Deck 2: Methods and Perspectives in Vmir

Question 1

According to Levesque,what helps to hide VMIR?

A)society's adoption of religion
B)a state's laws
C)idealized notion of the family
D)cultural understandings of violence

Answer 1

C

Question 2

What does Level I of the funnel metaphor represent?

A)total amount of VMIR in society
B)reported amounts of VMIR
C)substantiated amounts of VMIR
D)VMIR cases in the criminal justice system

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Patriarchy,legal constraints of marriage,and privacy of family are examples of causes that contribute to VMIR at the __________ level.

A)individual
B)interactionist
C)community
D)structural

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Mary drags a screaming child from a store and quickly swats him on the bottom.People passing by stare and mumble under their breath.What is this an example of?

A)breakdown of norms
B)formal mechanisms of social control
C)informal mechanisms of social control
D)violation of norms

Question 5

Since the 1990s,rates of IMVR are ________.

A)higher
B)lower
C)the same
D)impossible to determine

Question 6

What does it mean to be a rational being?

A)use logic in making any decisions
B)using common sense to navigate the world
C)rationalize all actions
D)maximize benefits and minimize costs

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a structural contribution of VMIR?

A)personal histories of abuse
B)increased time spent with intimates
C)patriarchy
D)power differentials

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of a formal mechanism of social control?

A)community organizations
B)child protective services (CPS)
C)churches
D)gossip

Question 9

The hitting continuum ranges from _______ to __________.

A)soft hitting to hard hitting
B)no injuries to injuries
C)accidental violence to purposeful violence
D)legitimate violence to illegitimate violence

Question 10

Why does being physically weaker make someone more likely to be a victim?

A)They are an ideal target.
B)They are more vulnerable.
C)They cannot defend themselves.
D)They will be overpowered.

Question 11

The basic assumption for social control theories is that people are _________.

A)emotional
B)moral
C)rational
D)nonlogical

Question 12

Why is it more likely that a father will "lose it" and hit his son than he is likely to hit a neighboring child?

A)The laws regarding each of these acts are different.
B)Children are more frustrating when they are your own.
C)Parents interact with their children more than others.
D)There are lower costs to hitting family than nonfamily.

Question 13

The last time Frank hit his son in public,no one said anything to him or called the police.What is this an example of?

A)no social norms
B)break down of social norms
C)low cost
D)high cost

Question 14

People are more likely to be deviant when social costs are __________.

A)low
B)high
C)ignored
D)misunderstood

Question 15

Social control theory would argue that VMIR exists because cost is __________.

A)low
B)high
C)ignored
D)misunderstood

Question 16

A neighbor witnesses a parent smack a child from across the street.She asks her spouse if maybe they should report this behavior.The spouse responds that it isn't any of their business.This is an example of which of the beliefs of the idealized family?

A)parental rights supersede children's rights
B)family members act in the best interests of children
C)families with traditional culture are strong
D)families have the right to privacy and autonomy

Question 17

What is defined as the collective efforts of a society to ensure conformity and prevent deviance?

A)laws
B)social control
C)a state
D)social norms

Question 18

Amanda decides to steal from the local corner store because even if she does get caught,she figures she will just receive a warning.What cost is she considering here?

A)severity of punishment
B)certainty of punishment
C)legal punishment
D)social punishment

Question 19

The perceived probability of getting caught by formal agents of social control is also called _________.

A)severity of punishment
B)inevitable punishment
C)certainty of punishment
D)probable punishment

Question 20

What did Bandura's experiment with the bobo doll demonstrate?

A)Human behavior is learned.
B)Human behavior is instinctual.
C)Human behavior is complex.
D)The results were inconclusive.

Question 21

How many investigated cases of child abuse are substantiated?

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

Question 22

What occurs at Level IV of the funnel?

A)guilty parties receive punishment
B)intervention from authorities
C)researchers conduct surveys
D)police investigate claims

Question 23

Where in the funnel would you locate the NCVS data?

A)Level I
B)Level II
C)Level III
D)Level IV

Question 24

What does Level III of the funnel metaphor represent?

A)total amount of VMIR in society
B)reported amounts of VMIR
C)substantiated amounts of VMIR
D)VMIR cases in the criminal justice system

Question 25

What are the gaps between levels of the funnel called?

A)missing cases
B)unknown figure
C)unknown cases
D)dark figure

Question 26

Levels II and III of the funnel are compiled through _______________.

A)self-report surveys
B)official statistics
C)conviction rates
D)the FBI

Question 27

Which data set surveys professionals who are mandated reporters of child maltreatment?

A)UCR
B)NCVS
C)NIS
D)NCANDS

Question 28

Who collects the Uniform Crime Report statistics?

A)police stations
B)FBI
C)prisons
D)advocacy groups

Question 29

The uniform crime report is an example of what kind of statistic or survey?

A)conviction statistics
B)self-report survey
C)official statistics
D)advocacy statistic

Question 30

Which of the following is NOT a methodological concern with self-report surveys about VMIR?

A)faulty memory
B)people who lie
C)access to respondents
D)concerns about operationalization

Question 31

What is a substantiated case?

A)a case with enough evidence that official agents believe it occurred
B)a case where the guilty party is legally found guilty
C)a case where the guilty party is found not guilty
D)a case where there is not enough evidence to show that the violence occurred

Question 32

Which survey instrument works to normalize conflict in intimate relationships?

A)NCVS
B)NIS
C)CTS
D)UCR

Question 33

What does operationalized mean?

A)defining a concept
B)measuring prevalence
C)turning a concept into a question
D)debating an existing definition

Question 34

What was the NatSCEV designed to account for?

A)violence against spouses
B)maltreatment of children and the elderly
C)date rape
D)polyvictimization

Question 35

How do you estimate the total amount of VMIR?

A)a number of convicted cases
B)reports to police
C)surveys
D)it is impossible

Question 36

What does Level II of the funnel metaphor represent?

A)total amount of VMIR in society
B)reported amounts of VMIR
C)substantiated amounts of VMIR
D)VMIR cases in the criminal justice system

Question 37

What system is involved with Levels V and VI of the funnel metaphor?

A)Child Protective Services
B)intervention programs
C)community programs
D)criminal justice system

Question 38

Which survey presents violence as a health concern?

A)NVS
B)UCR
C)NIS
D)NISVS

Question 39

How many substantiated cases of child abuse receive intervention?

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

Question 40

What are the chances that a female murder victim is killed by a male intimate?

A)1 in 2
B)2 in 3
C)3 in 5
D)1 in 5

Question 41

The NIS is conducted annually.

Question 42

What is an advocacy statistic?

A)ideologically motivated statistic
B)incorrect statistic
C)unreliable statistic
D)statistic made by rape crisis advocates

Question 43

The "it just happens" argument occurs most frequently outside of intimate relationships.

Question 44

What research method helps to control for the time-order problem?

A)self-report surveys
B)longitudinal studies
C)cross-sectional studies
D)retrospective

Question 45

Human behavior is instinctual.

Question 46

If you read that 10% of women are victims of rape and 20% are victims of drug-facilitated rape,why can you not assume that 30% of women experience some form of sexual assault?

A)advocacy statistics
B)survey participants lie
C)polyvictimization
D)correlation,not causation

Question 47

Which of the following is NOT a journal dedicated to publishing about VMIR?

A)Violence Against Women
B)Crime & Delinquency
C)Child Maltreatment
D)Journal of Family Violence

Question 48

The "it just happens" argument contributes to perpetuation of violence.

Question 49

What do we call a nonaccidental relationship?

A)nonspuriousness
B)time order
C)correlation
D)causation

Question 50

In research on VMIR,experimental controlled trails are used to study _____________.

A)prevalence of sexual assault
B)prevalence of child abuse
C)effects of victimization
D)evaluation of intervention and prevention programs

Question 51

If a woman with depression experiences IPV,we may have a problem with __________.

A)effectization
B)time order
C)nonspuriousness
D)correlation

Question 52

An increase in VMIR is always caused by a change in that behavior.

Question 53

CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY.What criteria does a researcher need to meet to establish a causal link?

A)correlation
B)time order
C)nonspuriousness
D)relationship

Question 54

The total amount of VMIR is an unknowable number.

Question 55

Rates of ice cream consumption and instances of rape are highly correlated.This is an example of a violation of ___________.

A)time order
B)correlation
C)nonspuriousness
D)advocacy statistic

Question 56

Female homicide victims are more likely to be killed by a male intimate partner.

Question 57

There is strong empirical support for intergenerational transmission of violence.

Question 58

CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY.Widom's research on effects of child abuse is an example of which research design method?
a.longitudinal
b.correlation
c.cross-sectional
d.matched control groups

Question 59

________ means that a cause must occur before an effect.

A)Nonspuriousness
B)Correlation
C)Time order
D)Causation

Question 60

What survey utilizes the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire (JVQ)?

A)CTS
B)NatSCEV
C)NIS
D)NCVS

Question 61

What would reports of child abuse from 100 years ago look like in comparison to today? What might account for any differences?

Question 62

Pure objective scientific analysis of society is possible.

Question 63

Explain the structural constraints that contribute to the occurrence of VMIR?

Question 64

Choose a data set to describe and explain.Who collects the data,what level of the funnel does it address,how is it collected,what variables do they collect? Lastly,what are some problems it may have?

Question 65

Max Weber stated that value-driven research should be rejected.

Question 66

What are the four beliefs associated with the idealized image of the family? Give an example of how these can work to cover up or justify violence.

Question 67

Explain deterrence theory in terms of social control.What makes deviance more or less likely?

Question 68

Describe the funnel metaphor in terms of VMIR.