Criminology and Penology Questions and Answers Part-3

1. Who mostly commits ‘White Collar Crimes’?
a) Criminal tribe
b) Persons of high status
c) Poor persons
d) Illiterate persons

Answer: b

2. Which among the following is not a cyber crime?
a) Embezzlement
b) Phishing
c) Hacking
d) Cracking

Answer: b

3. Who has propounded the Theory of Delinquent Subculture?
a) Sutherland
b) Sellin
c) Cohen
d) Merton

Answer: c

4. Following are the causes of crime.
a) Heredity
b) Mental disorder
c) Alcoholism
d) All the above

Answer: d

5. Theory of Pain and Pleasure was propounded by -------
a) Sutherland
b) Plato
c) Bentham
d) Aristotle

Answer: c

6. Which school of criminology propounded the Theory of Free will?
a) Classical school
b) Neo-Classical school
c) Positivist school
d) None of the above

Answer: a

7. The guilty act or deed in Latin is termed as –
a) Actiones legis
b) Ad hoc
c) Mens Rea
d) Actus Reus

Answer: d

8. Crimes conducted over the internet or other computer network are -----
a) Embezzlement
b) Tort
c) Cybercrimes
d) None of the above

Answer: c

9. Which of the following is/are the causes of crime in India?
a) heredity
b) bio-physical factors
c) Mental illness
d) All the above

Answer: d

10. Which authority grants prisoners admission to open-air jail?
a) Police
b) Court
c) Jail authorities
d) None of the above

Answer: c