Chapter 19 Self-test questions

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. Which group developed the concept of social harm?

A group of classical criminologists correct incorrect

A group of critical criminologists correct incorrect

A group of cultural criminologists correct incorrect

A group of feminist criminologists correct incorrect

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. Which key thinker provides one of the clearest explanations of social harm by describing what a harm-free society would look like?

Lynne Copson correct incorrect

Paddy Hillyard correct incorrect

Simon Pemberton correct incorrect

Steve Tombs correct incorrect

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. Which of the following are examples of social harm? (Select all that apply.)

Air pollution correct incorrect

Deaths due to austerity measures correct incorrect

The failure to meet education needs correct incorrect

The industrial legacy of asbestos correct incorrect

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. Which of the following are terms are often used to describe the kinds of phenomena we might consider to be social harms? (Select all that apply.)

Accident correct incorrect

Disaster correct incorrect

Failing correct incorrect

Crime correct incorrect

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. Which of the nine fundamental criticisms of the academic discipline of criminology argues that constructions of 'crime' (and 'justice') do not exist in themselves?

'Crime' has no ontological reality. correct incorrect

Criminology perpetuates the myth of 'crime'. correct incorrect

Constructing 'crime' through the criminal law is myopic. correct incorrect

'Crime' helps to maintain power relations. correct incorrect

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. 'Hillyard and Tombs (2004) argue that the media gives the general public the mistaken impression that "crime" _______.' Which phrase completes this sentence?

mainly consists of many petty, trivial events. correct incorrect

is happening all around us, all the time. correct incorrect

mainly consists of serious and harmful events. correct incorrect

rarely results in lasting harm or injury. correct incorrect

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. Hillyard and Tombs (2004) argue that detection, arrest, prosecution, conviction, and punishment can all be described as what type of process?

Unjust correct incorrect

Political correct incorrect

Social correct incorrect

Radical correct incorrect

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. What was the title of the book in which Norwegian criminologist Nils Christie first put forward the argument that 'crime', and by extension much of criminology, enables systems of crime control to keep expanding?

'Power, Crime and Mystification' correct incorrect

'Crime Control as Industry' correct incorrect

'The Myopia of "Crime"' correct incorrect

'Systemic Crime Control' correct incorrect

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. Which of the following are seen as factors that contributed to the Grenfell Tower disaster? (Select all that apply.)

State/stage agency actions, including the installation of cheap, flammable cladding on the outside of the building correct incorrect

Advice from the fire service that residents should 'stay put' within the building rather than evacuating correct incorrect

State/state agency inaction, including the lack of response to the safety concerns residents raised about the building correct incorrect

Systemic inequalities which meant that the tower residents were seen as undesirable residents of a wealthy area and were poorly treated correct incorrect

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. Which three of the following are Pemberton's (2016) categories of harm?

Autonomy harms correct incorrect

Material harms correct incorrect

Physical and mental health harms correct incorrect

Relational harms correct incorrect

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. What is the term used to describe harms caused by having one's way of life disrupted or destroyed?

Cultural harms correct incorrect

Emotional harms correct incorrect

Psychological harms correct incorrect

Lifestyle harms correct incorrect

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. What is the name for the systemic disadvantages faced by members of minority groups?

Minority harms correct incorrect

Intersectional harms correct incorrect

Harms of recognition correct incorrect

Systematic harms correct incorrect

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. Pemberton identifies seven broad models of capitalist regimes. Which regime does the British criminal justice system broadly fall under?

Liberal correct incorrect

Neoliberal correct incorrect

Northern corporatist correct incorrect

Social democratic correct incorrect

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. Which countries can be seen as broadly social democratic, in terms of Pemberton's models of capitalist regimes? (Select all that apply.)

Canada correct incorrect

Denmark correct incorrect

New Zealand correct incorrect

Sweden correct incorrect

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. Penal policy based on welfarism and the needs of offenders is a hallmark of which of Pemberton's (2016) seven models of capitalist regime?

Liberal correct incorrect

Neoliberal correct incorrect

Northern corporatist correct incorrect

Social democratic correct incorrect

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. Which of the following are characteristics of the liberal regime? (Select all that apply.)

There are residual systems of welfare which target the perceived needs of low-income households. correct incorrect

There is a high degree of collective responsibility and concern for the 'other'. correct incorrect

Voluntary organisations and the family play key roles in the delivery of welfare. correct incorrect

Entitlement to benefits is means tested and the recipients of benefits are stigmatised. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is one of the key criticisms levelled at the idea of social harm and zemiology?

'Harm' and 'social harm' offer nothing new to traditional criminology. correct incorrect

'Harm' and 'social harm' defy definition. correct incorrect

'Harm' and "social harm" are just a function of capitalism. correct incorrect

'Harm' and 'social' do not address criminal injustice. correct incorrect

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. Which areas of criminal law can be helped by zemiology? (Select all that apply.)

Corporate crime correct incorrect

Genocide correct incorrect

Domestic violence correct incorrect

State crime correct incorrect

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. 'According to Copson (2016, 2018), criminology and zemiology are ostensibly the same discipline.' True or false?

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. 'Zemiology places emphasis on ____ harm was caused.' What is the missing word?

how correct incorrect

what correct incorrect

where correct incorrect

why correct incorrect