Week 1: Deviance and Positivism

Week 1: Deviance and Positivism

University

15 Qs

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Week 1: Deviance and Positivism

Week 1: Deviance and Positivism

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Myf Hudson

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Positivism is….

Crime resulting from internal and/or external forces

discovering a general explanation of crime using science

using Scientific facts to formulate criminal justice policy

All of the above

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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When was the Mental health act NSW first developed?

1990

1950

1970

2000

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which of the following are perspectives within the positivist school of thought

Psychological, Biological, Sociological

Sociological, Psychological, Cognitive

Functional, Biological, Psychological

Relativism, psychological, Sociological

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The NSW Criminal Justice System incorporates a medical model that seeks to treat defects and departures from the norm.

True

False

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The mental health act is designed to diagnose illnesses such as diabetes, Parkinson's disease and heart defects

True

False

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who proposed a connection between body type and criminal offending?

Goddard

Lombroso

Sheldon

Dugsdale

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which body type was thought to be most associated with crime?

Ectomorph

Endomorph

Mesomorph

Monomorph

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