Chap 9 quiz

The term _____ refers to the cognitive shortcuts people use to make quick inferences about their world. This term helps explain why we often think of the most horrific accounts of crime due to news coverage, which increases our fear and perceived incidenc

availability heuristic

What is the most common form of child maltreatment?

emotional abuse and neglect

The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1974 made what activity a federal crime?

juvenile possession of handgun ammunition

The intentional inflicting of serious bodily injury on another" is a sufficient definition of which of the following offense(s)?

aggravated assault

According to the text, a neglected area of research in family violence is ________.

homicide followed by suicide

The term ________ refers to the cognitive shortcuts people use to make quick inferences about their world.

heuristics

According to the text, determining the actual number of children who die each year from ________ is exceedingly difficult.

maltreatment

In the United States, the victims of homicide are mostly male.

true

In an important study of American children by Ullman and Straus (2003), it was discovered that approximately ________ percent of adolescents participated in child-to-parent violence during the previous 12 months.

10%

Which of the following hypothesizes that each risk factor group operates on antisocial and violent outcomes by directly influencing the next factor group in a developmental sequence?

dynamic cascade model

About one of every ________ murders and nonnegligent manslaughters in the United States involves a family member killing another family member.

5

As a clinical diagnosis, battered woman syndrome is thought to be a form of ________.

post traumatic stress disorder

The most common abuse of the elderly by caretakers is ________.

a combination of emotional abuse and neglect

In which of the FBI's category of homicide is terrorist activity often included?

group cause homicide

Which group has a rate of criminal homicide that significantly exceeds its numbers in the general population, both as offenders and victims?

African americans

Which of the following is NOT considered one of the effective ways to break the wife-abuse cycle?

encourage an abusive man to participate in men-only recreational activities
ARE:
-change the abuser's attitudinal system
-change the social network of friends who support or condone abuse
-use legal sanctions such as arrests and criminal charges
-use emot

Which of the following terms describes a chronic pattern of behavior in which a child is belittled or denied love to promote a specific behavior?

emotional abuse

Most of the abductions of elementary school children occur in or around the victim's home, with the majority being abducted within one-quarter mile of their residence.

true

A youth who has been kicked out of the home by a parent or caretaker is called a thrownaway.

true

The constant attention that the media give to murder in the United States makes it seem more widespread and frequent than it really is.

true