Exam 10: Interpersonal Violence

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In which type of murder is intent present but malice is not?

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The typical armed robber is unlikely to be a professional who carefully studies targets while planning a crime.

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Discuss the nature and extent of spousal abuse. What are the predictive factors of spousal abuse?

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In their classic study of family violence, Richard Gelles and Murray Straus found that 16 percent of surveyed families had experienced husband-wife assaults. In police departments around the country, 60 to 70 percent of evening calls involve domestic disputes. Predictive factors include presence of alcohol, access to weapons, stepchild in the home, estrangement, hostility toward dependency, excessive brooding, social learning, socioeconomic factors, flashes of anger, military service, having been battered as a child, and unpredictability.

_______________ involves violence against women and girls by a family member or relative, and includes acts such as beating, battering, or killing.

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Female murderers are most likely to kill a:

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_________ robbers steal to support their drug habits and have a low commitment to robbery because of its danger,s but a high commitment to theft because it supplies needed funds.

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The __________ is the hypothesis that suggests that a childhood history of physical abuse predisposes survivors to becoming violent themselves in later life.

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Second-degree murder requires the killer to have malice aforethought, premeditation, and deliberation.

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Any physical, emotional, or sexual trauma to a child for which no reasonable explanation, such as an accident, can be found is known as:

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Detail the three motivations for rape.

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Felony murder usually constitutes:

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Date rape, statutory rape, and marital rape are subcategories of:

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On average, about _____ students are killed each year at school, or on the way to or returning from regular sessions at school, or while the victim was attending or traveling to or from an official school-sponsored event.

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___________ or ___________ are violent acts directed toward a particular person or members of a group merely because the targets share a discernible racial, ethnic, religious, or gender characteristic.

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Throughout recorded history, rape has been associated with armies and warfare, with soldiers of conquering armies considering sexual possession of their enemies' women of the spoils of war.

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Traditionally, a legally married husband could not be charged with raping his wife; this was referred to as the _____________.

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People arrested for assault and those identified by victims are usually young, male, and white

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Within subcultures of violence, it is considered appropriate for an individual who has been offended by a negative outcome in a dispute to seek reparations through violent means. This concept is termed:

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Psychological and emotional abuse that involves the spreading of smears, rumors, and private information in order to harm one's partner is known as:

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According to the most recent UCR data (2012), about ___________ rapes or attempted rapes are now being reported to U.S. police each year, a rate of about 30 per 100,000 inhabitants

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