Exam 4: Confrontational Homicide

The Southern Subculture of Violence explains violence by

This theory takes into account that individuals make decisions that may put them at great risk for victimization

Confrontational homicides tend to occur in

According to Felson's interviews with 500 individuals about disputes in which they had taken part,

Wolfgang developed this idea to explain the high rates of violence among young lower socio-economic class African Americans who lived in urban areas of Philadelphia.

Luckenbill argued that homicide is often the result of a seemingly inconsequential incident that turn into what he called:

Which of the following is not generally True about confrontational homicide?

Nisbet and Cohen explain that the culture of honor that developed in the south and not other parts of the U.S. because:

Wolfgang introduced this term to describe homicide incidents in which the victim was the first to employ physical force in an altercation that ended in his or her death.

According to Rita Simon's opportunity thesis, we would expect that as women gained opportunities more similar to men,