do so if it is negative.

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Contemporary classicism emerged from:

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What is meant by 'bounded rationality'?

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Routine activity theory, like other control-style theories, starts from the assumption that a key question is 'Why do people not commit crime?'

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Felson's acronym VIVA was concerned with the theft of motor vehicles.

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'Crime scripts' are the basis for television police documentaries.

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Which theories does situational crime prevention draw upon primarily?

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Situational approaches focus on:

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Routine activity theory states that offenders learn routines in prison that are criminogenic.

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What did Felson describe as the 'chemistry for crime'?

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Rather than focussing on the offender and the state's response, since the 1970s some different approaches have enjoyed growing popularity.

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From the 1970s onwards criminologists from various perspectives found two approaches to crime control increasingly popular:

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Rational choice theory is based on the idea that individuals will commit offences if the 'expected utility' of doing so is positive, and will not do so if it is negative.

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