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6 Social Factors and Crime Online Quiz Questions

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20 questions

True or false

1 point

The material treats poverty as a condition that can influence the risk of crime, not as something that determines an individual's criminal behavior.

A
True
B
False

Written response

1 point

What term describes residents' mutual trust and willingness to act together for shared goals, such as protecting public spaces?

Fill in the blank

1 point

Perceived disadvantage compared with other people is called .

Choose one

1 point

A neighborhood has concentrated poverty, frequent residential turnover, and weakened local institutions. Which theory examines how these conditions may make it harder for residents to build relationships and respond collectively to problems?

A
Strain theory
B
Social disorganization theory
C
Social learning theory
D
Routine activity theory

Choose all

1 point

Select all examples the material describes as potentially protecting young people from risk or buffering it.

A
Supportive relationships
B
Increased criminal-justice contact
C
Access to meaningful opportunities
D
Social isolation
E
Community organizations

True or false

1 point

Family structure alone is a reliable explanation of crime, regardless of the circumstances and relationships within a family.

A
True
B
False

Fill in the blank

1 point

The processes through which behavior is defined, policed, and punished as crime are called .

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1 point

A young person observes close friends committing theft, learns how they do it, and begins to view it as acceptable. Which explanation best fits this example?

A
The strain theory of crime
B
Social disorganization theory
C
Social learning theory
D
Collective efficacy

Written response

1 point

What term refers to material hardship itself, rather than perceived disadvantage in comparison with other people?

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1 point

Select all factors that can shape who is arrested or sanctioned, apart from how much offending occurs.

A
Laws and enforcement priorities
B
The assumption that every offense is detected equally
C
A complete count of all offending
D
Patterns of policing and institutional decisions

Choose one

1 point

Someone regularly travels through an area with little lighting and few bystanders. Which interpretation best matches the material's explanation of victimization risk?

A
It proves that residents of the area are more likely to offend.
B
It illustrates how routine exposure to a poorly supervised setting can affect victimization risk.
C
It shows that family structure determines victimization.
D
It establishes that visible disorder automatically causes serious crime.

Choose one

1 point

A person leaves incarceration and finds it harder to obtain housing and employment. Which interpretation best reflects the material's account of how justice-system involvement can affect later risk?

A
It ensures that the person will offend again.
B
It demonstrates that arrest rates measure all offending directly.
C
It can restrict access to opportunities, deepen disadvantage, and contribute to later exposure to risk.
D
It shows that neighborhood conditions no longer matter.

Open ended

1 point

A neighborhood faces concentrated poverty and has few youth services. Some young people spend time with peers who encourage rule-breaking, while local adults and organizations have limited capacity to supervise or support them. Explain how at least two social mechanisms in the material could affect risk, identify a protective factor that could buffer it, and explain why enforcement choices matter when interpreting arrest patterns.

Written response

1 point

What term describes factors associated with a greater likelihood of harm?

True or false

1 point

True or false: Arrest rates are a direct measure of all offending because they reflect only how often crimes occur.

A
True
B
False

Choose one

1 point

A researcher finds different outcomes among young people from households with the same family structure. Which conclusion best fits the material?

A
A young person’s family structure is enough to explain whether they will offend.
B
A young person’s experiences of supervision, conflict, stability, and support may influence risk.
C
Family relationships cannot influence behavior because peers are the only important social influence.
D
Family structure determines whether a young person will receive support from community organizations.

Choose one

1 point

Which example is best understood as a protective factor for a young person who faces several risks?

A
A lack of supervision that increases exposure to risky situations.
B
Peer approval of rule-breaking that makes delinquent behavior seem acceptable.
C
A supportive mentor who helps a young person access meaningful opportunities.
D
Limited access to community resources that restricts available support.

Choose one

1 point

A young person’s friends and trusted adults regularly discuss why theft harms others and encourage lawful ways to resolve conflicts. Which explanation best applies social learning theory?

A
Through interaction, a young person can learn attitudes that discourage rule-breaking.
B
The young person’s behavior is determined by concentrated poverty alone.
C
The young person learns only from formal laws, not from other people.
D
The young person’s conduct is explained by the number of arrests in the neighborhood.

Choose one

1 point

A neighborhood has high residential turnover and weakened local institutions. Which interpretation is most consistent with social disorganization theory?

A
Concentrated poverty and residential turnover may weaken local ties and make collective responses harder.
B
Residents of disadvantaged neighborhoods are inherently more criminal than other residents.
C
Visible disorder automatically causes serious crime in every neighborhood.
D
Residential stability guarantees that crime cannot occur in a neighborhood.

Written response

1 point

Which theory proposes that blocked opportunities and persistent disadvantage can create pressure that makes illegal ways of pursuing valued goals more appealing?