Deck 9: Homicide, Assault, and Family Violence

Question 1

In family violence,the term "battering" is generally reserved for

A) heterosexual physical violence.
B) psychological abuse.
C) emotional abuse.
D) physical violence.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Research on family violence indicates

A) participants in family violence were themselves childhood victims of family violence.
B) no clear or consistent evidence that individuals who violently attack family members were themselves childhood victims of family violence.
C) spouse batterers have a history of being physically and sexually abused as children.
D) the cycle of violence is virtually impossible to break.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Negligent manslaughter is killing another person

A) as a result of recklessness.
B) with malice aforethought.
C) as a result of uncontrollable passion.
D) in self-defense when danger of serious bodily injury exists.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1974 made what activity a federal crime?

A) Trading in unregistered guns for cash
B) Ownership of assault-type weapons
C) Juvenile possession of handgun ammunition
D) Shooting animals without a license

Question 5

Alcohol and drug abuse appear to

A) play a causal role in family violence.
B) exacerbate but not cause in family violence.
C) cause child abuse but not spouse abuse.
D) cause spousal abuse but not child abuse.

Question 6

Which classification of homicide is a result of hostile aggression?

A) General altercation homicide
B) Felony commission homicide
C) Child homicide
D) Sexual homicide

Question 7

The most frequently reported violent crime in the United States is

A) homicide.
B) arson.
C) aggravated assault.
D) rape.

Question 8

When a caregiver fabricates or intentionally causes symptoms in those they are caring for in order to seek and obtain medical treatment,it is usually a case of

A) the woozle effect.
B) phanerothyme.
C) Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
D) Landau-Kleffner syndrome.

Question 9

Which of the following is not one of the three kinds of maltreatment that comprises emotional abuse?

A) Spanking or slapping
B) Close confinement
C) Verbal assault
D) Withholding food

Question 10

"The intentional inflicting of serious bodily injury on another" is a sufficient definition of which of the following offense?

A) Simple assault
B) Aggravated assault
C) Assault with a deadly weapon
D) Murderous assault

Question 11

Approximately how many cases of physical abuse result in the death of a child in the United States each year?

A) 700
B) 1500
C) 7500
D) 500,000

Question 12

The most common abuse of the elderly by caretakers is

A) physical abuse.
B) emotional abuse.
C) neglect.
D) a combination of emotional abuse and neglect.

Question 13

The phenomenon that occurs when the mere presence of a gun or other weapon stimulates violence is called

A) confirmation bias.
B) stimulus provocation.
C) weapons effect.
D) iatrogenic focus.

Question 14

The likeliest candidates for elder abuse appear to be

A) African American women ages 75-85, upper class.
B) African American women ages 55-65, lower class.
C) white women ages 75-85, upper class.
D) white women ages 75-85, lower class.

Question 15

Which group has a rate of criminal homicide that significantly exceeds its numbers in the general population,both as offenders and victims?

A) Native Americans
B) British Americans
C) Asian Americans
D) African Americans

Question 16

The most effective way of breaking the cycle of violence appears to be to

A) change the abuser's attitudinal system.
B) change an abuser's social network.
C) use legal sanctions.
D) use all of the above.

Question 17

The cognitive shortcuts people use to make quick inferences about their world is known as

A) coercion.
B) cognitive reframing.
C) cognitive ease.
D) availability heuristic.

Question 18

Homicides consistently account for about ________% of all violent crimes reported to the FBI.

A) 1-2
B) 12
C) 15-18
D) 25

Question 19

The most common form of intrafamilial violence involves

A) siblings.
B) spouses.
C) parent acting violently toward a child.
D) child acting violently toward a parent.

Question 20

About one of every ________ murders and nonnegligent manslaughters in the United States involve a family member killing another family member.

A) two
B) five
C) ten
D) thirteen

Question 21

A sibling killing a sister is called

A) matricide.
B) particide.
C) parricide.
D) sororicide.

Question 22

Studies of homicide have shown that murderers rarely know their victims.

Question 23

Much of the data on runaway,abducted,or thrownaway youth are reported in

A) Uniform Crime Reports
B) MAPS
C) Child Abuse: Taking a Stand
D) NISMART

Question 24

In the United States,the victims of homicide are mostly male.

Question 25

Infanticide refers to the killing of an infant.

Question 26

Filicide refers to the killing of

A) an infant.
B) a child older than 24 hours.
C) a child by the mother.
D) a child within the first 24 hours after birth.

Question 27

Males are more likely than female to perpetrate which act of family violence?

A) Munchausen Syndrome by proxy
B) Neonaticide
C) Elderly abuse
D) Abusive head trauma

Question 28

Families that are characterized by continuous cycles of physical aggression and violence inside the family are called

A) multiassaultive.
B) genetically imbalanced.
C) multiaggressive.
D) maladaptively violent.

Question 29

There is strong research evidence that women who kill their children are emotionally detached from their offspring.

Question 30

Neonaticide refers to the killing of

A) an infant.
B) a child older than 24 hours.
C) a child within the first 24 hours after birth.
D) a child by the mother.

Question 31

The weapon most commonly used in homicides in the United States is a knife.

Question 32

Studies investigating the sociological correlates of criminal homicides have found that most murderers are under the age of thirty.

Question 33

A youth who has been thrown away from the home by a parent or caretaker is called a thrownaway.

Question 34

Incidence refers to the total number of cases per year.

Question 35

George and Bill walk into a bar,order a drink and begin playing pool.Several minutes later,one of the bar's regulars,Steve,hollers across the bar and calls Bill a sissy girl.Bill punches Steve and a fist fight ensues.This scenario depicts an example of

A) emasculated jealousy.
B) reactive aggression.
C) alcohol induced violence.
D) conduct disorder.

Question 36

The cycle of violence theory posits that coercive and punitive tactics in parenting increase the likelihood of later aggressive behavior and potential domestic violence.

Question 37

Where do most abductions of elementary school children occur?

A) On school property
B) At a playground
C) In a shopping mall
D) Near the child's home

Question 38

In an important study of American children by Ullman and Straus (2003),it was discovered that approximately ________ percent of adolescents participated in child-to-parent violence during the previous 12 months.

A) 20
B) 25
C) 5
D) 10

Question 39

Abusive head trauma is synonymous with

A) Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
B) stereotypical abduction.
C) post-traumatic stress disorder.
D) shaken baby syndrome.

Question 40

Spousal and child abuse appears to occur primarily in economically disadvantaged families.

Question 41

Explain what research tells about the perpetrators and victims of elder abuse.

Question 42

How may the availability heuristic account for our perception of violence?

Question 43

When considering police data on homicide,it's important to consider that arrests do not necessarily result in ________.

Question 44

General altercation homicide is a result of ________ aggression.

Question 45

The homicide victimization rate for blacks is ________ times higher than for whites.

Question 46

An attack becomes ________ assault when the purpose is to inflict serious bodily injury.

Question 47

The primary perpetrators of elder abuse are ________ members.

Question 48

Discuss four ways juveniles are able to access guns,despite the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act.

Question 49

Compare and contrast abusive head trauma and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy as specific forms of child abuse.

Question 50

Theories that view domestic violence as a tactic for gaining power and control in relationships are highly consistent with ________ theory.

Question 51

List and describe the four categories of homicide generated by Roberts,Zgoba,and Shahidullah (2007).

Question 52

Significant ________ problems appear to be the most prominent learning problems among juvenile murderers.

Question 53

Violence between ________ is believed to be the most common form of violence within families.

Question 54

From a psychological perspective,it is often difficult to separate ________ and aggravated assault.

Question 55

Families characterized by continual cycles of intrafamilial physical aggression and violence are known as ________ families.