CRI1103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Control, Corporate Crime, Anomie
Revision – Week 5
1) Marxist and feminist perspectives are both concerned with:
a. Orthodox approaches to understanding crime
b. Fundamental power differentials in society
c. Understanding the individual
d. None of the above
2) Multifactorial approaches to crime causation are characterised by:
a. Identification of risk factors and protective factors
b. Awareness of vulnerable points in young people’s transitions on their pathways (e.g., through
educational systems)
c. Multidimensional and holistic ways of working at the community level
d. All of the above
3) The focus of analysis for structuralist criminology is on:
a. The crimes of the powerful
b. The crimes of the less powerful
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
4) Differential association is a theory that seeks to explain:
a. Why youth employment is an important issue at a policy level
b. How criminal behaviour is learnt in interactions between people
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
5) Deviant behaviour is viewed as a meaningful attempt by groups of individuals in particular
disadvantaged positions within the social structure to:
a. Solve problems
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b. Gain attention
c. Demonstrate against the strains they face
d. Act as they wish due to anomie
6) Foundational radical perspectives that emerged in the middle of the twentieth century include:
a. Marxist approaches
b. Feminist approaches
c. Both Marxist and feminist approaches
d. Neither Marxist nor feminist approaches
7) Within critical criminological literature, two approaches can be identified to the understanding of
power:
a. Structuralist and postmodern
b. Marxist and feminist
c. Language and peacemaking
d. Restorative and cultural
8) More recently an environmental basis for biological determinants of crime has included discussion of
environmental triggers such as:
a. The influence on a developing baby of the smoking and drinking habits of their mothers during pregnancy
b. Increased sugars and additives in food and drinks given to children
c. Exposure of children to contaminants, such as lead, in the daily environment
d. All of the above
9) Restorative justice is unique in that it emphasises:
a. Social engagement
b. Social control
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
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