1. Who introduced and defined the concept of white collar crime?
Correct : B. Edwin Sutherland
2. Who wrote the book ‘Principles of Criminology’?
Correct : C. Sutherland
3. Name the criminologist who wrote the book ‘Twenty Thousand Homeless men’?
Correct : B. Sutherland
4. Famous American criminologist Edwin Sutherland was born in the year?
Correct : A. 1883
5. Name the Sociologist who founded the Bloomington school of criminology?
Correct : C. Sutherland
6. Bloomington school of Criminology was founded in the year ..............
Correct : A. 1950
7. Who wrote the book ‘The Professional Thief’?
Correct : B. Sutherland
8. Name the famous criminologist who also served as the president of the ‘American
sociological society?
Correct : A. Sutherland
9. Edwin Sutherland’s ground breaking work ‘White collar crime’ was published in the
year ......................
Correct : C. 1949
10. Name the book written by Edwin Sutherland which was censored by American
government?
Correct : B. White collar crime
11. Who said that Sutherland’s concept of White-collar crime afford the study of crime
throughout the world in fundamental ways?
Correct : C. Gilbert Geis
12. Sutherland’s famous work ‘Criminology’ was published in the year.......
Correct : A. 1924
13. Who argued that the development of habitual patterns of criminality arise from
association with those who commit crime?
Correct : C. Sutherland
14. According to Sutherland ............ and Social disorganisaiton are the underlying causes
of crime.
Correct : A. Conflict
15. According to whom Social class is an important factor in criminality?
Correct : B. Sutherland
16. Sutherland defined ............. as a crime committed by a person of respectability and high
social status in the course of his occupation?
Correct : B. White collar crime
17. Name the criminologist who extended Sutherland’s concept of White Collar crime?
Correct : B. Gilbert Geis
18. Who wrote the book ‘Criminal Behaviour systems’?
Correct : A. Gilbert Geis
19. Who wrote ‘The Encyclopedia of Criminology’ and Criminal Justice?
Correct : B. Gilbert Geis
20. Who wrote the book ‘White collar and corporate crime’?
Correct : C. Gilbert Geis
21. Which among the following is an example for a learning theory of deviance?
Correct : D. Differential association
22. Who argued that through interaction with others individuals learn the values, attitudes,
techniques and motives for criminal behavior?
Correct : B. Sutherland
23. Which theory states that an individual will choose the criminal path when the balance
of definitions for law-breaking exceeds those for law obiding?
Correct : A. Differential association
24. Who argued that criminal behavior is learned in interaction with other persons in a
process of communication?
Correct : C. Sutherland
25. The word Crime is derived from the Latin word ...........
Correct : B. Cerno
26. What is the meaning of the Latin word ‘Cerno’ from which the word crime evolved?
Correct : A. I decide
27. The earliest proponent of natural law theory of order and crime was .........
Correct : B. Thomas Aquinas
28. Which theory argued for the existence of objective morality and defined crime as the
breach of this objective morality?
Correct : C. Natural law theory
29. Who argued that a person becomes delinquent because of an excess of definitions
favorable to violation of law over definitions unfavorable to violation of the law?
Correct : D. Sutherland
30. Who argued that criminals learn how to commit criminal acts by learning motives,
drives, rationalizations and attitudes?
Correct : A. Sutherland
31. Biogenic approach to the study of Crime is characterized by emphasis on ........
Correct : A. Physiology
32. Famous criminologist Howard Becker wrote his ground breaking work ‘Outsiders’ in
the year ..........?
Correct : C. 1963
33. Among the following criminologists who were part of Chicago school of criminology?
Correct : B. Becker
34. Who wrote the book ‘The other side: Perspectives on deviance’?
Correct : D. Becker
35. Famous criminologist Becker was born in the year ..........
Correct : A. 1928
36. Name the criminologist who wrote the book ‘Telling about Society”?
Correct : B. Becker
37. Who argued that deviance is simply a social construction used to persuade the public to
fear and criminalize certain groups?
Correct : D. Becker
38. Name the criminologist who wrote the book ‘A sociological theory of drug addiction’.
Correct : C. Alfred Lindesmith
39. Among the following which sociologist studied about ‘Murijuana’ related crimes?
Correct : A. Becker
40. Among the following who is considered as the exponent of modified labeling theory?
Correct : B. Brule Lin
41. Becker categorizes deviance into ............... types
Correct : D. 4
42. Secondary deviance is a concept associated with which theory?
Correct : D. Labeling theory
43. Which famous criminologist founded the ‘Lacassagne school of Criminology’?
Correct : C. Alexandre Lacassagne
44. Lacassagne School of Criminology was opposed to ........... School of criminology.
Correct : A. Lombroso Italian School
45. Famous French criminologist Alaxndre Lacassagne was born in the year
Correct : B. 1843
46. Name the Criminologist who said “Every Society gets the kind of Criminal it deserves”
Correct : D. Alaxndre Lacassagne
47. According to whom ‘the social environment is the breeding ground of criminality’?
Correct : A. Lacassagne
48. In his theory of criminality Lacassagne placed the main emphasis on ...........
Correct : B. Environmental influence
49. Lacassagne was inspired and influenced by the theory of which French Sociologist
Correct : C. Gabriel Tarde
50. Who is the founder of Phrenology?
Correct : B. Franz Gall
51. ................. is a pseudo science which involves the measurement of bumps on the skull
to predict mental traits?
Correct : C. Phrenology
52. ........... argued that only the reorganization of the disorganized brain would bring about
a change in criminals.
Correct : A. Phrenology
53. Name the criminologist who used some aspects of phrenology in developing his theory
of crime?
Correct : B. Lombroso
54. Name the Criminologist who wrote the book ‘Without conscience’?
Correct : C. Robert D Hare
55. Who developed the Hare Psychopathy Checklist used to assess cases of Psychopathy?
Correct : B. R.D. Hare
56. .................. is used to indicate violation of social norms or anti-social behavior
Correct : B. Sociopathy
57. Name the criminologist who focused on psychoticism as part of his interest in
criminology?
Correct : B. Hans Eysenck
58. Who argue that poverty and miserable social conditions leads to crime?
Correct : A. Jane Adams
59. Lombroso classified criminals into ............ types.
Correct : A. 4
60. ‘Strain theory’ of Criminology was developed by ............
Correct : A. Merton
61. Strain theory is also known as ...........
Correct : C. Anomic theory
62. Who used the notion of ‘American Dream’ to develop his theory of Criminality?
Correct : A. Parsons
63. Name the criminologist who argued that it is the social strain which leads individuals to
commit crimes?
Correct : A. Merton
64. Merton found that Untied States is a Prime example of high levels of deviance because
of the high social value of achieving ..........
Correct : B. Success
65. Who argued that the Gap between goals and the proper means to achieve goals leads to
deviance?
Correct : A. Merton
66. When individuals are faced with Strain Merton outlined ............ different ways that
they respond?
Correct : B. 5
67. According to Meton ........... means pursuing cultural goals through socially approved
means?
Correct : A. Conformity
68. ‘General Strain theory’ was developed by .................
Correct : C. Robert Agnew
69. According to general strain theory which is the main motivating factor for crime?
Correct : B. Emotion
70. According to general strain theory there are ............. main sources of strain.
Correct : D. 3
71. ‘Institutional anomic theory’ was developed by ..............
Correct : C. Richard Rosenfeld
72. ‘Role strain theory’ was developed by whom?
Correct : A. William J. Goode
73. Who developed ‘the self control theory of Crime’?
Correct : B. Travis Hirschi
74. Who wrote the book ‘causes of delinquency’?
Correct : A. Travis Hirschi
75. ‘Sexual Harassment of women at work place (prevention, prohibition and redressal)
Act’ was passed in the year?
Correct : C. 2013
76. ‘Indecent Representation of Women (prevention) Act’ was passed in the year?
Correct : B. 1986
77. The killing of elderly is known as
Correct : A. Genocide
78. International day for elderly
Correct : B. October1
79. Who coined the term criminology?
Correct : A. Raffele Garafalo
80. Gerontology is viewed as a branch of
Correct : A. Biology
81. Study of social aspects of aging is known as
Correct : B. Social gerontology
82. The term gerontology derived from
Correct : B. Greek
83. ----------- is the study of social, psychological and biological aspects of aging
Correct : A. Gerontology
84. Who revised the classical theory in 1810-1819?
Correct : B. neo-classicist
85. Who made the biogenic explanation?
Correct : A. Lombroso
86. Biogenic explanation is related with----------
Correct : B. heredity
87. Father of Criminology?
Correct : A. Lombroso
88. Who propounded the theory of Evolutionary Atavism?
Correct : A. Adler
89. Evolutionary Atavism theory is also known as-----------
Correct : A. Theory of born criminals
90. According to Lombroso criminals are not ‘born criminals’ , but they are--------------
Correct : B. criminaloids
91. Criminals who are individuals of normal physical and psychological make-up are known as
Correct : A. Criminaloids
92. Psychogenic explanation of the crime is based on
Correct : A. Personality
93. Adler explains the crime in terms of
Correct : B. inferiority complex
94. -----------argue that criminal behavior is learned and it is conditioned by the social environment
Correct : A. sociologists
95. Sociological explanation may be classified into------------ and --------------
Correct : A. structural, processual
96. Who propounded the theory of Differential association?
Correct : A. Sutherland
97. Who coined the concept of ageism?
Correct : A. Robert Butler
98. Who propounded the labeling theory?
Correct : A. Becker
99. Empty Nest syndrome is a problem faced by elderly due to