FCB Fall 2006 sociology final exam, PART A: short answer name______

Work individually on this exam. You may use a calculator and one sheet of notes that you prepared prior to class. BE SURE TO PUT YOUR NAME ON EACH PAGE OF THIS EXAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1.  Name and briefly explain two (2) causes Fox et al. offer for the increase in youths involved in homicides during the late 1980s to the early 1990s. (4 points)

2.  Based on the information provided in Fox et al., use an inductive approach to profile a right-wing extremist. Provide at least four characteristics. (2 points)

3.  Identify and define the type of hate crime Fox et al. say is most dangerous and most likely to result in murder. (You will need to define hate crime as well to fully answer this question.) (3 points)

4.  A. What are three things Fox et al. suggest we can do to prevent medical murder? (3 points)

B. In 1-2 sentences, discuss which strategy you think would be most effective and explain why. (2 pts)

FCB Fall 2006 sociology final exam, PART A: short answer name______

5.  A. What weapons are most commonly used in workplace murder? (1 point)

B. List 3 reasons why Fox et al. say this particular weapon is most popular. (3 points)

6.  According to Fox et al., why are most murders intraracial? (3 points)

7.  An investigator of the murder at 060 Lab Ave. noticed that family photos at the crime scene were not damaged or turned face down. From this information, she hypothesized that the murderer might not be motivated by love-related jealousy. This investigative approach is an example of (choose one): (1 pt)

a.) a signature

b.) the “modus operandi”

c.) inductive criminal profiling

d.) deductive criminal profiling

e.) the NASH classification

8.  According to Douglas and Olshaker (1999), which of the following are characteristics of the profile of an arsonist who might “graduate” into becoming a bomber? (Circle all that apply.) (1 pt)

a.) cowardice

b.) feelings of inadequacy

c.) technical or military background

d.) desire for power and control

e.) depersonalization of potential victims

9. According to de Becker (1997), if we listen to our ______without debate, we won’t need to live in a state of vigilance or fear. (1 pt)

a.) justifications

b.) conscience

c.) intuition

d.) ego

e.) superego


FCB Fall 2006 sociology final exam, PART B: longer answer name______

ANSWER EITHER QUESTION 10 OR QUESTION 11 (write on the back of the page if necessary)

10.  A. Define the sociological perspective. (1 pt)

B. List 5 sociogenic variables used to explain murder. (5 pts)

C. Which variable do you think offers the best explanation for murder, and why? Support your answer with references to specific program readings. (6 pts)

11.  A. List and briefly describe the four types of social bonds in Hirschi’s social control theory. (4 pts)

B. Apply the four bonds to predict the type of person who is least likely to engage in crime. (2 pts)

C. How do Fox et al. use this theory to explain regional variations in the murder rate? That is, which specific states and what type of geographic areas are most likely to have high rates of crime, and why? (6 pts)


Name______

Forensics and Critical Thinking Questions

Fall 2006 Final Exam

  1. Answer the following questions using the fingerprint shown below.

A: This print should be classified as a…

(a) plain arch

(b) tented arch

(c) plain loop

Bifurcation Ending Ridge Core (d) central pocket loop

B: Draw a line from each of the three ridge (e) plain whorl

characteristics listed above, to an appropriate

location on the print for each item. (f) double loop whorl

(g)  accidental

  1. Provide the name of two scholarly journals in the fields of forensics or criminology.

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  1. Evidence having class characteristics can:
  2. Exonerate an innocent suspect
  3. Link a person to a crime with a high degree of certainty
  4. Always be fitted together in the manner of a jig-saw puzzle
  5. Have no evidential value
  6. None of the above
  1. A kind of microscope that maintains depth perception is the

(a) compound microscope (b) dissecting microscope

(c) scanning electron microscope (d) none of the above

Name______

  1. The three structural divisions of hair include the cortex, the medulla, and the cuticle. Diagram and label these structures.
  1. Blood is composed of four major components: red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma. For each statement fill in the appropriate blood component name. Component names can be used more than once.

This is the liquid component of blood. ______

This component does not contain a nucleus. ______

This component is involved in blood clot formations. ______

This component is responsible for oxygen transport. ______

This component is a part of the immune system. ______

  1. The diagram below, showing the field of vision for a compound microscope at 40x magnification, contains the ocular micrometer. A stage micrometer was recently viewed at 40x and it was found that 5 units on the ocular micrometer are equal to 3.5 millimeters. Calculate the length of the bug, from head to rear. (Ignore the length of the antennas.)


Name______

  1. A suspect is found to have type B+ blood with PGM 1+, EAP CA, and Hp 2. Use the frequency table below to calculate how common this blood grouping is. This blood grouping represents one in how many people?

ABO & Rh PGM EAP Hp

O+ 38 % 1- 1.8 % A 11.2 % 1 16.5 %

O- 7 % 1+ 40.7 % B 39.5 % 2 35.0 %

B+ 9 % 1+1- 17.1 % BA 41.4 % 2-1 47.9%

B- 2 % 2+ 3.1 % C 0.2 %

A+ 34 % 2- 0.3 % CA 3.2 %

A-  6 % 2+2- 1.9 % CB 4.6 %

AB+ 3 % 1+2+ 22.3 %

AB- 1 % 1-2+ 4.7 %

1+2- 6.8 %

1-2- 1.4 %

  1. The first responder to a crime scene does which of the following first?

(a) Immediately secures the scene allowing no personnel to enter the scene

(b) Attends to the safety or treatment of any victims

(c) Immediately determines the reconstruction of the scene

(d) Establishes contact with the press

  1. In the potato massacre assignment you used an R2 value in Excel. What does the R2 value mean? Or, what does the R2 value tell us about the data?