CRJ 495 SEX CRIMES - ENTIRE SET MOST TESTED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
1. A “sexual predator” is legally defined as:
A. Any person convicted of any crime
B. Someone who engages in consensual sexual activity
C. A person convicted of a sexually oriented offense AND likely to reoffend
D. Anyone accused of sexual misconduct
Answer: ⬆ C. A person convicted of a sexually oriented offense AND likely to reoffend
Rationale: Sexual predator status includes past sex offense conviction AND future risk.
2. A “habitual sex offender” is defined as:
A. A first-time offender
B. Someone convicted of sexual assault only
C. A person previously convicted of one or more sexually oriented offenses
D. Anyone registered on the sex offender list
Answer: ⬆ C
Rationale: Courts determine habitual status by a history of one or more prior sex-related
convictions.
3. A “sexually oriented offender” is:
A. A person suspected of committing a sex crime
B. Any violent criminal
C. Anyone convicted of a sexually oriented offense
D. Someone labeled dangerous but with no convictions
Answer: ⬆ C
Rationale: This classification applies to all persons convicted of a sex-related crime.
4. Folkways are defined as:
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A. Violent criminal norms
B. Habitual, everyday behaviors considered polite or expected
C. Laws that must be obeyed
D. Religious mandates
Answer: ⬆ B
Rationale: Folkways involve customary social behaviors such as manners.
5. Mores are best defined as:
A. Optional customs
B. Essential norms necessary for societal survival
C. Individual beliefs
D. Aesthetic preferences
Answer: ⬆ B
Rationale: Mores are deeply held cultural rules with strong moral significance.
6. Vampirism (clinical/sexual context) refers to:
A. Attraction to darkness
B. Sexual arousal from drinking blood
C. Fetish for biting only
D. Attraction to death
Answer: ⬆ B
Rationale: Vampirism is a paraphilic pattern involving blood ingestion for sexual arousal.
7. Cruro-fact refers to:
A. Attraction to hair
B. Leg fetishism
C. Attraction to hands
D. Foot fixation
Answer: ⬆ B
Rationale: Cruro = leg; fact = fetish.
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8. Homosexuality is defined as:
A. Attraction to all genders
B. Attraction to neither gender
C. Sexual attraction to the same sex
D. A situational preference only
Answer: ⬆ C
9. The Old and New Testaments historically punished homosexuality by:
A. Community service
B. Death, incarceration, or exile
C. Monetary fines
D. Social shunning only
Answer: ⬆ B
10. Kinsey’s research found that what percentage of white males experienced same-sex
orgasm at least once?
A. 5%
B. 37%
C. 10%
D. 22%
Answer: ⬆ B
11. According to Kinsey, what percent of white females experienced orgasmic same-sex
behavior?
A. 5%
B. 13–17%
C. 40%
D. 2%
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Answer: ⬆ B
12. In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court rule sodomy laws unconstitutional?
A. 1972
B. 1999
C. 2003
D. 2010
Answer: ⬆ C
Rationale: Lawrence v. Texas, 2003.
13. A “secret homosexual” is:
A. A person who publicly embraces LGBTQ identity
B. Someone who hides their orientation from others or themselves
C. A person confused about sexuality
D. Anyone questioning identity
Answer: ⬆ B
14. A “blatant homosexual” refers to:
A. A closeted individual
B. Someone who openly displays their homosexual identity
C. Someone attracted to both sexes
D. Someone who hides orientation but is suspected
Answer: ⬆ B
15. An “adjusted homosexual” is a person who:
A. Rejects their identity
B. Is content, accepts their orientation, and functions well socially
C. Has only situational homosexual encounters
D. Is celibate