Collective Efficacy is about ( ) Social Control
Informal
The state criminalizes certain behaviors and certain groups, esp. poor people of color
Critical Criminology
The method used to gauge students engagement in community activities and their feeling of safety
Survey
CRM 002 official course name
Theoretical Perspectives on Crime and Justice
Collective Efficacy includes who mainly?
Neighbors Families Nonprofits
Minor signs of disorder can
spiral into more serious crimes
Broken Windows
True or false, Majority of students feel very safe on campus
True 60.9% of students feel very safe
The two courses/programs that fall in the same department as Criminology
Sociology and Anthropology
The Collective Efficacy Question for group 4
How does participation in community activities (e.g., clubs, events, volunteer work) influence students perception of safety on campus?
The threat of sanctions (from the
criminal legal system) will prevent people from
committing crime because people are rational,
seek pleasure and avoid pain (incl. punishment)
Deterrence
True or false, Majority of Students trust public safety
false, 19.05% of students do not trust public safety
Name a required course for the Hofstra BA Criminology major besides CRM 001 and CRM 002
The name of the document we went over in class surrounding collective efficacy
Sharkey et al
A gap between social values, goals, norms,
and strategies to meet these goals
Strain Theory
Which of the three had a strong positive correlation
A: Public Safety + Campus Safety
B: Campus involvement + Campus Safety
C: Race + Gender + Campus Safety
A, Public Safety + Campus Safety
Director of the BA in Criminology Program is Liena Gurevich, True or false?
True
Collective Efficacy can contribute to a decline in crime, eviction and ( )
climate change-related deaths
It’s not individual-level, but rather structural-level factors, that contribute to crime
Social Disorganized Theory
what % Of students are involved in more than one club, organization, job, or other activity on
A: 65.28%
B: 71.43%
C: 46.12%
D: 28.65%
B, 71.43%
The application due date for the 2026 Sociology and Criminology Awards
11:59 PM, Feb 23, 2026