February 7, 2004

As promised, there will be periodic pop quizzes to make sure people are doing the readings. 
Each question is worth a half point toward MISCELLANEOUS POINTS. Not much, but it's an easy 
"take home" quiz. Poor scores, of course, indicate people are not doing the work, and this 
will be reflected in class participation.

Select the single best answer and return NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, February 11, at midnight. 
Quizzes will be used to assess the degree to which people are keeping up on readings and other 
material.


1. Which of the following is NOT a feature of Classicical Criminology?


   a) Crime is a legal process

   b) Major weapon against crime is punishment

   c) Control crime after it occurs

   d) Personality of criminals NEED NOT be addressed

   e) We must study the SOCIAL context of crime

2. Some people think that by placing the 10 commandments in schools and making students address 
adults as "sir" or "maam" we can reduce crime among grade school students. The 
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE(S) is/are:


   a) 10 Commandments and forms of address

   b) Crime

   c) Grade school students and crime

   d) Forms of address and adults

   e) Crime and grade school students

3. According to the text and URLs, a method of producing data that is based on the principles 
of science is called:


   a) Positivism

   b) Scientism

   c) Behavioralism

   d) Classicism

   e) Data Dredging

4. According to the text and other sources, which of the following IS NOT true of Becarria's 
view of crime?


   a) Capital Punishment should be used more

   b) Punishment should be swift

   c) Punishment should be certain

   d) Prisons should be used often

   e) People are basically rational

5. According to Sheldon's theory of body types, Arnold Schwartzenegger is closest to a:


   a) Mesomorph

   b) Ectomorph

   c) Endomorph

   d) Metamorph

   e) Isomorph

6. In the Alligator story, Sinbad was:


   a) A sailor

   b) A tailor

   c) A football player

   d) An alligator hunter

   e) Abigail's lover

7. Citizens in the late 19th century who tried to reform the juvenile justice system and help 
delinquents were called:


   a) Social workers

   b) Child savers

   c) Youth preservationists

   d) Avocation reformers

   e) Hull House Heros

8. The belief of Lombroso and others that females who commit crimes is the result of their
being a biologial throwback to a primitive stage of development. This theory is called:


   a) Atavism

   b) Ego-centrism

   c) Primitivism

   d) The Neanderthal Syndrome

   e) Passive-Aggressive PersonalityDisorder

9. According to the text, which of the following WOULD NOT be an example fo an ASCRIBED STATUS?


   a) Your age

   b) Your religion

   c) Your ethnicity

   d) Your race

   e) Your sexual orientation

10. The theory that sees crime/delinquency as caused by power imbalances is closest to:


   a) Conlfict theory

   b) Labeling theory 

   c) Classical theory

   d) The chicago school

   e) Anomie theory