Question 1

Compare and contrast the three areas of peacemaking criminology and how they approach the study of crime and criminals.

Accepted Answer

Three areas of peacemaking criminology a...

Question 2

A radical feminist would focus on the sexual control of women, seeing their oppression as emerging from a social order dominated by men.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Restorative justice focuses on retribution for the harm caused.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What is one way that the "war" on crime is evidenced in traditional criminology?

Accepted Answer

A)   the admission that there is only one way to achieve victory over crime
B)   advocating punishment as the primary means to stop crime
C)   suggesting that criminals are no different from the rest of society
D)   using military language, such as "collateral damage"E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

What are the three primary branches of peacemaking criminology?

Accepted Answer

A)   objective, subjective, and constructionist
B)   cultural, normative, and reactionist
C)   religious, feminist, and critical
D)   liberal, radical, and socialistE) C) and D)
F) None of the above C

Question 6

The feminist perspective was the first to acknowledge the position of women in a male-dominated society and the ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   way women facilitate male deviance
B)   biological influence on female deviance
C)   pathological nature of femininity
D)   structural oppression that women experienceE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

What is a primary idea behind Critical Race Theory?

Accepted Answer

A)   The war on crime is a war on those without resources.
B)   The law labels women deviant for many behaviors they engage in to survive.
C)   Racial domination is at the center of much of today's legal and decision-making.
D)   The ways that people experience race, class, gender, and sexuality are dysfunctional.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Feminist criminology has little interest in the politics, economics, and civil society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

A theorist using ______ theories would primarily focus on processes that lead to the criminalization of the most marginalized and oppressed individuals in a society.

Accepted Answer

A)   anomie
B)   critical
C)   pathological
D)   labelingE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 10

Which branch of feminism focuses on gender role socialization?

Accepted Answer

A)   radical
B)   liberal
C)   socialist
D)   postmodernE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

Many human trafficking victims initially go with their captors willingly because of promises of a better job or an escape from a hard life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 12

What is unique about approaching homelessness through the lens of peacemaking criminology?

Accepted Answer

A)   It accepts treatment of the homeless that is warlike and inhumane
B)   It characterizes the homeless as immoral and more likely to be dangerous.
C)   It suggest the homeless are to blame for their homelessness
D)   It encourages us to approach homelessness from a place of kindnessE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 13

Human trafficking can include, but does not require, movement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Critically assess the impact of feminism on our understanding of crime and criminal justice.

Accepted Answer

Feminism considers the role of women in ...

Question 15

Zahra considers herself a ______ feminist because her primary perspective is that both patriarchy and capitalism are oppressive forces for women.

Accepted Answer

A)   radical
B)   liberal
C)   socialist
D)   postmodernE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Feminist criminology suggests that patriarchal society considers the abuse of women as one of the most deviant possible acts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

When Stacey first learned about critical theories, she noticed they were very similar to ______ theories because of their shared focus on how inequality influences society and how people relate to one another.

Accepted Answer

A)   interactionist
B)   functionalist
C)   conflict
D)   subculturalE) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 18

Which perspective argues that the law is used to subordinate people of color?

Accepted Answer

A)   critical race theory
B)   postmodern feminism
C)   peacemaking theory
D)   radical feminismE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

What are some criticisms of critical theories?

Accepted Answer

Main criticisms of all three are as foll...

Question 20

In what discipline did Critical Race Theory first take shape?

Accepted Answer

A)   black feminist scholarship
B)   African American Studies
C)   sociology
D)   legal studiesE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Exam 10: Critical Theories of Deviance

Compare and contrast the three areas of peacemaking criminology and how they approach the study of crime and criminals.

Correct AnswerverifiedThree areas of peacemaking criminology a...View AnswerShow Answer

A radical feminist would focus on the sexual control of women, seeing their oppression as emerging from a social order dominated by men.

Correct AnswerverifiedTrue

Restorative justice focuses on retribution for the harm caused.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What is one way that the "war" on crime is evidenced in traditional criminology?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What are the three primary branches of peacemaking criminology?

Correct AnswerverifiedC

The feminist perspective was the first to acknowledge the position of women in a male-dominated society and the ______.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What is a primary idea behind Critical Race Theory?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Feminist criminology has little interest in the politics, economics, and civil society.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

A theorist using ______ theories would primarily focus on processes that lead to the criminalization of the most marginalized and oppressed individuals in a society.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Which branch of feminism focuses on gender role socialization?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Many human trafficking victims initially go with their captors willingly because of promises of a better job or an escape from a hard life.

Correct AnswerverifiedTrue

What is unique about approaching homelessness through the lens of peacemaking criminology?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Human trafficking can include, but does not require, movement.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Critically assess the impact of feminism on our understanding of crime and criminal justice.

Correct AnswerverifiedFeminism considers the role of women in ...View AnswerShow Answer

Zahra considers herself a ______ feminist because her primary perspective is that both patriarchy and capitalism are oppressive forces for women.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Feminist criminology suggests that patriarchal society considers the abuse of women as one of the most deviant possible acts.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

When Stacey first learned about critical theories, she noticed they were very similar to ______ theories because of their shared focus on how inequality influences society and how people relate to one another.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Which perspective argues that the law is used to subordinate people of color?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What are some criticisms of critical theories?

Correct AnswerverifiedMain criticisms of all three are as foll...View AnswerShow Answer

In what discipline did Critical Race Theory first take shape?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Correct Answer
verified
Three areas of peacemaking criminology a...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified
True

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
C

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
True

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
Feminism considers the role of women in ...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
Main criticisms of all three are as foll...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified