How Well Do You Know Criminology?

The root word of Criminology is of __________ origin.

Which of the following fields is not associated with Criminology?

Criminologists study the __________ of a person to understand the crime committed.

The English meaning of "Crime" during the 13th century was _________.

An __________ is the failure to act when a particular crime or incident happens.

The term that is used to refer to the study of the cause of a particular incident or crime is _________.

Pick out the year in which the term "Criminology" was coined:

__________ is known to be the person who first coined the term Criminology.

__________ wrote the first American text book about Criminology.

In early Criminological theory, there were _________ major schools of thought.

Critical criminology backed up the traditional idea of crime and its nature.

The ________ school of Criminology argued that criminals are born with criminal minds and not made.

Psychological positivism is the belief that these criminals and their criminal behaviour stem from "chemical imbalances" or "abnormalities" within the brain of a person.

The school of thought that believes that society and status of a person determine whether they will become a criminal or not is a belief of ___________ positivism.

_________ is considered to be the "Father of Criminology".

According to Sociological positivism, factors such as ________ can also be the cause of crime.

_________ produced statistics to prove that the more populated a place is, the more will be the number of crime cases.

The _________ theory suggests that social structures within a society can pressurize an individual to commit crimes.

Labelling theory is all about how an individual or a group of people are labelled by the society.

____________ involves the betrayal and abuse by trusted adults especially during childhood, that might influence a person to take violent steps during adulthood.