Deck 10: Violence

Question 1

Approximately how many guns are currently in circulation in the United States?

A) 270-300 million
B) 250 million
C) 100 million
D) 50 million

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Serial killers are responsible for the majority of homicides each year.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The unlawful killing of one human being by another constitutes

A) homicide
B) murder
C) manslaughter
D) none of the above

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following is not one of the categories of homicide?

A) murder
B) manslaughter
C) rationalized homicide
D) excusable homicide

Question 5

The likelihood that a person born in a particular year will become a murder victim over the course of that person's life span, assuming that the murder rate remains stable is referred to as

A) murder rate
B) homicide rate
C) lifetime homicide risk
D) lifetime murder risk

Question 6

An act of violence that is intended to create fear, for a political purpose, and injures innocent victims, as well as active targets is known as

A) serial killing
B) mass murder
C) homicide
D) terrorism

Question 7

The threat or attempt to do bodily harm to another is

A) assault
B) battery
C) aggravated assault
D) none of the above

Question 8

This law holds that if a death occurs during the commission of a felony the perpetrator of the felony is chargeable with first-degree murder.

A) the felony murder doctrine
B) three-strikes legislation
C) both A and B
D) none of the above

Question 9

Death results from conditions less closely related to a lethal outcome

A) second degree murder
B) involuntary manslaughter
C) voluntary manslaughter
D) ritual killing

Question 10

Murder in the first degree requires premeditation and

A) harm
B) malice aforethought
C) negligence
D) none of the above

Question 11

Mass murderers claim more victims than serial killers.

Question 12

Death results from conditions under which a fatality would be a reasonable outcome

A) voluntary manslaughter
B) first degree murder
C) negligent manslaughter
D) second degree murder

Question 13

A _________________ is someone who kills three or more victims at different locations within a few hours or a few days.

A) serial killer
B) spree killer
C) mass murderer
D) lunatic

Question 14

The largest mass shooting American history was recently carried out by:

A) Adam Lanza
B) Nikolas Cruz
C) Stephen Paddock
D) Omar Mateen

Question 15

___________________ homicide involves a legal act, such as the infliction of the death penalty on a convicted felon or a killing in self-defense.

A) Excusable
B) Justifiable
C) Rational
D) none of the above

Question 16

The concept of victim precipitation suggests that the victim may be a major precipitating cause of his/her own demise.

Question 17

A death that occurs as a consequence of an accident perpetrated by a person performing a lawful act with ordinary caution is

A) murder
B) manslaughter
C) justifiable homicide
D) excusable homicide

Question 18

Incidents in which the victim was the first to show and use a deadly weapon or to strike the first blow in an altercation are referred to as

A) self defense
B) stand your ground
C) victim precipitated
D) felony incidents

Question 19

A boxer whose punch kills his opponent has committed an

A) murder
B) involuntary manslaughter
C) excusable homicide
D) felony murder

Question 20

Family violence includes which types of violence?

A) child abuse
B) spousal abuse
C) elder abuse
D) all of the above

Question 21

Alcohol is often a factor in sexual assaults among college women.

Question 22

A substantial portion of homicide can be attributed to urban street codes.

Question 23

Social control is a term used to indicate a sense of trust, common values, and cohesion in neighborhoods.

Question 24

The feminist theory of rape argues rape is the result of long and deep-rooted traditions in which males have dominated political, social, and economic life.

Question 25

Al Capone and the Japanese Yakuza are examples of organized crime.

Question 26

Rape is considered a crime of violence.

Question 27

Robbery is by far the most frequent violent crime.

Question 28

The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment is considered violence against the elderly.

Question 29

Sibling abuse is said to be the most under researched and under recognized form of family violence.

Question 30

Spree killers commit repeat murders over a period of time.