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This set of Crime and Punishment Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Crime And Punishment Set 5

Q1 | Where is International court located-(
  • The Hague,
  • London,
  • Paris,
  • Tokyo)
Q2 | Who is the author of the book “Crime and Punishment”-
  • Dostoyevsky,
  • Malinovsky,
  • Dadhayavsky,
  • Raskolnikov
Q3 | The novel “War and Peace” is written by –
  • Leo Tolstoy,
  • Sergei Tolstoy,
  • ViktoriaTolstoy,
  • None of these
Q4 | Which of the following is a result crime-
  • Fraud,
  • Robbery,
  • Theft,
  • Murder
Q5 | Which of the following is a ‘conduct’ only crime-
  • Murder,
  • Theft ,
  • Manslaughter,
  • Criminal damage
Q6 | According to John F. Galliher, legal definitions of criminality arrived at through a __________ processes-
  • sociological
  • psychological
  • political
  • none of these
Q7 | Ron Classen sees crime primarily as
  • A violation of a law.
  • Problembehaviour.
  • An offense against human relationships.
  • A form of social maladjustment.
Q8 | The pluralistic perspective suggests that behaviours are typically criminalized through
  • General agreement of members of society.
  • a political process.
  • The existence of shared norms and values.
  • None of the above
Q9 | Which of the following jobs probably would not fall within the field of criminalistics?
  • Fingerprint examiner
  • Polygraph operator
  • Forensics examiner
  • Correctional officer
Q10 | A police officer or probation officer is best described as a
  • criminalist.
  • Criminologist.
  • Criminal justice professional.
  • None of the above
Q11 | __________ definitions focus on criminology’s role in uncovering the underlying causes of crime.
  • Scientific
  • Causative
  • Disciplinary
  • None of the above
Q12 | According to various professional groups, violence in television, music, video games, and movies
  • may lead to increased levels of violent behavior among children.
  • may lead to decreased levels of violent behavior among children.
  • may lead to emotional sensitization toward violence in real life.
  • may have no effect on levels of violent behavior among children.
Q13 | Which of the following is not an immediate input provided by the justice system that may enhance or reduce the likelihood of criminal occurrences?
  • Police response time to a crime scene
  • The availability or lack of official assistance
  • The presence or absence of police officers
  • A prison that acts as a “crime school”
Q14 | Which of the following is considered as a disease?
  • Robbery
  • Burglary
  • Arson
  • kleptomania
Q15 | Which of the following is not a reason why rape victims fail to report their victimization?
  • Fear that the crime is not important enough to report
  • Fear of the perpetrator
  • Fear of participation in the criminal justice system
  • Shame
Q16 | According to Elliott Currie, the __________ is the rate of crime calculated on the basis of crimes that would likely be committed by those who are incapacitated by the criminal justice system.
  • Actual crime rate,
  • Criminality index,
  • latent crime rate,
  • Clearance rate
Q17 | For a defence of intoxication, to escape criminal liability, the intoxication:
  • can be self-administered
  • administered against his will or knowledge
  • should not be self-administered
  • all the above.
Q18 | All about ‘intention’ is true except one:
  • is a state of mind
  • is an objective element
  • rarely susceptible to proof
  • always a matter of inference
Q19 | The study of one particular criminal organization is an example of the __________ datagathering strategy.
  • survey research
  • case study
  • participant observation
  • secondary analysis
Q20 | The word ‘illegal’ is applicable to everything:
  • which is an offence
  • which is prohibited by law
  • which furnishes ground for civil action
  • all of them
Q21 | In which year was the Magna Carta signed?
  • 450 B.C.
  • 1215
  • 1066
  • 1700 B.C.
Q22 | Which of the following was not one of the three types of crimes outlined by Beccaria?
  • Crimes that involved no victims other than society
  • Crimes that ran contrary to the social order
  • Crimes that injured citizens or their property
  • Crimes that threatened the security of the state
Q23 | Which of the following is true about imprisonment?
  • it is characterised by hard labour
  • it is characterised by confinement to jail
  • is subject to the kind of imprisonment
  • all of them
Q24 | Whosaid ‘criminals are born’.
  • Talcot Parson,
  • Webber,
  • J.S.Mill,
  • Lumbrosso
Q25 | Who said ‘crimes have positive effect in society’.
  • Emil Durkhiem,
  • Bogardus.
  • Simmel,
  • Noneof these