Developmental Perspectives of Criminality MCQs
Developmental Perspectives of Criminality MCQs
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1: ______ is the degree of seriousness of the offenses he or she commits at certain times in their offending career.
A. Persistence
B. Intensity
C. Frequency
D. Duration
2: Which of the factor in developmental theory seems to offer the best chance for predicting future criminality?
A. Desistence
B. Early onset
C. Duration
D. Frequency (lambda)
3: The term onset refers to when an individual stops committing crime.
A. True
B. False
4: Which developmental theory focuses on transitions and trajectories in our life-course as reasons for causing individuals to reduce their criminal offending, such as getting married or obtaining, a job a person doesn’t want to lose?
A. Moffitt’s developmental taxonomy
B. Thornberry’s interactional model
C. Sampson and Laub’s developmental theory
D. Gottfredson and Hirschi’s theory of low self-control
5: Which theoretical model is considered as “antidevelopment” in the sense that it proposes that once an individual has an early propensity toward criminality; it is virtually impossible to change that propensity and such person’s will likely continue offending?
A. Moffitt’s developmental taxonomy
B. Thornberry’s interactional model
C. Sampson and Laub’s developmental theory
D. Gottfredson and Hirschi’s theory of low self-control
6: This small group, estimated to be 4% to 8% of offenders—albeit the most violent and chronic—commit the vast majority of serious, violent offenses in any society, such as murder, rape, and armed robbery.
A. Adolescence-limited
B. Life-course persistent
C. Primary offenders
D. Secondary offenders
7: Which developmental theory focuses on certain factors having different influences at certain times in a person’s life, as well as the reciprocal or “feedback” effects of subsequent variables or behavior on the earlier antecedent factors, creating a feedback loop?
A. Moffitt’s developmental taxonomy
B. Thornberry’s interactional model
C. Sampson and Laub’s developmental theory
D. Gottfredson and Hirschi’s theory of low self-control
8: Which developmental theory focuses on two different types of offenders, namely life-course persistent offenders and adolescence-limited offenders?
A. Moffitt’s developmental taxonomy
B. Thornberry’s interactional model
C. Sampson and Laub’s developmental theory
D. Gottfredson and Hirschi’s theory of low self-control
9: Developmental theories are distinguished by their emphasis on the evolution of individuals’ criminality over time.
A. True
B. False
10: Adolescence-limited offenders include all persons who committed offenses when they were teenagers or young adults.
A. True
B. False
11: Virtually all studies on life-course/developmental perspective show that most individuals who are arrested become repeat offenders.
A. True
B. False
12: The general theory of crime assumes that self-control must be established by age ______.
A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 18
13: ______ refers to how often the individual offends at certain times.
A. Persistence
B. Intensity
C. Frequency
D. Duration
14: Adolescence-Limited offenders commit crimes only during adolescence and desists from criminal behavior in his or her 20s or adulthood
A. True
B. False
15: Developmental theories are perspectives of criminal behavior that emphasize the _______ of individuals’ criminality over time
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Evolution
D. None of the above
16: Life-course persistent offenders start offending early and persists in criminal behavior through adulthood
A. True
B. False
17: Moffitt's developmental theory or taxonomy is a theoretical perspective proposing that criminal behavior is caused by
A. Adolescence-limited offenders
B. Life-course persistent offenders
C. Both
D. None
18: The first major perspective to emphasize reciprocal, or feedback, effects in the causal modeling of the theoretical framework
A. Moffitt's developmental theory
B. Thornberry's interactional model
C. Traditional perspective
D. All of the above
19: Trajectories are the paths people take in life, often due to life transitions
A. True
B. False
20: Transitions are Life events important in altering trajectories ______ from crime
A. Towards
B. Away
C. Both
D. None
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