Deck 12: Individual, Family, and Household Crime Control

Question 1

Unless the victim first reports victimization, the National Crime Victimization Survey does not ask if a respondent has ever ___________.

A) used a gun in self- defense
B) had their house burglarized
C) been a victim of rape
D) had their car stolen

Answer 1

used a gun in self- defense

Question 2

Which of the following is a form a government agency and public assistance entity?

A) Lutheran aid
B) social services
C) Catholic services
D) the United Way

Answer 2

social services

Question 3

___________management behaviors include actions that people take when they know that they cannot fully avoid the potential for victimization.

A) Silent
B) Risk
C) Apartment
D) Suicide

Answer 3

Risk

Question 4

Forceful ___________resistance includes yelling and threatening the offender.

A) physical
B) auditory
C) verbal
D) entry

Question 5

Over a 5- year period, the National Crime Victimization Survey reports there are about ___________instances defensive gun use.

A) 125,800
B) 338,700
C) 500,000
D) 250,325

Question 6

In a study of 160 active shooter incidents, researchers found that there was approximately ___________ instance(s) that were interrupted by a "good guy with a gun."

A) 25
B) 1
C) 10
D) 40

Question 7

Which of these are not considered risk- management behaviors?

A) forceful resistance
B) self- defense training
C) being complicit with crime
D) nonforceful resistance

Question 8

Younger people are victimized more frequently than the elderly.

Question 9

The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 authorized $930 million over a five- year period for states to plan and implement family preservation and family support services.

Question 10

The Prenatal/Early Infancy Project sought to improve the outcomes of pregnancy and to improve the quality of care that parents provide to their children.

Question 11

The Perry Preschool Project was a parent training and education program that targeted poor African- American children and their parents.

Question 12

Parent training and education (coupled with child education) in a community- based setting appear to be very effective.

Question 13

John Bowlby is the person who theorized that children from broken homes are more likely to grow up delinquent. This took place more than 60 years ago.

Question 14

The main reason for taking a self ___________class is to successfully defend oneself during a violent encounter.

Question 15

Aid to Families with ___________Children is a form of financial assistance.

Question 16

Youth in one- parent households experience higher levels of ___________than youth do in two- parent households.

Question 17

The United States has no central___________for privately owned guns.

Question 18

Buying a gun to protect oneself is essentially a form of ___________management.

Question 19

Can a person shoot a burglar of an occupied residence? Should a person shoot a burglar? How does one know when it is appropriate to display or use a firearm in crime prevention?

Question 20

In 1982, 1,823 state prisoners were surveyed, and 74 percent of the respondents agreed that "one reason burglars avoid houses when people are at home is that they fear being shot."
There are also burglars who don't invade an occupied home just because they don't want to be discovered. What can people do with this information?