Criminology Lesson 9,10

Front 1

Sociological theories examine the nature of existing power relationship between social groups.

Back 1

True

Front 2

According to Park and Burgess, Zone III contained primarily single-family homes.

Back 2

False

Front 3

Concepts of defensible space help to bring an environment under the control of its residents.

Back 3

True

Front 4

General strain theory is more limited than traditional strain theory.

Back 4

False

Front 5

Countercultures generally conform to the parameters of the surrounding culture.

Back 5

False

Front 6

Matza described drift as hard determinism.

Back 6

False

Front 7

The internal rules of a violent subculture are generally not recognized by the wider culture.

Back 7

False

Front 8

Cloward and Ohlin’s Type IV youth was considered to be the most crime prone.

Back 8

False

Front 9

There are a large number of female-dominated gangs today.

Back 9

False

Front 10

The Chicago Area Project focused on reducing delinquency in transitional neighborhoods.

Back 10

True

Front 11

__________ theories suggest that crime is the end product of factors such as inappropriate socialization and social learning.

Back 11

Social structure

Front 12

The concentric zone research identified Zone __ as being in transition.

Back 12

II

Front 13

According to the research on crime patterns in concentric zones, as a the composition of the population in the zone of transition changes (e.g., because of immigration), the crime rate will

Back 13

Stay about the same

Front 14

14. Operation Padlock in New York City was based on the concept of

Back 14

Criminology of place

Front 15

According to Merton, the __________ mode of adaptation involves rejecting culturally defined goals but accepting socially approved means.

Back 15

Ritualism

Front 16

General strain theory was developed by

Back 16

Robert Agnew

Front 17

The culture conflict perspective was developed by

Back 17

Thorsten Sellin

Front 18

Walter Miller identified six key values or __________ which are considered important by members of a delinquent subculture.

Back 18

Focal concerns

Front 19

Neutralization theory is most closely associated with the work of

Back 19

Sykes and Matza

Front 20

The concepts of a subculture of violence was developed by

Back 20

Franco Ferracuti and Marvin Wolfgang

Front 21

According to Cloward and Ohlin, the unequal distribution of the ability to achieve success across class lines produces

Back 21

Differential opportunities

Front 22

The mobilization for Youth delinquency prevention program was based on __________ theory.

Back 22

Differential opportunity