Specializations in Criminology: Bezuidenhout and Little (2011)
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What is the main focus of Criminal Law?

  • Defining and punishing criminal behavior (correct)
  • Studying the reasons for criminal behavior
  • Understanding the agencies of social control
  • Assessing the risk of criminal behavior

    • What is the main focus of Crime theories?

  • Assessing the risk of criminal behavior
  • Understanding the agencies of social control
  • Defining and punishing criminal behavior
  • Explaining the causes of criminal behavior (correct)

    • What is the primary focus of Victimology?

  • Defining crime and criminal behavior
  • Exploring the study of victims of crimes (correct)
  • Understanding the history of criminology
  • Studying risk assessment strategies for criminal behavior

    • What is the main focus of criminal and deviant behavior systems?

    <p>Examining the patterns of criminal behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of criminologists?

    <p>Studying and analyzing crime phenomena using scientific approaches</p> Signup and view all the answers

    During which phase did scholars first distinguish crime from sin?

    <p>Phase 1 (Classical criminology)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes Modern criminology as described in the text?

    <p>It became independent from traditional disciplines</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which field of study may be applied in the study of the causes of crime according to the text?

    <p>Psychology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of Sociological Criminology?

    <p>Studying crime focused on the group of people and society as a whole</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Psychological Criminology primarily focus on?

    <p>Studying crime at the individual level</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of Psychiatric Criminology according to the text?

    <p>Studying the relationship between mental disorders and criminal behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is considered the external consequence or harm in the context of criminology?

    <p>Physical injury</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Mens rea in the context of criminology?

    <p>The mental element of criminal liability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Nature of criminology primarily encompass according to the text?

    <p><strong>Social Science</strong></p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterizes Phase 3 (Independent criminology) according to the text?

    <p><strong>Multi-disciplinary approach</strong></p> Signup and view all the answers

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