Deck 11: Crimes Against Persons

Question 1

The most likely felony to result in a homicide is

A) robbery.
B) aggravated assault.
C) grand theft.
D) arson.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The _______ perspective on rape assumes that rape is the result of idiosyncratic mental disease.

A) feminist
B) evolutionary
C) biological
D) psychopathological

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Premeditated murder is

A) first degree murder.
B) second degree murder.
C) third degree murder.
D) negligent homicide.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Among adults, acquaintance rape usually occurs

A) among married couples.
B) among individuals who are cohabitating but who are not married.
C) in the context of a dating relationship.
D) between individuals who do not know each other.

Question 5

The female serial killers who killed on the orders of Charles Manson were examples of __________ killers.

A) thrill motivated
B) mission oriented
C) expedience
D) disciple

Question 6

Which of the following is a personal robbery?

A) A bank robbery
B) A robbery of a gas station
C) A robbery of a convenience store
D) A robbery on the street

Question 7

The transit workers with the greatest risk of robbery are

A) taxi drivers.
B) bus drivers.
C) subway train operators.
D) railway train conductors.

Question 8

Which of the following is a characteristic of female robbers?

A) They almost always use guns
B) They frequently target victims who are involved in street life
C) They frequently rob females in a physical confrontational manner
D) They have one clear style of robbery

Question 9

Which of the following types of robbery is most likely to be affected by crime prevention strategies?

A) Muggings
B) Robberies of commercial establishments
C) Personal robberies
D) Robberies on mass transit

Question 10

Which of the following is not one of the types of behaviors encompassed in child sexual abuse?

A) An adult engages in sexual activity with a minor
B) An adult engages in nonsexual activity with a minor
C) An adult exploits a minor sexually for purposes of profit
D) An adult exploits a minor for purposes of sexual gratification

Question 11

Which of the following is an example of a nonprimary homicide?

A) A man who regularly abuses his wife kills her during an abusive event
B) A woman is tired of the loud barking noises made by her next-door neighbor's dog and kills the dog. The dog's owner kills her in retaliation.
C) Two men meet in a bar and get into an argument over the Super Bowl, during which one man stabs and kills the other
D) None of these are nonprimary homicides

Question 12

Which of the following is a mission-oriented serial killer?

A) An offender who kills for profit
B) An offender who kills victims he believes to be evil
C) An offender who kills during the commission of other crimes
D) An offender who gain sexual pleasure from killing

Question 13

The primary theoretical perspective used to explain the fact that victims and offenders who are intimately known to each other are disproportionately represented in homicide statistics is the

A) general theory of crime.
B) subculture of violence thesis.
C) selective disinhibition.
D) critical criminological perspective

Question 14

The majority of robbers are

A) specialists.
B) pedophiles.
C) generalists.
D) regressed

Question 15

Which of the following is not part of Russell's typology of men who rape their wives?

A) Husbands who prefer raping their wives to having consensual sex with them
B) Husbands who prefer consensual sex with their wives but are willing to rape them if their sexual advances are refused
C) Husbands who might like to rape their wives but do not act out these desires
D) Husbands who do not desire nonconsensual sex with their wives

Question 16

_________refers to how robbers who target drug dealers devote a significant amount of resources to minimize the likelihood of coming into contact with their victims after the crime.

A) Anonymity
B) Intimidation
C) Hypervigilance
D) Selective disinhibition

Question 17

Which of the following was not one of the main ways in which the old UCR definition of rape was biased?

A) It did not allow for rapes by male offenders
B) It did not count nonvaginal sexual assault as rape
C) It did not allow for the rape of male victims
D) It did not count rapes that omitted direct physical force

Question 18

According to Groth's typology of pedophiles, __________ are adult pedophiles who engaged in planned sexual acts with children and whose behavior is not necessarily influenced by drugs or alcohol.

A) regressed offenders
B) fixated offenders
C) deniers
D) narcissistic offenders

Question 19

The majority of street robbers target

A) elderly victims.
B) taxi drivers.
C) individuals involved in lawbreaking.
D) major drug dealers.

Question 20

are conditions, usually situational, which increase the likelihood of a violent outburst but are not necessary to produce that response.

A) Predisposers
B) Precipitants
C) Facilitators
D) Situationalists

Question 21

Most child sexual abusers tend to be exhibit extremely similar personal characteristics and life experiences.

Question 22

Which of the following is not typical of an aggravated assault offender?

A) Lower socioeconomic status
B) Prior arrest record
C) African American male
D) Evidence of offense specialization

Question 23

Feminist perspectives see the sexual aspect of rape as dominating over the power dynamics.

Question 24

If an offender commits a crime during which someone dies, but the offender had no intention of killing, the offender cannot be convicted of first-degree murder.

Question 25

Hate crimes are most commonly committed by

A) black males
B) black females
C) white males
D) white females

Question 26

Being a victim of childhood sexual abuse does not fully explain engaging in child molestation as an adult.

Question 27

The most common workplace violent incident is a(n)

A) robbery.
B) assault.
C) homicide.
D) rape

Question 28

Evolutionary perspectives have been criticized for justifying rape as natural.

Question 29

In 2009, President Obama added crimes motivated by ___________ to the list of federal hate crimes.

A) a religious bias
B) a bias against people with disabilities
C) racial bias
D) a bias against a person's sexual orientation

Question 30

Which type of workplace violence accounts for the majority of workplace homicides?

A) Violent acts by criminals otherwise unconnected to the workplace
B) Violence directed at employees by customers or clients
C) Violence against coworkers, supervisors, or managers by a present or former employee
D) Violence committed by someone who is not connected to the workplace but who has a personal relationship with an employee

Question 31

It is common for men to be sexually victimized.

Question 32

assault occurs when a victim of intimate personal violence attempts to leave a violent relationship.

A) Primary
B) Sibling
C) Separation
D) Stranger

Question 33

Some states still do not consider spousal rape to be a crime.

Question 34

In which way are male and female robbers similar?

A) Economic incentives are the primary motivation for both male and female robbers
B) Both male and female robbers almost always use guns during the commission of a robbery
C) The use of physical violence is common among both male and female robbers
D) Both male and female robbers are equally likely to target female victims

Question 35

Mass murderers are more difficult to apprehend than serial killers.

Question 36

Selective disinhibition focuses on explaining the role that alcohol plays in homicide.

Question 37

Health care workers are at particular risk of which type of workplace violence?

A) Violent acts by criminals otherwise unconnected to the workplace
B) Violence directed at employees by customers or clients
C) Violence against coworkers, supervisors, or managers by a present or former employee
D) Violence committed by someone who is not connected to the workplace but who has a personal relationship with an employee

Question 38

Instrumentality refers to the fact that the type of weapon used in a particular encounter has an effect on whether the encounter ends in death.

Question 39

A stalker who sees the victim as a soul mate is probably a(n) __________ stalker.

A) rejected
B) intimacy seeking
C) predatory
D) resentful vendetta-motivated

Question 40

Which of the following statements about stalking is not true?

A) Women are at greater risk of stalking victimization than men
B) Individuals who are separated or divorced have the highest risk of stalking victimization
C) Male victims of stalking are more likely to report their victimization to the police
D) The majority of stalking victims know their offender in some capacity

Question 41

__________ homicides are generally motivated by interpersonal hostility.

Question 42

Male robbers are more likely to target other men than to target women.

Question 43

Exploiting a minor for purposes of sexual gratification is an example of __________.

Question 44

Most hate crimes are committed by organized hate groups and their members.

Question 45

The majority of robbers commit crimes because of financial need for basic necessities.

Question 46

The most common scenario for rape is __________ rape.

Question 47

Among homicides occurring during the commission of another felony, __________ is the most likely felony to result in a homicide.

Question 48

Victim __________ focuses on characteristics of victims that may have led to their victimization.

Question 49

Commercial robbers are more likely to engage in some planning of their crimes than are offenders who commit personal robberies.

Question 50

Serial murder involves killing several victims in at least __________ separate events.

Question 51

Anonymity involves robbers who target drug dealers and who make a significant effort to ensure they will have no contact with the victim after the crime.

Question 52

Cyberstalking takes place on the Internet.

Question 53

Robberies occurring in commercial settings are known as ___________ robberies.

Question 54

The term "intimate-partner violence" refers only to crimes against women by their intimate male partners.

Question 55

The majority of workplace homicides are committed by current or former employees of the workplace.

Question 56

Men are at greater risk of workplace violence than women.

Question 57

Congress required that statistics on prison rape be collected as part of the _________.

Question 58

The _________ perspective on rape assumes that rape often includes an uncontrollable sexual impulse.

Question 59

In the U.S., the risk of stranger assault is high.

Question 60

Aside from rape, __________ is the most gender differentiated serious crime in the U.S.

Question 61

Most workplace homicides are committed with a(n) _______.

Question 62

__________ involves the use of electronic communication to harass individuals.

Question 63

__________ assault involves a violent response by the male partner after the woman has tried to leave a violent relationship.

Question 64

Discuss the impact of stalking on victims. What might advocates and policymakers do to control stalking, especially in the realm of cyberspace?

Question 65

The term __________ assault has been adopted to avoid the bias inherent in terms such as woman battering and wife assault.

Question 66

What are some of the reasons that victims of intimate-partner violence might not leave their abuser, despite escalation of conflict?

Question 67

Explain the difference between primary and nonprimary homicides.

Question 68

The most common motivation for hate crimes is _________ bias.

Question 69

According to the research of Robert Nash Parker, what is the relationship between alcohol consumption and homicide?

Question 70

What is child sexual abuse and what are the main types of abusers?

Question 71

What are the four primary types of workplace violence?