Exam 5: Early and Classical Criminological Theories

Before the formulation and acceptance of the ______ theory, the administration of criminal justice in Europe was cruel, uncertain, and unpredictable.

Disappointed with criminology's overconcern with the search for basic causes of crime, James Q. Wilson proposed a policy analysis approach that was less concerned with finding "causes" and more concerned with "what works."

Beccaria's philosophies surrounding punishment were considered radical during his time.

For Marx, ______ breeds its own destruction by giving birth to a proletarian revolution and finally a new world order of socialism.

Beccaria believed that capital punishment should be abolished.

The characteristics of Western criminal law include all of the following except ______.

The concept of "just deserts" is related to the neoclassical approach to criminology.

Demonological theory assumes that supernatural forces cause and control crime commission.

Specific deterrence targets others.

All of the following, except ______ were identified as basic claims made by Bonger regarding criminality.

Cesare Beccaria proposed a numbers of principles that he believed were crucial for the proper operation of the criminal justice system. List five of those principles.

"Theory" is best described as ______.

General or systemic models of how human personalities or societies function are referred to as theories.

The classical school of criminological theory is also referred to as the statistical, geographic, or cartographic school.

Demonological theorists also argue for a crime-specific approach to crime.

Theories are not laws or facts.

According to Beccaria, punishment should be all of the following except ______.

Theory in criminology refers to efforts to explain or understand crime causation.

All of the following are characteristics of Bentham's panopticon except ______.

The ______ school of criminological theory is also referred to as the statistical, geographic, and cartographic school.