Trends and Power Dynamics
Criminology Perspectives
People and Policies
Citing Research
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100

What is the research evidence regarding the relationship between immigrant populations and crime rates in the United States?

Immigrant populations generally have lower crime rates than native-born U.S. citizens.

100

This school of thought assumes that humans are rational actors who possess free will and seek to maximize pleasure while minimizing pain.

What is the Classical School? 

100

This is the scholar that provides the formal definition of Criminology. 

Who is Edwin Sutherland?

100

The number of authors needed before you can use "et al. in your in-text citation.

at least 4. 

100

This concept, coming from deterrence theory, argues that the death penalty and other overly punitive punishments decrease the effectiveness of deterrence by desensitizing the public to violence.

What is the brutalization effect?

200

This economic philosophy emphasizes deregulation, privatization of government services, and cutting social spending.

What is neoliberalism?

200

Which criminological era asked, “whose law” and “whose order?”

What is critical criminology.

200

This scholar is considered the first positivist criminologist because he followed the scientific method by creating hypotheses, measuring social phenomena, and testing his hypotheses.

Who is Lombroso?

200

This piece of information should immediately follow author names in proper APA.

Publication year in parentheses. 

200

This philosopher argued that law serves people in power. 

Who is Karl Marx?

300

What is the relationship between climate change and crime according to the Leighton et al.?

Extreme heat and social displacement from environmental disasters are associated with increased aggression and institutional disruption.

300

According to the book, what are the limitations of the field of criminology? 

-Draws from classical or positivist assumptions of law (does not question how crime is defined)

-Focuses on individual-level theories (does not consider broader contexts)

-Is quantitative in nature (does not interrogate processes or the more complicated nature of human experiences).

300

This legislation criminalized unauthorized entry into the country as a federal misdemeanor.

What is Section 1325? 

300

This piece of information must be included in your in-text citation if you quote referenced material.

What is the page number?

300

This is the term for a group of people within a society who share a similar socioeconomic status.

What is class?