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Multiple Choice Quiz

1
Murder that is legally sanctioned by law is commonly known as:
A)manslaughter.
B)felony homicide.
C)justifiable homicide.
D)negligent homicide.
2
The American murder rate reached its peak in:
A)1970.
B)1980.
C)1990.
D)2000.
3
Which of the following statements is correct?
A)most white murder victims are murdered by black offenders
B)most black murder victims are murdered by black offenders
C)males are more likely to be murdered by females than males
D)females are more likely to be murdered by other females
4
Which term was coined by Marvin Wolfgang regarding his study of homicide victims and perpetrators?
A)mass homicide
B)serial murder
C)spree killing
D)victim precipitation
5
Murder victims are most likely to be killed by:
A)intimate partners.
B)strangers.
C)friends and acquaintances.
D)children.
6
Which percentage of murder occurs without reason or motive?
A)75 percent
B)50 percent
C)25 percent
D)less than 10 percent
7
Which serial killer was dubbed the "Monster of the Andes"?
A)David Berkowitz
B)Pedro Alonso Lopez
C)Angel Leonicio Reyes
D)Douglas Clark
8
Criminologists Jack Levin and James Fox suggest that mass and serial murderers are:
A)mentally diseased.
B)psychotic.
C)sociopaths.
D)legally insane.
9
Which of the following attributes separates gang murders from nongang homicides?
A)gang victims are more likely to be older
B)gang victims are more likely to be female
C)gang victims are more likely to suffer economic inequality
D)gang victims are more likely to be murdered by strangers
10
Which of the following countries has the highest rate of firearm-related homicides for children?
A)Israel
B)United States
C)Germany
D)Italy
11
Which of the following violent crimes is considered the most common?
A)assault
B)rape
C)robbery
D)murder
12
Which of the following persons is most likely to become a victim of domestic violence?
A)men who are fathers
B)women who marry after 25 years of age
C)women who have children by age 21
D)childless women
13
Which type of maltreatment of children occurs the most frequently?
A)physical abuse
B)sexual abuse
C)emotional abuse
D)physical neglect
14
Susan Brownmiller argues that rape started as which type of crime?
A)violent
B)property
C)public order
D)corporate
15
Menachem Amir suggested that nearly half of all rapes were committed by:
A)strangers that stalk their victim.
B)marital rape.
C)persons known to the victim.
D)sociopaths.
16
Which type of laws no longer requires women to disclose their prior sexual activity?
A)marital rape exemption
B)civil law
C)victim precipitation
D)rape shield
17
Which type of robber victimizes elderly women, drunks, and other people who seem to be in no position to resist?
A)opportunistic robber
B)professional robber
C)addict robber
D)alcoholic robber
18
The term La Cosa Nostra is frequently associated with which type of crime?
A)corporate
B)property
C)organized
D)personal
19
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, defines which crime?
A)terrorism
B)organized crime
C)hate crime
D)kidnapping
20
Which of the following statements is true concerning school violence?
A)overall school violence has increased
B)only about 60 percent of schools are free of violent crime
C)there exist less than a 1-in-a-million chance of suffering a school-associated violent death
D)one is more likely to be killed at school than being struck by lightning





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