Violent Crime MCQ

Is workplace violence violence that occurs within a place of work?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as this is a “culture within a culture” in which violence is an approved manner of resolving interpersonal disputes.

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Correct Answer: Subculture of violence

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_____ is defined as murder at two or more locations with almost no time between the murders.

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Correct Answer: Spree murder

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_____ is a series of murders over a period of time.

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Correct Answer: Serial murder

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Is post hoc error “After-the-fact” error. If a person exhibits a characteristic after the fact, it is mistakenly assumed to be the cause of the behavior?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as experiment that concluded that arrest works best in deterring repeat domestic violence.

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Correct Answer: Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment

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_____ is defined as the killing of four or more victims at one location on a single occasion.

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Correct Answer: Mass murder

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_____ is domestic battering by a spouse or lover.

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Correct Answer: Intimate partner violence

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Is gun control attempts to regulate and limit the availability of guns to the public?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as ways of life in societies that approve of violence as a means of resolving disputes.

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Correct Answer: Culture of violence

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_____ is defined as excessive mistreatment, either physically or emotionally, of children beyond any reasonable explanation.

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Correct Answer: Child abuse

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_____ is threatening to do bodily harm to a person or placing him or her in fear of such harm.

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Correct Answer: Assault

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What kind of violent offenders are individuals who live in subcultures in which violence is an acceptable problem-solving mechanism?

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Correct Answer: Cultural

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Which of the following is not a historical event which suggests that violence is part of the American psyche?

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Correct Answer: National paranoia

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Which typology does a serial killer who is considered a “thrill seeker” and murders for creature comforts, profit, or pleasure thought to have?

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Correct Answer: Hedonist

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The killing of four or more victims at one location on a single occasion is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Mass murder

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In many violent crimes, victims contribute to their own harm.

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Correct Answer: True

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Which nation has the highest homicide rate—in which a firearm was the weapon used?

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Correct Answer: United States

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The killing of several victims in three or more separate incidents over weeks, months, or years is ______.

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Correct Answer: Serial murder

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Real rape is aggravated rape and involves ______.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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The most feared type of robber is referred to as a ______.

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Correct Answer: Strong arm robbers

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The United States possesses, by far, the highest homicide rate among economically developed countries.

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Correct Answer: True

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California was the first state to pass anti-stalking legislation in 1990.

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Correct Answer: True

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Organized serial killers do not generally keep “trophies.”

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Correct Answer: False

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Which of the following types of robbers would be associated with career criminals?

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Correct Answer: Professional

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Which of the following is not considered one of the characteristics of a wife abuser?

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Correct Answer: Financial stability

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The media has had a negative effect on enhancing safety and preventing bullying and other threatening behavior.

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Correct Answer: False

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