COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION

2nd Floor, GET Building

Telefax Matina Campus, Davao City
: (082)300-5456 Local 103
CHAPTER I: PROGRESS CHECK
This progress check is comprised of three (3) questioning types, namely: multiple choice,
identification, and essay.

Name:______________________________________ Date/Time:____________
Subject:______________________________________ Section:______________

I. Multiple Choice: Select the best answer by blackening the letter that corresponds to the
given question.

1. Criminology is derived from the Latin word crimen, which means:

a. Crime
b. Violation of Law
c. Accusation
d. Study of Criminals
2. He stated that Criminology includes the study of Sociology of Laws,
Etiology of Crimes, and Penology.
a. Cesare Lombroso
b. Cesare Beccaria
c. Raffaele Garofalo
d. Edwin Sutherland
3. Criminology is the scientific study of crime, criminals, and criminal behavior
while Criminologists scientifically study the following, except:
a. the nature and extent of criminal.
b. patterns of criminality.
c. explanations and causes of crime and criminal behavior.
d. the control of crime and criminal behavior.
4. The French anthropologist Paul Topinard used Criminology for the first
time in French; thus, the French word of Criminology is:
a. Criminologie
c. Criminologia
b. Crimenalogy
d. Crimenology
5. The word Criminologist was recorded in the year:
a. 1857 c. 1587
b. 1758 d. 1785
6. This refers to the efforts to come up with formal, systematic, logical, and
mathematical ways in which theories are constructed.
a. Theory Building
b. Theory Creation
c. Theory Construction
d. Any of the above
7. This refers to the efforts to figure out the implications of a theory, what
other variables might be added to the theory; also associated with the belief
that theory competition is better than theoretical integration.
a. Theoretical Elaboration
b. Theoretical Specification
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c. Theoretical Integration
d. Theoretical Variable
8. Criminology changes as social condition changes. It is concomitant with
the advancement of other science that has been applied to it. The statement
means that criminology is:
a. An Applied Science
b. A Social Science
c. Dynamic
d. Nationalistic
9. This division of criminology attempts to offer scientific analysis on the
conditions under which penal or criminal laws are being developed as a
process of formal social control.
a. Criminal Etiology
b. Sociology of Law
c. Penology
d. Any of the above
10. This refers to the system used by a government to maintain social control,
prevent crime, enforce laws, and administer justice.
a. Five Pillars
b. Criminal Laws
c. Criminal Justice
d. All of the above

II. Identification: This progress check requires you to identify the answer that
corresponds to each question. Write your answer on the space provided before each
number.
_______________1. Things he (suspect/accused) used in the commission of crime or
something he left in the crime scene which is the object of Criminalistics is known as:
_______________2. A person who is trained in forensic sciences and in the application of
scientific instruments and methods for the detection of crime is known as:
_______________3. Biology is under the scientific division of Criminalistics while
Fingerprint Identification is under what division?
_______________4. This refers to the application of instruments and methods of
Criminalistics to the detection of crime. It is the sum total of the application of all sciences in
crime detection, otherwise known as Criminalistics.
_______________5. The Classical School was developed in the mid-18th century
and it was based on what philosophy?
_______________6. The Crime and Punishment written by Cesare Beccaria is a
book. Yes or No. is what kind of printed material?
_______________7. According to Cesare Lombroso, people commit crime due to Internal
and External factors. Hence, granting that the concept of Chicago School is correct, which
factor (internal or external) would it (Chicago School) fit?
_______________8. Some theorists in the field of criminology assert that people commit
crime because they learn it in their respective environment in various means. Thus, the
statement entails that criminals are nurtured. Yes or No.
_______________9. He is the one who emphasized that people commit crime on
the basis of Free Will.
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_______________10. Born Criminals are one of a kind of criminals as mentioned by Cesare
Lombroso which he called as Atavists. If you too believe in his Atavism principle, then you
consider that being a criminal or having a criminal behavior is Nurtured or Nature?

III. Essay: Answer the question given below.

The Classical and Positivist Schools were both established during the Age of Enlightenment
or Age of Change. The Age was called as such because people during that time used
reasoning to solve or answer the occurring problems in the society. What are the other
distinctions of the two Schools? Explain each distinction. (20 pts.)

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