What is Criminology?

Question 1

Important in righting the wrongs of crime in precolonial Africa?

Answer 1

Reconciliation ; Compensation

Question 2

Literally, what does the word “criminology“ mean the study of?

Answer 2

Crime

Question 3

What places emphasis on external factors as causes of crime and sees criminals as victims of social conditions over which they have little control?

Answer 3

Social milieu school of thought

Question 3

Criminal law controls illegal behaviour of citizens. Who or what is it enforced by?

Answer 3

The state only

Question 4

What is referred to as an umbrella term for contemporary crime perspectives like feminism, leftist realism, peace-making criminology and integrated theories?

Answer 4

Critical Criminology

Question 5

Some criminologists distinguish criminology as the study of .

Answer 5

crime and criminal justice.

Question 6

_____ law resolves disputes between private individuals, the chief aim being
compensation for a private injustice.

Answer 6

Civil law

Question 7

Criminology is an applied discipline within the human sciences. Its field of study includes the scientific study of?

Answer 7

crime, criminals, victims, punishment and the prevention and control of crime.

Question 8

Generally speaking, criminologists study crime from two points of view, and those points of view are the…

Answer 8

juridical and non-juridical definitions of crime.

Question 9

Recidivism means .

Answer 9

relapses into crime

Question 10

A wrongful act can be defined as

Answer 10

an act that conflicts with the legal norm in the form of a prescription or prohibition.

Question 11

Criminal Justice in South Africa is greatly influenced by _______ law.

Answer 11

Roman Dutch and British

Question 12

Criminal justice is directed mainly at punishment and deterrence and its chief objective is to:

Answer 12

Protect people against unsanctioned behaviour by others.

Question 13

To qualify as a crime, an act has to meet certain requirements:

Answer 13

To qualify as a crime, an act has to be a human act under the control of a human will.

It must furthermore be a voluntary act in the sense that the perpetrator is not forced or driven to commit it by factors beyond his or her control.

Finally, this human act has to be capable of being observed (something concrete has to happen). The mere idea of or intention to commit a crime does not constitute a crime in the juridical sense of the word.