Crime, Deviance and Types of Crime Mock Test
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Questions
30
Duration
30 min
Faculty-reviewed
0
Updated
16 Sept 2026
About this mock
Thirty questions on the limits of criminalisation, victimisation of LGBTQ persons, male victims and children, victimless crime and moral regulation, family violence, communal and caste conflict, corruption, green criminology, hate crime, terrorism and transnational organised crime. Allow 30 minutes.
Sources & references
Questions in this mock are written and verified against the following sources. Citations are recorded per question and shown in the explanation after submission.
- cited in 2 questions
Levin and McDevitt, 'Hate Crime Offenders: An Expanded Typology' (2002)
Mission offenders are the rarest of the four types
Open source - cited in 1 question
Lenore Walker, The Battered Woman (1979)
Tension-building, acute battering incident, reconciliation (honeymoon) phase
Open source - cited in 1 question
Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air (2000)
Open source - cited in 1 question
Victimology literature on hidden victimisation and male underreporting
- cited in 1 question
- cited in 1 question
Criminology literature on victimless crime
- cited in 1 question
Hate crime law literature on protected characteristics
- cited in 1 question
Stop Ecocide Foundation / Independent Expert Panel definition of ecocide (2021)
Proposed as a fifth Rome Statute crime alongside genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and aggression
Open source - cited in 1 question
Drug policy literature on decriminalisation vs legalisation
- cited in 1 question
Raffaele Garofalo, natural crime and mala in se / mala prohibita distinction
Open source - cited in 1 question
Evan Stark, Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life (2007)
Open source - cited in 1 question
Transparency International, Corruptionary: Grand corruption / Petty corruption
Open source - cited in 1 question
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
Open source - cited in 1 question
Paul Tappan, 'Who is the Criminal?' (1947)
Defines crime as an intentional act violating existing criminal law
Open source - cited in 1 question
Political science/security studies literature on insurgency
- cited in 1 question
Muzafer Sherif, Robbers Cave experiment (1954)
Open source - cited in 1 question
Tamara Makarenko, 'The Crime-Terror Continuum' (2004)
Open source - cited in 1 question
William Chambliss (1989); Penny Green and Tony Ward, definitions of state crime
Open source - cited in 1 question
United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)
Adopted by UN General Assembly resolution 58/4, 31 October 2003
Open source - cited in 1 question
- cited in 1 question
Paul Brass, The Production of Hindu-Muslim Violence in Contemporary India (2004)
Institutionalized riot system: preparation, activation, explanation phases
Open source - cited in 1 question
Development-induced displacement and resettlement (DIDR) literature
Open source - cited in 1 question
Michael Lynch, green criminology (1990); Rob White, environmental/ecological justice framing
Open source - cited in 1 question
World Bank, state capture (Hellman, Jones and Kaufmann, 2000)
Private actors shaping laws, rules and regulations to serve narrow interests
Open source - cited in 1 question
Ilan Meyer, minority stress model (2003)
Open source - cited in 1 question
- cited in 1 question
Stanley Cohen, Folk Devils and Moral Panics (1972)
Study of the mods and rockers seaside clashes
Open source - cited in 1 question
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (2000)
Article 3(a) definition of trafficking
Open source - cited in 1 question
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC / Palermo Convention)
Adopted by GA resolution 55/25, 15 November 2000; opened for signature at Palermo, December 2000
Open source
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Common questions
What does the Crime, Deviance and Types of Crime Mock Test mock cover?+
Thirty questions on the limits of criminalisation, victimisation of LGBTQ persons, male victims and children, victimless crime and moral regulation, family violence, communal and caste conflict, corruption, green criminology, hate crime, terrorism and transnational organised crime. Allow 30 minutes.
How many questions and how long is the test?+
30 multiple-choice questions, 30 minutes total. Difficulty: easy. Tier: Free.
Who is this mock for?+
Forensic science students and aspirants who want timed, exam-style practice with explanations and verified source citations on Criminology. Useful for postgraduate entrance preparation and for BSc / MSc forensic students testing their recall under time.
Are the questions reviewed?+
Each question carries a verified source citation. Faculty review for individual questions is in progress.
Do I need an account to take this mock?+
Yes, a free ForensicSpot account is required to start a timed attempt, which lets you save progress, see per-question explanations after submission, and track your topic-level performance over time.