Crim 101 Final Exam Study Guide
- Exam covers chapters 8 – 13
- This exam will be taken online on D2L the way you took the Mid-term exam
- The exam is “open book”. While taking the exam, you may use your textbook, written notes, handouts, etc. However, DO NOT go online and/or check websites to search for information on the internet
- You may NOT work with other people to complete the exam – Evidence of this will be considered academic dishonesty and will be reported.
- The multiple choice questions will be chosen randomly from a large question bank, so students will get different questions.
- If you have read the chapters, chapter handouts and prepared for the test, you will have plenty of time to complete the exam and check the questions you are unsure about (if you know where to look in your text, etc.). If you have not prepared, you would be unlikely to have enough time to look up every question.
- The exam will OPEN at 8:45 Thursday, December 10 (as per the final exam timetable) and CLOSE at 10:45 – meaning you have 2 hours to complete the test.
- All students must begin the exam at 8:45 am, so you must have your own device/computer and work independently.
- Under quizzes, you will see “Final Exam”, and when you click on it the test will open.
- You will have one, and only one, attempt at the exam. Be sure to “submit” the “quiz” prior to closing or going “out” of the exam.
- I will be monitoring my email (both my D2L and NLC emails) during the exam, so please let me know if a problem arising during the exam as soon as possible.
- Once you have submitted your exam it will give you your mark on the multiple choice, but not the written answers which I have to mark manually. As D2L gives you your multiple choice score of the TOTAL exam, you grade will look lower than it actually is.
- You will get a “raw score” but it won’t show you what questions you got right or wrong yet – I will release that after everyone has taken the exam and I have marked the written responses.
Exam composition:
- 30 – 40 multiple choice questions
- 2 written response questions:3 question options will be on the final exam; you will be required to answer 2 of them (your choice). (10 points each)
- The questions will be about a general theme, topic and/or concept we have covered since the midterm.
- Keep in mind that your response does NOT need to be written like an essay. Your response should be more of a reflection on what you have learned from the course that supports your answer to the question. The only time you would need to cite a source is if you used a direct quote – which you should NOT do. I want to read what you know and understand, and I can’t do that if you use someone else’s words. You do not need a title page or reference list.
- There is no minimum or maximum length for your response. Your mark is not determined by length. I will grade your response on the quality of information, facts, evidence and/or statements from the text/lecture/course that you use to support your answer.
Areas of review: This is not an exhaustive list of everything covered in Chapters 8 – 13 and you may not receive a question dealing with every area listed below. This is simply a guide of key concepts covered in the course thus far.
Terms to be familiar with:
recidivism, continuity of crime, social capital, expressive crime, instrumental crime, mass murder, spree murder, serial murder, constructive possession, white collar crime, organized crime, public order crimes, moral entrepreneurs, restorative justice, problem behaviour syndrome
Chapter 8 – Social Conflict
- History of conflict theory (Marxism)
- Definition of and enforcement of the law (tool of the powerful)
- Class relations
- Surplus value and marginalization
- Critiques/evaluations of Critical theory/research
Chapter 9 – Integrated Theory
- Life Course Theory – 3 pathways to crime
- General Theory of Crime – self-control
- Age graded theory – turning points in life
- Social capital
Chapter 10 – Violent Crime
- 1st & 2nd degree murder, manslaughter, infanticide
- Types of multiple murders
- Types of serial killers
- Changes to sexual assault laws/implications on reporting rates
Chapter 11 – Property Crime
- Types of property crimes
- Occasional vs. professional criminals
- Methods of theft prevention
Chapter 12 – White-Collar and Organized Crime
- How corporate culture encourages white collar crime (WCC)
- Different types of WCC – Moore’s typologies
- Why lack of Criminal Justice focus on WCC
- Ways of controlling WCC and organized crime
Chapter 13 – Public Order Crimes
- Definitions of morality
- Gambling, prostitution and pornography laws and their effects
- Causes of substance abuse
- Drug control strategies
*Disclaimer: This study guide is just that; a guide. Anything in the textbook (chapters 8 – 13), lectures, guest speakers, movies watched in class and PowerPoint handouts could be on the test.