Social Problems
Midterm Exam
Course Introduction
This course explores a wide range of contemporary social problems affecting societies locally, nationally, and globally. Students will examine the causes, consequences, and potential solutions for issues such as poverty, inequality, crime, environmental degradation, discrimination, substance abuse, and family challenges. Through theoretical frameworks and case studies, the course encourages critical analysis of how social problems are constructed, perceived, and addressed by various stakeholders, including governments, communities, and social institutions. The goal is to foster informed, reflective, and active citizenship in confronting and understanding the complexities of persistent societal challenges.
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Criminal Violence Patterns Causes and Prevention 3rd Edition by Marc Riedel
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Chapter 1: As American as Apple Pie
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Q1) U.S.murder rates are about three times higher than all other countries.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q2) Iadicola and Shupe define violence as "Any action or structural arrangement that results in physical or nonphysical harm to one or more persons."
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The Uniform Crime Reporting Program features official arrest data from state and local law enforcement agencies.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q4) The study done by Leslie Kennedy and David Forde illustrates that Canadians do not judge acts of violence as selectively as Americans.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Explaining Violence
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Q1) Define antisocial personality disorder (APD)as it relates to violence.What characteristics could be associated with APD?
Answer: Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a mental health condition characterized by a pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others. This can include behaviors such as deceitfulness, impulsivity, aggression, and a lack of remorse for one's actions. When it comes to violence, individuals with APD may be more prone to engaging in aggressive and violent behavior towards others.
Some characteristics that could be associated with APD include a lack of empathy or remorse, a history of conduct disorder in childhood, manipulation and deceitfulness, impulsivity, irritability, and a disregard for the safety and well-being of others. Individuals with APD may also have a history of legal problems, substance abuse, and difficulty maintaining stable relationships. It's important to note that not all individuals with APD will display violent behavior, but the disorder can be a risk factor for aggressive and harmful actions towards others.
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Chapter 3: Aiding and Abetting Violence
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Q1) In the wake of urban rioting and the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr.and Robert Kennedy,Congress once again turned its attention to gun control by passing the Gun Control Act of 1968.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) ______ occurs at many levels,including the federal,state,and local,but except where noted,the laws discussed here represent federal efforts at gun control legislation.
A) gun control measures
B) availability of handguns
C) gun control legislation
D) antitheft measures
Answer: C
Q3) The first significant federal legislation concerning drugs occurred in 1914 when Congress passed the Ford Act,which served to make the nonmedical use of morphine and cocaine illegal.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Assault and Murder: A Continuum of Violence
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Q1) The theory known as ______ also contends that human behavior-including assaults and homicides-occurs in social situations,and that the meanings people attach to their behavior is an important element in understanding what takes place in a given circumstance.
A) social learning
B) rational choice
C) symbolic interactionism
D) deterrence
Q2) Why was the BTK killer classified as a serial murderer? Discuss the characteristics that surround Dennis Rader and the crimes he committed.
Q3) Holmes and Holmes classify serial killers into six typologies,based on the explicit or implicit motives of the killer.List and provide a brief overview of each typology.
Q4) Generally,involuntary manslaughter makes up the majority of nonlethal violent crime victimizations.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the characteristics of serial murderers.
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Chapter 5: Violence in the Home
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Q1) Discuss elder abuse and the United States and why these crimes go unreported to law enforcement authorities.
Q2) Virtually all states and the District of Columbia have ______ policies for felony domestic assaults and warrantless arrests for an unwitnessed domestic violence-related misdemeanor assault.
A) optional arrest
B) lawsuits
C) mandatory arrest
D) general deterrence
Q3) To decrease the likelihood of dual arrests,some states have incorporated language such as "primary aggressor" or "predominant aggressor" within their statutes.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Stalking first entered our society's consciousness after the murder of Rebecca Schaeffer in 1989.Rebecca was a 21-year-old actress starring in a popular sitcom,My Sister Sam.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the risk factors associated with physical child abuse.
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Chapter 6: Rape and Sexual Assault
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Q1) Susan Brownmiller explains that women are raped in war by ordinary youths as casually,or as frenetically,as a village is looted or gratuitously destroyed.Sexual trespass on the enemy' s women is one of the satisfactions of conquest.This is referred to as
A) spoils of war
B) rape
C) sexual assault
D) prisoner of war
Q2) The U.S.Justice Department realized the problems inherent to official reports of rape and sexual assault victimization on campus and funded a survey called the A) National College Women Sexual Assault Victimization Study (NCWSV) B) NCVS
C) Uniform Crime Report
D) National Incident-Based Reporting System
Q3) Discuss and analyze rape in the U.S.military.
Q4) Discuss the demographic factors related to victimization from the NISVS.
Q5) Most state sexual assault statutes are now gender and relationship neutral. A)True B)False
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Chapter 7: Stranger Danger and Violence in the Streets
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Q1) The ______ has published methods that have been successfully used by communities to combat hate groups.
A) U.S. Congress
B) U.S. State Department
C) U.S. federal government
D) The Southern Poverty Law Center
Q2) The first major hate crime legislation passed at the federal level was called the Hate Crime Statistics Act of ______.
A)1975
B) 1950
C) 1990
D) none of the above
Q3) An ordinary crime becomes a ______ when an offender selects a victim because of some characteristic,such as his or her race or religion.
A) violent
B) hate crime
C) demographic
D) white collar
Q4) Discuss the trends related to workplace violence in America.
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Chapter 8: Crowd Violence
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Q1) Mob violence has been a relatively ______ occurrence within most societies throughout history.
A) objective
B) subjective
C) common
D) conforming
Q2) Which is the most common type of riot in this country?
A) race
B) prison
C) sports
D) political
Q3) Discuss three of the eight typologies of crowds and mobs.
Q4) ______,refers to groups that engage in violence in an effort to control the government if it strays from an acceptable course of action and policy.
A) innate control vigilantism
B) crime-control vigilantism
C) social group-control vigilantism
D) regime-control vigilantism
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Chapter 9: Terrorism
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Q1) Nowadays,the most frequent victims of terrorism are ______.
A) soft targets
B) hard targets
C) Americans
D) Middle Eastern Countries
Q2) We tend to be more ______ of things that aren't likely to happen and surprisingly ______ about dangers that are more likely to occur.
A) fearful, unconcerned
B) unconcerned, fearful
C) interested, intrigued
D) understanding, empathetic
Q3) Terrorism is a continuously evolving phenomenon.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A lone wolf attacks the perpetrator and is a ______ who is acting on his or her own.
A) group
B) single individual
C) state
D) legal alien
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Chapter 10: Genocide
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Q1) The Nazi attempt to eliminate the Jews is also known as the ______.
A) Holocaust
B) Armenian genocide
C) Rwanda
D) Bosnia
Q2) The first person to use the term genocide was ______.
A) Israel Charny
B) Helen Fein
C) Chalk and Jonassohn
D) none of the above
Q3) During the twentieth century,which of the following has killed more people?
A) guns
B) wars
C) terrorism
D) genocide
Q4) Which is not a precursor to genocide?
A) war
B) arbitrary power
C) democracy
D) none of the above
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Chapter 11: Toward Violence Prevention
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Q1) The U.S.Department of Justice provides information on the programs that have been evaluated using RCTs and proven to be effective in reducing various types of violence and aggression on a website called CrimeSolutions.gov.
A)True
B)False
Q2) PTSD is not only be found in war veterans.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Discuss the findings of the Minneapolis domestic violence experiment.
Q4) What are the social costs of violence within a society?
Q5) The ______ has the highest prison population in the world.
A) United States
B) Great Britian
C) Germany
D) China
Q6) Prevention methods are aimed at intervening after something has already occurred or is at a high risk of occurring.
A)True
B)False
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