Lesson 4.3.1.4
4.3.1.4 Crime control, surveillance, punishment and victims Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 3
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The 20 questions
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In Foucault's sociology, what type of power does the Panopticon represent?
- Retributive power
- Expressive power
- Disciplinary power
- Sovereign power
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Which historical shift in punishment did Michel Foucault identify in Discipline and Punish?
- Fines to imprisonment
- Execution to exile
- Mind to body
- Body to mind
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What does Stanley Cohen's concept of net-widening describe?
- Shortening prison terms
- Reducing police powers
- Expanding social control
- Abolishing probation services
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Which concept did David Garland introduce to describe late-modern penal policy?
- Sovereign power
- Restorative justice
- Culture of control
- Disciplinary society
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What is the primary aim of restorative justice initiatives?
- Deterring offenders
- Enforcing retributive punishment
- Incapacitating criminals
- Repairing harm
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Which strategy is a key example of situational crime prevention?
- Installing CCTV cameras
- Improving youth clubs
- Offering cognitive therapy
- Reducing child poverty
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Which technological development is most associated with modern mass surveillance?
- Manual police patrols
- Physical prisons
- Public execution scaffolds
- Digital data collection
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What is the main function of victim support services?
- Prosecuting offenders
- Investigating crime scenes
- Determining court sentences
- Providing practical help
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Which issue is a major sociological criticism of prison sentences?
- Low financial costs
- High reoffending rates
- Over-focus on rehabilitation
- Excessively soft conditions
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Which theoretical perspective views the criminal justice system as protecting ruling-class interests?
- Functionalism
- Right Realism
- Interactionism
- Marxism
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What major concern do critical criminologists raise about widespread surveillance?
- Invasion of privacy
- Lower operational costs
- Elimination of bias
- Reduced state power
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How has the role of victims changed in late-modern criminal justice?
- Reduced media interest
- Loss of rights
- Increased political visibility
- Complete removal
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Which option is an example of crime control rather than crime prevention?
- Target hardening doors
- Imprisoning convicted criminals
- Running youth programmes
- Installing street lighting
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What term describes using surveillance technology beyond its original intended purpose?
- Displacement effect
- Net-widening
- Function creep
- Deviancy amplification
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Which term refers to the methods society uses to ensure conformity and prevent deviance?
- Social mobility
- Social control
- Social stratification
- Social solidarity
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What does sociological evidence show about the reoffending rates of prison compared to community sentences?
- Consistently lower
- Always higher
- Mixed and contested
- Identical across offences
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Which concept describes controlling populations through systematic monitoring and surveillance?
- Disciplinary power
- Actuarial justice
- Sovereign power
- Retributive justice
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Which purpose of punishment aims to discourage individuals and wider society from committing crime?
- Rehabilitation
- Incapacitation
- Retribution
- Deterrence
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Which aim of sentencing seeks to reform an offender's behaviour through education or treatment?
- Incapacitation
- Deterrence
- Rehabilitation
- Retribution
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Which justification for punishment focuses on exacted payback for wrongdoing?
- Deterrence
- Retribution
- Rehabilitation
- Incapacitation
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