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Foundations of Criminology

Criminology

A collection of factual questions regarding the history and figures of criminology.

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8 Questions Easy Ages 15+ Aug 5, 2026

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1 In what year was Cesare Beccaria's influential work 'On Crimes and Punishments' first published?

A 1764
B 1802
C 1790
D 1815

2 Cesare Lombroso is most famously known for proposing the theory of the 'born criminal' in which decade?

A 1840s
B 1870s
C 1910s
D 1930s

3 How many primary 'wishes' did W.I. Thomas propose as the fundamental motivators for human behavior in his 1923 work?

A Two
B Four
C Six
D Eight

4 The term 'criminology' is credited to have been first used in Italian as 'criminologia' by which individual in 1885?

A Edwin Sutherland
B Raffaele Garofalo
C Jeremy Bentham
D Travis Hirschi

5 Edwin Sutherland published his landmark book 'Principles of Criminology', which introduced the theory of differential association, in what year?

A 1924
B 1939
C 1952
D 1960

6 The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program in the United States was established by the FBI in which year?

A 1920
B 1930
C 1945
D 1955

7 According to Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon design, what is the primary shape of the prison building to ensure effective surveillance?

A Square
B Circular
C Triangular
D Hexagonal

8 In 1964, the journal 'Criminology' was established under its original title, which was:

A Criminologica
B The Penal Review
C Deviance Today
D Global Justice

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