Exam 14: Understanding and Preventing Violence

Most general policies on "workplace violence" also specifically address domestic violence and its impact in the workplace.

According to the text, the most common motivator of hate crime is ________________ bias.

Targeting the activity, not the individual, is an example of:

In 1990, the Federal Hate Crime Statistics Act was passed, mandating that the Justice -Department secure data on crimes related to religion, race, sexual orientation, or ethnicity.Although the laws vary considerably, the most common elements include all of the following except:

First Strike: The Violence Connection campaign was created in 1997 to raise public and -professional awareness about the connection between animal cruelty and human violence.

A/an ________________ is a criminal offense committed against a person, property, or -society that is motivated by racial bias and involve violence.

Targeting gun traffickers, teaching conflict resolution skills, and implementing gun buyback programs are all examples of:

"Safe storage" laws are also called CAP laws; CAP stands for ________________.

The Child Development-Community Policing initiative advocates the development of -collaborative relationships between law enforcement and ________________ to ensure that youths exposed to violence have access to a wide array of services offered in their communities.

The domestic violence intervention project in Charlotte-Mecklenburg dealt with a/an:

Sexual assault on campuses in not a common violent crime.

Research has found that most executives and managers in the corporate sector have given considerable thought to the impact of partner abuse on the health and safety of their -employees.

The Boston City Department of Health and Hospitals initiated Boston's Prevention Project in 1982 to prevent ________________ violence.

Animal abuse is a predictor of other violence and abusive behavior.

Explain how gun violence may be considered a three-phase continuum, and how effective gun control strategies can focus on each point of intervention.

Characteristics common to workplace violence and school violence include all of the -following except:

According to the text, the most effective response to sexual assaults employs a collaborative team approach that includes a police officer, victim advocate, and a medical practitioner/nurse, who conducts the sexual assault exam and collects evidence from the victim's body.

According to the text, ________________ handgun laws are a controversial issue.

________________ uses flowcharts to visually depict how information, materials, and -activities flow in an organization and how work is handed off from one department to another.

The causes of violence as described in the book include all of the following except: