Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a form of violence identified by Salami (1993)?&#10;A) Direct violence&#10;B) Culture violence&#10;C) Repressive violence&#10;D) Alienating violence

Accepted Answer

Salami (1993) identifies direct violence, repressive violence, and alienating violence as forms of violence but does not list "culture violence" as a form. "Cultural violence" is a term introduced by Johan Galtung to refer to aspects of a culture that can be used to justify or legitimize direct or structural violence, and it is not attributed to Salami's categorization.

Question 2

According to Taylor, Davies, Wells, Gilbertson and Tayleur (2015), there is strong evidence that sports participation improves pro-social behaviour and reduces crime and anti-social behaviour, particularly for young men. However which of the following was found to increase?

A) Property crime
B) Use of illegal drugs
C) Illegal (NB underage) alcohol consumption
D) All of the above

C

Accepted Answer

The study found that while sports participation had positive effects on pro-social behavior and reducing crime, it was associated with an increase in illegal (underage) alcohol consumption.

Question 3

The Laureus (2013) report suggested that investment in sport would in the long run save public expenditure on the basis of sport working for gangs.

Accepted Answer

The Laureus (2013) report found that investment in sport could have a positive impact on reducing gang-related crime, thus saving public expenditure in the long term.

Question 4

Violence is defined as &#34;&#34;The intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against another person or against oneself or a group of people, that results in or has a high likelihood or resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation.&#34;&#34;?

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of violence as per the World Health Organization (WHO).

Question 5

Where are the Twic Olympics held?&#10;A) Syria&#10;B) Chad&#10;C) Somalia&#10;D) South Sudan

Accepted Answer

The Twic Olympics are held in South Sudan.

Deck 15: Sport, Violence and Crime