Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a common way claims makers draw attention to social problems?

Accepted Answer

A) alarmist language 
B) dire predictions 
C) use complicated science as proof 
D) call for immediate action 
A) alarmist language 
B) dire predictions 
C) use complicated science as proof 
D) call for immediate action C

Question 2

What assumption does opportunity theory begin with?

Accepted Answer

A) Most people are good. 
B) We can all stop crime. 
C) Anyone is capable of crime. 
D) Most people are offenders. 
A) Most people are good. 
B) We can all stop crime. 
C) Anyone is capable of crime. 
D) Most people are offenders. C

Question 3

What helps to confirm the decline in VMIR rates shown in surveys?

Accepted Answer

The fact that the declines appear in both self-report and official statistics helps to confirm the decline.The decline also appears across a wide variety of forms of VMIR.Violence in general has also be declining at the same time.Other child welfare indicators have also been declining.

Question 4

What does opportunity theory focus on?

Accepted Answer

A) motivated offenders 
B) opportunities for crime 
C) victim's actions 
D) structural constraints 
A) motivated offenders 
B) opportunities for crime 
C) victim's actions 
D) structural constraints

Question 5

Since 1960,volunteerism in the United States has ________.

Accepted Answer

A) increased 
B) decreased 
C) stayed the same 
D) cannot determine a change 
A) increased 
B) decreased 
C) stayed the same 
D) cannot determine a change

Question 6

Which of the following has the National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence NOT found to have decreased?

Accepted Answer

A) child maltreatment 
B) sexual child abuse 
C) dating violence 
D) sexual assault 
A) child maltreatment 
B) sexual child abuse 
C) dating violence 
D) sexual assault

Question 7

What did the U.S.Supreme Court use in a ruling allowing minors to purchase violent video games?

Accepted Answer

A) First Amendment 
B) Second Amendment 
C) Fifth Amendment 
D) Seventh Amendment 
A) First Amendment 
B) Second Amendment 
C) Fifth Amendment 
D) Seventh Amendment

Question 8

Between 1990 and 2013,rates of substantiated child neglect declined by ____________.

Accepted Answer

A) 13% 
B) 37% 
C) 55% 
D) 64% 
A) 13% 
B) 37% 
C) 55% 
D) 64%

Question 9

Between 1990 and 2013,rates of substantiated child sexual abuse declined by ____________.

Accepted Answer

A) 13% 
B) 37% 
C) 55% 
D) 64% 
A) 13% 
B) 37% 
C) 55% 
D) 64%

Question 10

Between 1975 and 1985,the Family Violence Survey found that rates of both child physical abuse and marital violence ______________.

Accepted Answer

A) increased 
B) decreased 
C) stayed the same 
D) cannot determine the type of change 
A) increased 
B) decreased 
C) stayed the same 
D) cannot determine the type of change

Question 11

In what year did corporal punishment in the home first become prohibited in a country?

Accepted Answer

A) 1969 
B) 1979 
C) 1989 
D) 1999 
A) 1969 
B) 1979 
C) 1989 
D) 1999

Question 12

Opportunity theory shifts focus away from ___________ toward opportunities for crime to occur.

Accepted Answer

A) cultural norms 
B) motivated offenders 
C) structural constraints 
D) victims 
A) cultural norms 
B) motivated offenders 
C) structural constraints 
D) victims

Question 13

What proportion of Americans volunteered with an organization in 2015?

Accepted Answer

A) 1/2 
B) 1/3 
C) 1/4 
D) 1/5 
A) 1/2 
B) 1/3 
C) 1/4 
D) 1/5

Question 14

The number of child abuse incidents report to CPS has _____________ over the past 25 years.

Accepted Answer

A) increased 
B) decreased 
C) stayed the same 
D) cannot determine the type of change 
A) increased 
B) decreased 
C) stayed the same 
D) cannot determine the type of change

Question 15

Where does the phrase "ring the bell" come from?

Accepted Answer

A) a television show in the United States 
B) a social movement in India 
C) a media campaign in Mexico 
D) a presidential speech in Norway 
A) a television show in the United States 
B) a social movement in India 
C) a media campaign in Mexico 
D) a presidential speech in Norway

Question 16

There is large variation in the amount of resources that counties commit to VMIR.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

When children become teenagers,what form of corporal punishment is more likely?

Accepted Answer

A) spanking 
B) slap to the face 
C) punch 
D) broken bone 
A) spanking 
B) slap to the face 
C) punch 
D) broken bone

Question 18

All people in society can take a stand against culturally accepted violence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Parents have protected rights.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

According to NCVS data,how much have IPV rates declined?

Accepted Answer

A) 25% 
B) 35% 
C) 50% 
D) 60% 
A) 25% 
B) 35% 
C) 50% 
D) 60%

Which of the following is NOT a common way claims makers draw attention to social problems?

What assumption does opportunity theory begin with?

What helps to confirm the decline in VMIR rates shown in surveys?

What does opportunity theory focus on?

Since 1960,volunteerism in the United States has ________.

Which of the following has the National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence NOT found to have decreased?

What did the U.S.Supreme Court use in a ruling allowing minors to purchase violent video games?

Between 1990 and 2013,rates of substantiated child neglect declined by ____________.

Between 1990 and 2013,rates of substantiated child sexual abuse declined by ____________.

Between 1975 and 1985,the Family Violence Survey found that rates of both child physical abuse and marital violence ______________.

In what year did corporal punishment in the home first become prohibited in a country?

Opportunity theory shifts focus away from ___________ toward opportunities for crime to occur.

What proportion of Americans volunteered with an organization in 2015?

The number of child abuse incidents report to CPS has _____________ over the past 25 years.

Where does the phrase "ring the bell" come from?

There is large variation in the amount of resources that counties commit to VMIR.

When children become teenagers,what form of corporal punishment is more likely?

All people in society can take a stand against culturally accepted violence.

Parents have protected rights.

According to NCVS data,how much have IPV rates declined?

History and Definitions of Intimate Violence and Maltreatment

Methods and Perspectives in Vmir

Child Physical Abuse

Child Sexual Abuse

Child Neglect

Child Psychological Maltreatment

Abuse in Adolescent and Emerging Adult Relationships: Peer Sexual Harassment, sexual Assault, dating Violence, and Stalking

Intimate Partner Abuse in Adult Relationships: Focusing on Victims

Intimate Partner Abuse in Adult Relationships

Intimate Abuse of People With Disabilities and the Elderly

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Exam 11: Societal Responses to Vmir: Some Concluding Thoughts

Which of the following is NOT a common way claims makers draw attention to social problems?

What assumption does opportunity theory begin with?

What helps to confirm the decline in VMIR rates shown in surveys?

What does opportunity theory focus on?

Since 1960,volunteerism in the United States has ________.

Which of the following has the National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence NOT found to have decreased?

What did the U.S.Supreme Court use in a ruling allowing minors to purchase violent video games?

Between 1990 and 2013,rates of substantiated child neglect declined by ____________.

Between 1990 and 2013,rates of substantiated child sexual abuse declined by ____________.

Between 1975 and 1985,the Family Violence Survey found that rates of both child physical abuse and marital violence ______________.

In what year did corporal punishment in the home first become prohibited in a country?

Opportunity theory shifts focus away from ___________ toward opportunities for crime to occur.

What proportion of Americans volunteered with an organization in 2015?

The number of child abuse incidents report to CPS has _____________ over the past 25 years.

Where does the phrase "ring the bell" come from?

There is large variation in the amount of resources that counties commit to VMIR.

When children become teenagers,what form of corporal punishment is more likely?

All people in society can take a stand against culturally accepted violence.

Parents have protected rights.

According to NCVS data,how much have IPV rates declined?

History and Definitions of Intimate Violence and Maltreatment

Methods and Perspectives in Vmir

Child Physical Abuse

Child Sexual Abuse

Child Neglect

Child Psychological Maltreatment

Abuse in Adolescent and Emerging Adult Relationships: Peer Sexual Harassment, sexual Assault, dating Violence, and Stalking

Intimate Partner Abuse in Adult Relationships: Focusing on Victims

Intimate Partner Abuse in Adult Relationships

Intimate Abuse of People With Disabilities and the Elderly

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