CMY1501 May/Jun 2015 exam paper — questions
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Question 1 · Sociological explanations of crime · 1 mark
Social disorganisation theory is a branch of the ____ that focuses on the breakdown of institutions.Show the full question
Question 2 · Biological and psychological explanations · 1 mark
Emotions are short-lived, subjective-physiological and functional-expressive phenomena that orchestrate how people react adequately to important events in their lives. Emotions organise and comprise several aspects of experience, such as:Show the full question
Question 3 · Crime, deviance and crime statistics · 1 mark
Desired goods that cannot be obtained through conventional means may be obtained through illegal activities, for example selling drugs or stealing valuables from people to obtain food. These are called ____ crimes.Show the full question
Question 4 · Crime, deviance and crime statistics · 1 mark
The term ____ refers to those crimes that are committed but not reported to the police.Show the full question
Question 5 · Criminology as a discipline · 1 mark
According to Siegel (2004:4), criminology is ____.Show the full question
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