5.5 Crime Prevention and Punishment

• Punishment for crimes always involves imprisonment.

  False
• Match the crime prevention goal with its description:

  Deterrence ↔️ Discouraging potential offenders

  Rehabilitation ↔️ Helping offenders address issues

  Incapacitation ↔️ Physically preventing offenders

  Restoration ↔️ Repairing harm to victims
• Restoration aims to repair harm caused to victims and the community.


  True
• Rank the goals of crime prevention in order of their focus:

  1️⃣ Deterrence

  2️⃣ Rehabilitation

  3️⃣ Incapacitation

  4️⃣ Restoration
• Incapacitation through imprisonment is a primary goal of crime prevention.


  True
• Match the crime prevention strategy with its primary goal:

  Security-based ↔️ Deterrence

  Community-based ↔️ Rehabilitation

  Social/Economic ↔️ Address root causes
• Social and economic strategies aim to address the underlying factors that lead to criminal behavior
• Security-based strategies primarily aim for deterrence and incapacitation.


  True
• Match the goal of criminal punishment with its description:

  Retribution ↔️ Punishing offenders for their crimes

  Deterrence ↔️ Discouraging potential offenders

  Rehabilitation ↔️ Transforming offenders through education

  Incapacitation ↔️ Removing offenders from society
• Imprisonment is a type of criminal punishment that aims for incapacitation, retribution, and deterrence
• What is the primary aim of crime prevention?

  Reduce the likelihood of crime
• Match the goal of crime prevention with its description:

  Deterrence ↔️ Discouraging potential offenders

  Rehabilitation ↔️ Helping offenders address issues

  Incapacitation ↔️ Physically preventing offenders

  Restoration ↔️ Repairing harm to victims
• Order the aims of crime prevention strategies from most immediate to long-term effects:

  1️⃣ Security-based: Deterrence

  2️⃣ Community-based: Rehabilitation

  3️⃣ Social/Economic: Addressing root causes
• What is an example of a rehabilitation-focused criminal punishment?

  Drug rehabilitation programs
• Match the goal of criminal punishment with its example:

  Retribution ↔️ Imprisonment for theft

  Deterrence ↔️ Increased fines for traffic violations

  Rehabilitation ↔️ Drug rehabilitation programs

  Incapacitation ↔️ Long prison sentences for violent offenders
• The goals of criminal punishment differ from crime prevention
• Crime prevention focuses on addressing the root causes of criminal behavior.


  True
• Fines are effective for less serious offenses and depend on the individual's income
• Imprisonment is highly effective in preventing future crimes due to its deterrent effect.

  False
• What is the primary goal of crime prevention strategies in reducing crime rates?

  Addressing root causes
• Imprisonment has high reoffending rates, suggesting limited effectiveness in preventing future crimes
• The offender's personal circumstances and motivations can influence the effectiveness of criminal punishments.


  True
• Match the sociological theory with its key concept:

  Strain Theory ↔️ Social pressures and inequalities

  Social Learning Theory ↔️ Imitation and reinforcement

  Control Theory ↔️ Weak social bonds and self-control

  Labeling Theory ↔️ Societal attitudes and labels
• Control theory suggests that strong social connections can prevent crime.

  True
• What is the key concept of Strain Theory in explaining crime?

  Social pressures and inequalities
• Weak social bonds and lack of self-control are central to Control Theory.
• Labeling Theory minimizes the role of individual choice in criminal behavior.


  True
• What is the primary focus of crime prevention measures?

  Proactive solutions
• Crime prevention is proactive, while punishment is reactive.
• Rehabilitation aims to help offenders address the underlying issues that led to their criminal behavior.


  True
• Match each crime prevention strategy with its primary aim:

  Security-based ↔️ Deterrence and incapacitation

  Community-based ↔️ Rehabilitation and restoration

  Social/Economic ↔️ Deterrence and rehabilitation
• Social/economic crime prevention strategies primarily aim to deter crime by increasing the severity of punishments.

  False
• Criminal punishments and crime prevention strategies both aim to address the root causes of crime.

  False
• Community service is an unpaid work that benefits the community
• Imprisonment is primarily effective for rehabilitation.

  False
• What are four goals of criminal punishments?

  Retribution, Deterrence, Rehabilitation, Incapacitation
• Order the types of criminal punishments from least to most severe.

  1️⃣ Fines

  2️⃣ Community Service

  3️⃣ Probation

  4️⃣ Imprisonment

  5️⃣ Death Penalty
• Imprisonment has high reoffending rates, suggesting limited effectiveness in preventing future crimes
• Match the sociological theory with its key concepts:

  Strain Theory ↔️ Social inequalities, strain

  Social Learning Theory ↔️ Imitation, reinforcement

  Control Theory ↔️ Weak bonds, lack of self-control

  Labeling Theory ↔️ Societal attitudes, self-fulfilling prophecies
• Social Learning Theory suggests criminal behavior is learned through imitation