Chapter Five
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Question 1 Which of the following ideas or concepts is associated with feminist criminology: atavism positivism social Darwinism biological determinism cultural construction of rape Question 2 Criminology has been mainly concerned with: the different behaviours of males and females crime common to both genders the social construction of sentencing male crime none of the above Question 3 Patriarchy is: government by priests a form of society in which males have dominant status a government of elders being proud of your country socialist Question 4 Marx believed society was most influenced by: gender inequality divisions of social class religion biology family Question 5 The "sphere of reproduction" is concerned with: mass production domestic work and child raising fertility rates handmaking identical objects day care Question 6 In a modern capitalist society the processes of production and reproduction are: closely linked not connected usually divided by gender carried out together mechanical Question 7 Which of the following is associated with socialist feminism? a focus on class relations a focus on gender relations positivism new sexual assault laws a and b Question 8 When was Canada’s law changed so that husbands could be charged with sexually assaulting their wives? 1945 1789 1983 1998 none of the above Question 9 Power control theory claims: to predict international conflicts that women from patriarchal families will be more likely to commit crimes that women commit crime under pressure from men that women from egalitarian families will be more likely to commit crimes that courts tend to trivialise crimes against women Question 10 The women’s liberation thesis on crime is that: different crime rates for men and women are biologically caused women commit more crime than is recorded men commit more crime than is recorded greater gender equality will increase the rate of crime by women greater gender equality will decrease the rate of crime by women Question 11 A man cannot be charged with sexually assaulting a woman if: they have had consensual sex before she is a prostitute she is his wife she was intoxicated and did not resist none of the above Question 12 Sexual assault is best defined as: genital contact acts of a sexual nature that violate the integrity of the victim rape grievous bodily harm a sex act in which the victim is battered Question 13 Gender roles are an example of a: biological specialisation cultural construction egalitarian social structure patriarchal family structure psychological orientation Question 14 Comparing female and male offenders, the types of offences committed are similar men are more likely to have committed property crimes women are more likely to have committed property crimes data on women is too limited to allow comparison women are less likely to have committed fraud Question 15 A zero tolerance policy means that: police lay charges in all cases where they have grounds to believe a domestic assault has occured any unwanted touching of someone is a sexual assault someone who has taken any drugs cannot consent to sex all crimes are punished prison discipline is strict Question 16 Which of the following have criminologists cited to explain the lower rate of crime committed by women: biology psychology gender socialization feminization of poverty a,b, and c Question 17 What percentage (approximately) of prison inmates in Canada are women: 7% 15% 35% 55% 72% Question 18 International surveys of the proportion of women in prison populations show that Canada’s is: average below average among the lowest higher than the United States’ lower than most other economically developed countries’ Question 19 Women prisoners appear to differ from women in the general population in that: they are unlikely to have had children they are unlikely to be single parents they are more likely to have experienced sexual and other abuse a and b none of the above Question 20 Which of the following issues are important in understanding abuse of women in domestic relationships? structured social inequality breakdown of gender roles cultural relativism ethnocentrism none of the above   Back to List of Chapters