Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best
completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which
of the following ideas or concepts is associated with feminist criminology: a. | atavism | b. | positivism | c. | social Darwinism | d. | biological determinism | e. | cultural construction of rape | | |
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Criminology has been mainly concerned with: a. | the different behaviours of males and
females | b. | crime common to
both genders | c. | the social
construction of sentencing | d. | male crime | e. | none of the above | | |
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Patriarchy is: a. | government by priests | b. | a form of society in which males have dominant
status | c. | a government of
elders | d. | being proud of
your country | e. | socialist | | |
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4.
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When
was Canada’s law changed so that husbands could be charged with sexually assaulting their
wives? a. | 1945 | b. | 1789 | c. | 1983 | d. | 1998 | e. | none of the above | | |
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Power
control theory claims: a. | to predict international
conflicts | b. | that women from
patriarchal families will be more likely to commit crimes | c. | that women commit crime under pressure from
men | d. | that women from
egalitarian families will be more likely to commit crimes | e. | that courts tend to trivialize crimes against
women | | |
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The
women’s liberation thesis on crime is that: a. | different crime rates for men and women are biologically
caused | b. | women commit more
crime than is recorded | c. | men commit more crime than is
recorded | d. | greater gender
equality will increase the rate of crime by women | e. | greater gender equality will decrease the rate of crime by
women | | |
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A man
cannot be charged with sexually assaulting a women if: a. | they have had consensual sex
before | b. | she is a
prostitute | c. | she is his
wife | d. | she was
intoxicated and did not resist | e. | none of the above | | |
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A zero
tolerance policy means that: a. | police lay charges in all cases where they have grounds to
believe a domestic assault has occurred | b. | any unwanted touching of someone is a sexual
assault | c. | someone who has
taken any drugs cannot consent to sex | d. | all crimes are punished | e. | prison discipline is strict | | |
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Which
of the following have criminologists cited to explain the lower rate of crime committed by
women: a. | biology | b. | psychology | c. | gender socialization | d. | feminization of poverty | e. | a, b, and c | | |
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