| This practice exam is intended to illustrate the depth of knowledge needed and kinds of questions that will be included on the midterm exam. To take the practice exam, write all of your answers on a piece of paper then click the link at the bottom of the page for correct answers. 1. Both modern legal systems and modern crime originated with the industrial revolution because A. industrialization strengthened community-based informal social control B. industrialization and urbanization simplified community life C. everyone has a "place" in industrial society D. the breakdown of community led to the breakdown of informal social control 2. According to the chart �Changes in the U.S. Work Force� A. most Americans now do industrial work B. the industrial sector is the fastest growing sector of the work force today C. most Americans now do service work D. the agricultural sector has increased rapidly over the last two centuries 3. In Robert Reich�s analysis of the US work force, this is the fastest-growing sector and also has the lowest wages and benefits. A. Symbolic-analytic services B. Routine production services C. Routine personal services D. Public-related (government) jobs 4. Based on Reich�s analysis, which of the following is a problem with the US workforce? A. There are now too many high-paying jobs in the US economy B. High-paying �goods jobs� are increasing too fast C. Medium-wage jobs are going overseas while low-wage jobs are increasing D. Reich�s analysis proves that there are no basic problems with the US economy 5. In The London Hanged, Peter Linebaugh argues that A. most of the people who were hanged had freely chosen to be criminals B. much of the population was so poor that crime was necessary to keep from starving C. the death penalty was an effective deterrent to crime in England at the time D. early industrialization produced so much prosperity that executions decreased 6. What was the main reason that crime increased dramatically in the US in the 1960�s? A. because the baby boomers reached the �prime crime age� B. because the baby boomers began to �age out� of crime. C. because young females started committing as many crimes as young males D. because there were too many jobs and too few young males in the 1960�s 7. Corporate criminologists argue that corporate crime in America A. costs the public a lot of money but kills or injures very few people B. is usually committed by individuals solely for their own gain C. kills and injures more Americans and costs much more money than "street crime" D. mainly involves crime against corporations by workers 8. What do the authors of Corporate Predators mean by "The Academic Siberia of Corporate Criminology?" A. Corporate criminology is a popular field of study in academia B. Research on corporate crime is not supported by government/corporate funding C. Most corporate criminologists live in Siberia D. Corporate criminologists are usually found in prestigious universities like Harvard 9. What do the authors mean by "Commercialism Run Amok?" A. corporate funding for public exhibits (like at the Smithsonian) are a public service B. corporate funding for public exhibits are used to divert public attention away from crimes committed by corporations - often the same corporations C. Walmart stores help revitalize businesses and downtown areas in small towns D. all of the above Click here for correct answers |