Deck 10: Violent Crimes

Question 1

At common law, _____________ was defined as the intentional killing of another person with malice forethought.

A) murder
B) voluntary manslaughter
C) involuntary manslaughter
D) negligent manslaughter

Answer 1

murder

Question 2

_____________ is a killing committed intentionally but without malice.

A) Negligent homicide
B) Voluntary manslaughter
C) Justifiable homicide
D) Criminal homicide

Answer 2

Voluntary manslaughter

Question 3

A crime is designated as _____________ when a person has caused the death of another unintentionally but recklessly by consciously disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable risk that endangered another person's life.

A) voluntary manslaughter
B) justifiable homicide
C) involuntary manslaughter
D) murder

Answer 3

involuntary manslaughter

Question 4

Which of the following statements is True about serial murder?

A) It involves killing multiple victims in one event or in very quick succession.
B) It involves killing several victims over a period of time.
C) It was treated as a misdemeanor under English Common Law.
D) It is the unintentional killing of another person without malice.

Question 5

Murder rates are higher in ___________ and ___________ states.

A) southern; eastern
B) western; northern
C) northeastern; Midwestern
D) southern; western

Question 6

A study by Felson and Messner found that victim precipitation is more often seen in cases where

A) women kill their friends.
B) men kill their wives.
C) women kill their husbands.
D) men kill their friends.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is True about sociopaths?

A) They disregard common values.
B) They have high internal controls.
C) They lack any desire to dominate others.
D) They remain unaffected by the social environment with which they interact.

Question 8

A survey of homicide rates shows that the number of homicides per 100,000 children under age 15 in the United States was _____ times the number in other countries combined.

A) 2
B) 3
C) 5
D) 7

Question 9

Which of the following is not True about assault?

A) highest in urban areas
B) highest in the summer months
C) highest in the evening hours
D) highest in the North

Question 10

A(n) _____ is one that inflicts little or no physical hurt.

A) simple assault
B) aggravated assault
C) felonious assault
D) sadistic assault

Question 11

Until recently, spousal abuse was perceived as a problem more of _________ than of criminal justice.

A) a private matter
B) social service
C) a psychological nature
D) none of these

Question 12

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there were approximately _______ million reports of suspected child abuse or neglect made to Child Protective Services in 2014.

A) 1.1
B) 1.6
C) 3.2
D) 4.0

Question 13

_____ is a type of elderly abuse where paid caregivers in a nursing home are perpetrators of abuse.

A) Institutional elder abuse
B) Domestic elder abuse
C) Self-neglect elder abuse
D) Sibling elder abuse

Question 14

Research indicates that most rapes are committed in ________.

A) March
B) July
C) August
D) September

Question 15

_____ occurs when a victim has had little or no prior contact with an offender.

A) Stranger rape
B) Marital rape
C) Predatory rape
D) Date rape

Question 16

_____________ is a property crime as well as a violent crime; a combination of the motive for economic gain and the violent nature is what makes it so serious.

A) Robbery
B) Theft
C) Burglary
D) Felony murder

Question 17

Which of the following has been used to assert some governmental control over organized crime?

A) Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
B) Project Headstart
C) Project Exile
D) none of these

Question 18

_____________ is/are a resort to violence or a threat of violence on the part of a group seeking to accomplish a purpose against the opposition of constituted authority.

A) Threats
B) Battery
C) Assault
D) Terrorism

Question 19

Which of the following is a feature of militia groups?

A) They are primarily made up of black, Christian, high-class Americans.
B) They believe that their constitutional right to bear arms is threatened.
C) They refrain from participating in any paramilitary maneuvers.
D) They tend to have a favorable view of U.S. politics and the federal government.

Question 20

The financial cost of gunshot injury and death, in terms of medical costs, lost productivity, pain, suffering, and reduced quality of life, was estimated at over ___________ each year.

A) 10 billion
B) 20 billion
C) 40 billion
D) 60 billion

Question 21

Voluntary manslaughter is a killing committed intentionally but without malice.

Question 22

Homicide is both an intraracial and an intragender crime.

Question 23

In a national sample of over 6,000 households, Straus and Gelles found that about one in four couples experiences at least one physical assault during the year.

Question 24

Under English Common Law, kidnapping was a misdemeanor.

Question 25

Firearm-related crime is more prevalent in the United States than in other developed Western nations.

Question 26

Differentiate between murder, manslaughter, and involuntary manslaughter.

Question 27

Discuss what research reveals about the nature and extent of spouse abuse.

Question 28

John Conklin has differentiated four types of robbers. Discuss each of these types.

Question 29

Discuss the nature and extent of terrorism today and the steps taken to control terrorism.

Question 30

Discuss the arguments on both sides of the gun control debate.