Deck 7: Rape and Other Violent Crimes

Question 1

Jerry Sandusky was convicted of 48 charges and sentenced to _______ years in prison.

A) 25
B) 41
C) 60
D) 75

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following crimes are punished at a higher level than most property crimes because of the physical harm they cause to human beings?

A) Rape
B) Kidnapping
C) Robbery
D) Assault and Battery
E) All of the above

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Rape is an offense that may be punished by life in prison in all fifty states.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Why is rape sometimes difficult to prove?

Question 5

Acquaintance rape cases are the easiest to prove.

Question 6

Date-rape cases are more difficult to prove due to the lack of consent and even force or threat of force.

Question 7

Identify the elements of rape.

Question 8

The common law definition limited rape to the a crime committed by a woman against a man.

Question 9

Explain unlawful sexual intercourse.

Question 10

Sexual intercourse between a husband and wife was not considered rape under common law.

Question 11

What is the modern trend identified by the authors?

Question 12

The District of Columbia includes a fourth degree of sexual abuse.

Question 13

Rape is the preferred term in most modern statutes.

Question 14

Why are statistics on rape unreliable?

Question 15

If the jury finds that the complainant consented to sex, the defendant will be found not guilty.

Question 16

The majority of rape and sexual assault victims are male.

Question 17

Lack of consent is easy to prove in cases where the accuses uses clear and obvious force.

Question 18

Which of the following crimes had the lowest rate per 1,000 persons/households in 2008?

A) Sexual assault
B) Rape
C) Personal crimes
D) Attempted rape

Question 19

Which of the following crimes had the highest rate per 1,000 persons/households in 2008?

A) Rape
B) Sexual assault
C) Attempted rape
D) Personal crimes

Question 20

Which of the following crimes had the highest number of male victims in 2008?

A) Sexual assault
B) Rape/sexual assault
C) Attempted rape
D) Rape/attempted rape

Question 21

Which of the following crimes had the lowest number of male victims in 2008?

A) Sexual assault
B) Rape/sexual assault
C) Attempted rape
D) Rape/attempted rape

Question 22

Which of the following crimes had the lowest number of female victims in 2008?

A) . Rape/sexual assault
B) Attempted rape
C) Sexual assault
D) Rape/attempted rape

Question 23

Which of the following crimes had the highest number of female victims in 2008?

A) Sexual assault
B) Attempted rape
C) Rape/sexual assault
D) Rape/attempted rape

Question 24

Sexual assault policies are uniform across all colleges in the United States.

Question 25

Which of the following applies to consent?

A) Consent is informed
B) Consent is freely and actively given
C) Consent is mutually understood
D) All of the above

Question 26

Which of the following is true for when there is no consent?

A) There is no consent if physical force is used
B) There is no consent if intimidation is used
C) There is no consent if threats are used.
D) All of the above

Question 27

Consenting to which of the following does not mean that there is consent for sex or further sexual activity.

A) Kissing
B) Hugging
C) Touching
D) All of the above

Question 28

Pressuring out a "yes" is not consent.

Question 29

Thinking your partner "owes" you sex is consent.

Question 30

The absence of "no" does not mean "yes."

Question 31

Which of the following are examples for how to ask for consent?

A) "May I….?"
B) "Are you okay if …..?"
C) "Would you like to ….?"
D) All of the above

Question 32

Which of the following is not considered one of the red signs you should stop?

A) You're too intoxicated to gauge or give consent
B) Everyone's turned on
C) Your partner is asleep or passed out
D) You intend to have sex by any means possible

Question 33

All of the following are examples of yellow signs where you should pause and ask, except?

A) Everyone's come to a mutual decision about how far to go
B) You're getting mixed signals
C) You're not sure what your partner wants
D) You're partner stops, hesitates, or is not responsive

Question 34

The White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault was created in

A) 2012.
B) 2013.
C) 2014.
D) 2015.

Question 35

After the task force report was release, the Department of Education release the names of _____ colleges currently under investigation.

A) 12
B) 32
C) 41
D) 55

Question 36

In which year did the states begin to pass rape shield laws to protect the privacy of rape victims?

A) 1950
B) 1970
C) 1980
D) 1990

Question 37

What are the exceptions to the rape shield law?

A) When the victim previous had consensual sex with the defendant
B) To prove that someone other than the defendant was the source of physical evidence
C) When the judge determines evidence to be relevant and admissible in the interest of justice
D) All of the above

Question 38

Laws prevented the prosecution of any offender for the rape of a slave woman.

Question 39

Historically, raping a black woman was always a crime.

Question 40

Which of the following amendments secured the equal protection rights?

A) First
B) Fourth
C) Fifth
D) Fourteenth

Question 41

In 1816, ___________ required the death penalty for a black man who raped or attempted to rape a white woman.

A) Alabama
B) Georgia
C) South Carolina
D) Louisiana

Question 42

In Georgia, if a white man had been convicted of raping a white woman, he would be sentenced to

A) seven to two years
B) eight to one year
C) seven to one year
D) eight to two years

Question 43

The Scottsboro boys were _________ within ten days of their arrival.

A) Indicted
B) Tried
C) Convicted
D) Sentenced to death
E) All of the above

Question 44

Charges were dropped for four of the Scottsboro boys in ______.

A) 1931
B) 1937
C) 1941
D) 1947

Question 45

Emmett Till was brutally murdered for whistling to a white woman in

A) Alabama.
B) Georgia
C) Mississippi.
D) South Carolina.

Question 46

In which year did the Central Park Jogger Case reopen and reversed the convictions of 5 black men who had been charged for raping a white woman?

A) 2000
B) 2001
C) 2002
D) 2003

Question 47

New York City agreed to pay the Central Park Jogger defendants who were wrongfully convicted ________ million dollars.

A) 10
B) 20
C) 30
D) 40

Question 48

Statutory rape is one of the few strict liability crimes in the criminal law.

Question 49

Roman Polanski was charged with which of the following crimes?

A) Rape by use of drugs
B) Child molestation
C) Sodomy
D) All of the above

Question 50

In 1978, Roman Polanski fled to which country?

A) England
B) India
C) France
D) Spain

Question 51

Roman Polanski was taken into custody in which country?

A) England
B) Sweden
C) Switzerland
D) Norway

Question 52

In Miller v. Mitchell (2010), the court held that parents could seek an order blocking the prosecution of their children on child pornography charges for appearing in photographs found on their classmates' phones.

Question 53

The majority of rape exonerations have been cases involving

A) black defendants and white victims.
B) white defendants and black victims.
C) black defendants and Asian American victims.
D) Hispanic defendants and black victims.

Question 54

Black men are disproportionately falsely accused of rape.

Question 55

Larceny plus assault equals robbery.

Question 56

Kidnapping usually involves taking a person away against his or her will.

Question 57

In common law, the crimes of assault and battery were always combined.

Question 58

More serious assaults are referred to as simple assaults.