Lesson 4.3.1.3

4.3.1.3 Globalisation, the media, green crime, human rights and state crimes Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 3

20 questions

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes crimes and actions that cause harm to the physical environment?

    • State crime
    • Green crime
    • Corporate crime
    • White-collar crime

  2. What term describes illegal or harmful acts committed by governments or government agencies?

    • Corporate crime
    • State crime
    • Occupational crime
    • Organised crime

  3. Which document adopted by the UN in 1948 established modern human rights standards?

    • Geneva Convention
    • Magna Carta
    • Human Rights Act
    • Universal Declaration

  4. Which act by state officials is a clear example of a human rights violation?

    • Traffic policing
    • Taxation
    • Torture
    • Legal detention

  5. According to sociological research, media news coverage over-represents which category of crime?

    • Violent crime
    • Cybercrime
    • White-collar crime
    • Property crime

  6. What term describes criminal activity that crosses national borders?

    • State crime
    • Corporate crime
    • Domestic crime
    • Transnational crime

  7. Which global feature is most responsible for enabling cross-border cybercrime?

    • Free trade
    • Digital networks
    • Mass migration
    • Physical borders

  8. Which term describes illegal or harmful acts committed by businesses for profit?

    • State crime
    • Occupational crime
    • Street crime
    • Corporate crime

  9. Which concept focuses on damage to wellbeing rather than legal breaches?

    • Anomie
    • Primary deviance
    • Strain theory
    • Social harm

  10. Which perspective studies environmental damage regardless of whether it violates legal codes?

    • Critical criminology
    • Feminist criminology
    • Marxist criminology
    • Green criminology

  11. Why are state crimes difficult to prosecute through national legal systems?

    • Low public interest
    • Lack of victims
    • High financial cost
    • State controls prosecution

  12. What term describes moving people across borders using force or deception for exploitation?

    • Asylum seeking
    • Voluntary migration
    • Human smuggling
    • Human trafficking

  13. What is required between governments to tackle transnational crime effectively?

    • International cooperation
    • Stricter border controls
    • Longer prison sentences
    • Localised policing

  14. What effect does sensationalist media coverage usually have on public fear of crime?

    • It lowers fear
    • It mirrors reality
    • It heightens fear
    • No overall effect

  15. Schwendinger and Schwendinger argue crime should be defined as a violation of what?

    • Social norms
    • Legal codes
    • Human rights
    • Moral values

  16. What term describes environmental damage caused by corporations operating across national borders?

    • State crime
    • Transnational green harm
    • Domestic green crime
    • Street crime

  17. How do media representations typically distort public perception of violent crime?

    • Underreporting stranger attacks
    • Overrepresenting rare violence
    • Accurately reflecting statistics
    • Focusing on fraud

  18. What type of agreement is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

    • Non-binding declaration
    • Statutory law
    • National constitution
    • Legally binding treaty

  19. Which feature makes green crime particularly difficult to prosecute under criminal law?

    • Clear individual perpetrators
    • Immediate visible damage
    • High violent content
    • Cross-border diffusion

  20. What is the sociological study of social harm called?

    • Penology
    • Victimology
    • Zemiology
    • Etiology

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