Test Bank For Violence The Enduring Problem Fifth Edition Alexander C. Alvarez , Ronet D. Bachman Chapters 1-12
Chapter 1: Defining Violence Multiple Choice 1. The sociologist Jack Katz argues that many perpetrators see their violence as a form of ______. a. self help b. righteous slaughter c. divine vengeance d. homicidal rage Ans: B Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Connecting Violence Difficulty Level: Easy 2. The video of football player Ray Rice knocking his fiancé out with one punch in an elevator is an example of ______. a. people engaging in violence in multiple spheres of their lives b. how violent all football players are c. provoked and justified violence d. an outlet to relieve stress Ans: A Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Connecting Violence Difficulty Level: Easy 3. Some suggest that the more a society legitimates violence in certain situations, the more ______ violence there will be. a. perpetual b. justified c. illegitimate d. controlled Ans: C Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: The Spillover Effect Difficulty Level: Medium 4. The suggestion that legitimate forms of violence influence illegitimate forms of violence is known as the ______.
a. multiple spheres theory b. influence theory c. legitimation theory d. spillover theory Ans: D Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: The Spillover Effect Difficulty Level: Easy 5. Archer and Gartner found that most combatant nations experienced ______ postwar increases in their rates of homicide and concluded that wars did appear to legitimate violence. a. substantial b. gradual c. minimal d. zero Ans: A Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: The Spillover Effect Difficulty Level: Medium 6. Which of the following is not a necessary element that needs to be considered when formulating a definition of violence? a. the intent of the participants b. the causes of and motivations and justifications for the behavior c. the legality of the act d. the degree and type of injury Ans: C Cognitive Domain: Application Answer Location: Defining Violence Difficulty Level: Medium 7. Evidence indicates that many perpetrators of violence see themselves as being justified in their actions and typically define their acts as ______. a. an illegitimate response to some behavioral or ethical breach on the part of their victim b. a sanctioned response to some kind of ethical misbehavior on their part c. a legitimate response to some behavioral or ethical breach on the part of their victim d. all of these Ans: C Cognitive Domain: Application Answer Location: Defining Violence Difficulty Level: Medium 8. Our understanding of violence is highly situational and contingent, meaning the context is extremely important in helping shape our understanding of and reaction to
violent acts and actors. Which of the following is not one of the factors that helps shape our context of violence? a. the victim b. the offender c. the location of the violence d. the timing of the violence (time of day, season, etc.) Ans: D Cognitive Domain: Application Answer Location: The Context of Violence Difficulty Level: Medium 9. Historically, if violence was perpetrated in the home, it was generally conceded to be much more acceptable than if it was carried out in a public place or work setting, and thus ______ has been an important variable. a. privacy b. location c. people d. motivation Ans: B Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: The Context of Violence Difficulty Level: Medium 10. For Bartol and Bartol, violence refers only to ______. a. aggressive perceptive behavior b. psychologically harmful behavior c. aggressive demeanor d. aggressive physical behavior Ans: D Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: The Context of Violence Difficulty Level: Easy 11. How does Newman define violence? a. destructive physical aggression intentionally directed at harming other persons or things b. any action or structural arrangement that results in physical or nonphysical harm to one or more persons c. a series of events, the course of which or the outcomes of which, cause injury or damage to persons or property d. behaviors by individuals that intentionally threaten, attempt, or inflict physical harm on others Ans: C Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: The Context of Violence Difficulty Level: Easy
12. Which of the following defines violence as ―any form of behavior that is intended to injure someone physically or psychologically‖? a. Berkowitz b. Bartol and Bartol c. The National Panel on the Understanding and Control of Violent Behavior d. Iadicola and Shupe Ans: A Cognitive Domain: Application Answer Location: The Context of Violence Difficulty Level: Medium 13. What type of violence concerns those acts in which the motivations are expressive of some emotional state, such as anger or jealousy? a. structural b. expressive c. institutional d. instrumental Ans: B Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: The Context of Violence Difficulty Level: Easy 14. What type of violence consists of the assaults, rapes, robberies, and murders, which often come to mind when thinking about violence? a. institutional b. structural c. interpersonal d. expressive Ans: C Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: The Context of Violence Difficulty Level: Easy 15. How is the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) different from the Uniform Crime Report (UCR)? a. Reports are based on voluntary participation of law enforcement agencies. b. Information about both the victim and the offender are collected for homicides. c. It includes detailed information on crime incidents, including the characteristics of the victim, such as age, gender, race, ethnicity, and resident status. d. Only state law enforcement agencies participate in reporting. Ans: C Cognitive Domain: Analysis Answer Location: Reports to Law Enforcement Officials Difficulty Level: Hard
16. Similar to the United States‘ UCR, England and Wales have a similar program for which they measure crimes that have been reported to the police called: a. police reported crime (PRC) b. English Crime Reports (ECR) c. Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR) d. European Incident-Based Reporting System (EIBRS) Ans: A Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Reports to Law Enforcement Officials Difficulty Level: Easy 17. It is estimated that only about ______ of crimes become known to police. a. 35% b. 25% c. 40% to 50% d. 20% to 30% Ans: C Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: Reports to Law Enforcement Officials Difficulty Level: Medium 18. Researchers interested in offending behavior will extract the most accurate information from which data collection methodology? a. focus groups b. survey methodology c. official crime reports d. courtroom observations Ans: B Cognitive Domain: Application Answer Location: Victimization Surveys Difficulty Level: Medium 19. If an NCVS researcher was studying violence and the one city they sampled was unusually safe or uncommonly dangerous, how would they avoid their results being thrown off? a. they would use a census, or the entire population of U.S. households to be interviewed b. they would choose another, less swayed, location c. they would use random selection to draw a sample of U.S. households to be interviewed d. none of the above Ans: C Cognitive Domain: Analysis Answer Location: Victimization Surveys Difficulty Level: Hard