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Violence : The Enduring Problem 3rd Edition (Test Bank) Chapter 11: Toward Violence Prevention, Exams of Criminology

Ryerson UniversityCriminology

By Alex Alvarez & Ronet Bachman Multiple Choice, True/False, Short Essay Questions

Typology: Exams

2017/2018

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Chapter 11: Toward Violence Prevention
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. A number of scholars suggest that a fundamental preventative measure would involve
reducing ______ in U.S. society to substantially reduce violence.
a. racial tensions
b. PTSD
c. homicide
d. inequality
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: knowledge
Difficulty Level: easy
2. Violence can happen ______.
a. in prisons
b. in a home
c. in the workplace
d. within government agencies
e. all of the above
Ans: E
Cognitive Domain: knowledge
Difficulty Level: easy
3. The ______ has the highest prison population in the world.
a. United States
b. Great Britian
c. Germany
d. China
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: knowledge
Difficulty Level: easy
4. A program called ______ was designed to reduce gang violence, illegal gun
possession, and gun violence in communities and was based on deterrence theory,
which contends that crimes can be prevented when would-be offenders perceive the
costs of crime to be greater than the benefits.
a. proactive policing
b. SARA
c. hot spots
d. Operation Ceasefire
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: knowledge
nstructor Resource
Alvarez & Bachman, Violence: The Enduring Problem, 3rd Edition
SAGE Publishing, 2017
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Chapter 11: Toward Violence Prevention

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

  1. A number of scholars suggest that a fundamental preventative measure would involve

reducing ______ in U.S. society to substantially reduce violence. a. racial tensions

b. PTSD c. homicide

d. inequality Ans: D Cognitive Domain: knowledge Difficulty Level: easy

  1. Violence can happen ______. a. in prisons b. in a home c. in the workplace d. within government agencies e. all of the above Ans: E Cognitive Domain: knowledge Difficulty Level: easy
  2. The ______ has the highest prison population in the world. a. United States b. Great Britian c. Germany d. China Ans: A Cognitive Domain: knowledge Difficulty Level: easy
  3. A program called ______ was designed to reduce gang violence, illegal gun possession, and gun violence in communities and was based on deterrence theory, which contends that crimes can be prevented when would-be offenders perceive the costs of crime to be greater than the benefits. a. proactive policing b. SARA c. hot spots d. Operation Ceasefire Ans: D Cognitive Domain: knowledge

Alvarez & Bachman, Violence: The Enduring Problem, 3 rd^ Edition SAGE Publishing, 2017

Difficulty Level: easy

  1. ______ generally focuses law enforcement efforts on proactively solving “problems” related to crime rather than reactively responding to calls for service after a crime has already occurred. a. foreward thinking policing b. problem-solving or problem-oriented policing c. reactive policing d. none of the above Ans: B Cognitive Domain: knowledge Difficulty Level: easy

True/False

  1. 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. Ans: T Cognitive Domain: knowledge Difficulty Level: easy
  2. Prevention methods are aimed at intervening after something has already occurred or is at a high risk of occurring. Ans: F Cognitive Domain: knowledge Difficulty Level: easy
  3. Intervention efforts are generally aimed at the entire population to reduce the risk factors and enhance protective factors that prevent violence from occurring in the first place. Ans: F Cognitive Domain: knowledge

Difficulty Level: easy

  1. PTSD is not only be found in war veterans. Ans: T

Cognitive Domain: knowledge Difficulty Level: medium

  1. It is possible to cure violence. Ans: F

Cognitive Domain: knowledge Difficulty Level: easy

Alvarez & Bachman, Violence: The Enduring Problem, 3 rd^ Edition SAGE Publishing, 2017