Deck 12: Individual, Family, and Household Crime Control

Question 1

Which of the following is a family-based treatment program implemented after a juvenile delinquent problem arises?

A) Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
B) Multisystemic therapy (MST)
C) Financial Assistance to Families (FAF)
D) Family Support Services (FSS)

Answer 1

Multisystemic therapy (MST)

Question 2

Researchers find that children born to teenage mothers are at a higher risk of

A) becoming delinquent.
B) getting cancer.
C) becoming wealthy.
D) getting cancer

Answer 2

becoming delinquent.

Question 3

Which of the following is a form of individual crime control?

A) neighborhood watch
B) risk management
C) risk-avoidance
D) self-defense

Answer 3

risk-avoidance

Question 4

Hitting, kicking, or biting an offender is known as

A) nonforceful resistance.
B) risk management.
C) self-control.
D) forceful resistance.

Question 5

Which of the following was a drug abuse prevention program for high-risk, drug-using parents to educate them with parenting skills?

A) Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
B) Strengthening Families Program (SFP)
C) Financial Assistance to Families (FAF)
D) Family Support Services (FSS)

Question 6

The National Crime Victimization Survey does not ask if a respondent has ever

A) had their car stolen.
B) been a victim of rape.
C) had their house burglarized.
D) used a gun in self-defense.

Question 7

Which of the following is a reason burglars avoid houses when people are at home?

A) fear the police will be called
B) fear of being recognized from crime stopper pictures
C) fear of being shot
D) fear of being bitten by a dog

Question 8

Domestic violence can have serious implications for

A) children's behavior later in life.
B) the Office of Juvenile and Delinquency Prevention.
C) the aid to families with dependent children.
D) the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

Question 9

An armed citizen who escalates a verbal argument with someone which could have otherwise been ignored, is said to be taking

A) calculated risks.
B) precipitation risks.
C) compensating risks.
D) unreasonable risks.

Question 10

Researcher Mark Duggan used subscriptions to what magazine to estimate gun prevalence?

A) Field and Stream
B) Guns and Ammo
C) Sports Illustrated
D) Mercenaries

Question 11

In 1982, the city of Kennesaw, Georgia, passed an ordinance requiring that its citizens

A) to participate in Operation Identification.
B) to join Neighborhood Watch.
C) to be reserve police officers.
D) to keep a gun in their household.

Question 12

Which of the following therapies is pursued when there is evidence of child neglect in a home?

A) strengthening relationships therapy
B) family preservation therapy
C) emotional assistance to families
D) family support services

Question 13

Single-parent families experience significantly higher levels of violence than do

A) two-parent families.
B) wealthy families.
C) remarried couples.
D) childless couples.

Question 14

Which of the following is a form of governmental crime control?

A) Catholic services
B) Lutheran aid
C) Social Services
D) the United Way

Question 15

The United States has no central registry requirement for

A) guns.
B) social security cards.
C) student loans.
D) the draft.

Question 16

Burglars in the United States receive longer sentences than do burglars in the United Kingdom.

Question 17

A 1994 DataStat phone survey showed that respondents were successful a majority of the time in fending off attacks.

Question 18

Elderly people are more likely than younger people to socialize outside the home, thus increasing their potential of being a crime victim.

Question 19

Strengthening Families Program (SFP) is a domestic violence prevention program.

Question 20

In 1982, the city of Kennesaw, Georgia, passed an ordinance requiring that its citizens keep an attack or watch dog in their home.

Question 21

Researcher suggests that children born to teenage mothers are at a greater risk of becoming delinquents.

Question 22

Family preservation therapy is usually focused on improving relationships between mothers and fathers.

Question 23

Witnessing domestic violence as a child can have a negative affect on that child's behavior later in life.

Question 24

Buying a gun to protect one's self is a form of risk management.

Question 25

Avoiding certain neighborhoods at night is an individual crime control method called self- defense.

Question 26

The main reason for taking a self-defense class is to successfully fend off a ________.

Question 27

________ therapy focuses on child abuse/or neglect that is characterized by parental conflict.

Question 28

________ is a prevention program teaching drug-using parents appropriate parenting skills.

Question 29

Aid to Families with Dependent Children is a form of ________.

Question 30

Youth in one-parent households experience higher levels of violence, than do youth in ________.

Question 31

________ behaviors are actions people take to avoid coming face to face with criminals.

Question 32

The United States has no central registry for privately owned ________.

Question 33

Crime control in America goes beyond the ________.

Question 34

The National Crime Victimization Survey is conducted every six months by the ________.

Question 35

The National Crime Victimization Survey has shown that armed resistance is associated with lower levels of ________.

Question 36

________ therapy is pursued when a divorced household experiences evidence of child neglect in the home due to parental conflict.

Question 37

Discuss the strengths and limitation of using the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) over the DataStat survey in the exploration of using guns as a method of self-defense.

Question 38

Describe three types of risk management behaviors.

Question 39

Explain why guns are not a proven deterrent in the context of burglary.