Lesson 3.3.5

3.3.5 Crime prevention (social) Quiz: OCR Psychology, Unit 3

20 questions

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Lesson 3.3.5, Crime prevention (social): 20 multiple choice questions for the OCR Psychology (H567), Unit 3: Applied psychology (Component 03), written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Which preventative crime strategy focuses on improving living conditions and reducing poverty?

    • Biological crime prevention
    • Retributive crime prevention
    • Situational crime prevention
    • Social crime prevention

  2. What type of community-focused strategy involves residents actively monitoring their neighbourhoods to deter burglars?

    • Neighbourhood Watch
    • Restorative justice
    • Target hardening
    • Zero tolerance

  3. Which early intervention programme provides disadvantaged children with preschool education to prevent later offending?

    • Perry Preschool Project
    • CCTV surveillance
    • ASBO scheme
    • Broken windows initiative

  4. According to social crime prevention, what is a primary contributor to juvenile delinquency?

    • Genetic defects
    • High street lighting
    • Strict policing
    • Poor parenting

  5. Which policy approach tries to tackle unemployment and educational failure to lower crime rates?

    • Target hardening
    • Curfew imposition
    • Defensible space
    • Social intervention

  6. Sarah grows up in an impoverished area with failing schools and turns to theft. Which prevention strategy best suits her root causes?

    • CCTV monitoring
    • Target hardening
    • Social crime prevention
    • Situational crime prevention

  7. A local council funds after-school youth clubs to reduce teenage street crime. Which prevention category is this?

    • Situational prevention
    • Social prevention
    • Retributive justice
    • Biological prevention

  8. Which family-based risk factor is most commonly targeted by social crime prevention parent training programmes?

    • Defective locks
    • Genetic predisposition
    • Low street lighting
    • Inconsistent discipline

  9. What major longitudinal study evaluated the long-term impact of high-quality preschool education on crime?

    • Bobo doll study
    • Perry Preschool Project
    • Stanford prison experiment
    • Cambridge study

  10. Which governmental sector is primarily responsible for implementing social crime prevention policies?

    • Border security
    • Judiciary courts
    • Social welfare
    • Prison service

  11. What does social crime prevention primarily target compared to situational crime prevention?

    • Root causes
    • Target hardening
    • Immediate triggers
    • Physical environment

  12. Which community initiative aims to improve school engagement to prevent truancy and subsequent criminality?

    • Zero tolerance policing
    • Mentoring schemes
    • Deadbolt fitting
    • CCTV installation

  13. How does improving local housing estates usually fit into social crime prevention frameworks?

    • Enforcing harsher sentences
    • Increasing target hardening
    • Installing alarm systems
    • Reducing community deprivation

  14. What is a major limitation of social crime prevention strategies compared to situational ones?

    • High long-term cost
    • Zero financial investment
    • Immediate instant results
    • Guaranteed quick fixes

  15. A town introduces free vocational training for unemployed youths to reduce local theft. This is an example of:

    • Retributive punishment
    • Social crime prevention
    • Situational crime prevention
    • Biological intervention

  16. Which type of prevention model assumes criminals make rational choices based on opportunity and environment?

    • Social
    • Biological
    • Genetic
    • Situational

  17. Why is early childhood education considered a form of social crime prevention?

    • Increases police presence
    • Punishes minor deviance
    • Builds cognitive skills
    • Reduces street crime

  18. Which theoretical approach underpins social crime prevention by linking poverty to blocked goals?

    • Routine activity theory
    • Rational choice theory
    • Social learning theory
    • Strain theory

  19. What is the primary goal of community-based social crime prevention programmes?

    • Target hardening property
    • Building social cohesion
    • Strengthening door frames
    • Increasing prison capacity

  20. Which UK initiative historically aimed to tackle social exclusion and neighbourhood deprivation to reduce crime?

    • Sure Start
    • CCTV rollout
    • Neighbourhood Watch
    • Asbo policy

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