personal health chapter 5

Which of the following would NOT be considered a hate crime?

I: shooting a bank employee during an armed robbery C: burning a church for reasons of religious bias beating up a teenager because she is Hispanic assaulting a person because of his sexual orientation

The use of force to control and maintain power over another person in the home environment is

domestic violence

The leading cause of accidental death in the United States is

drug overdose

Vivienne is seven years old. Her parents fail to send her to school and do not homeschool her. This is an example of

neglect

Pearl confides that, at a frat party, she was forced to have sex and did not consent; this is an example of

sexual assault

Any form of unwanted sexual conduct is

sexual harassment

A woman often remains a victim of intimate partner violence because

she fears retaliation against herself or her children.

Which phase of the cycle of violence is typically characterized by anger, abusive language, and psychological aggression?

tension building

Violence that occurs between two people in a current or former marriage or sexual or dating relationship is

intimate partner violence

The Russian hacking of polling software during the 2016 U.S. elections is an example of

cybercrime

Violence directed at others and based on prejudice and discrimination is

ethnoviolence

Experts advise that, if you are approached by a potential assailant, you should not make eye contact.

false

If you return home to find that your residence has been broken into, you should check every room to see what is missing before calling the police.

false

Your friend confides that her coworker is always making sexually explicit comments to her and telling lewd jokes. You explain to her that this is

sexual harassment

An unintentional injury is one in which the injury happens due to circumstances, without a deliberate intent to inflict harm.

true

The term terrorism is correctly applied to situations in which

violence is used to achieve political aims.

A growing risk of violent incidents on college campuses has caused colleges to respond by

implementing new prevention and emergency response strategies.

Which phase of the cycle of violence includes physical acts intended to inflict pain?

acute battering

Cecily occasionally sends a "quick text" while driving. All of the following are true EXCEPT

F: Cecily's "quick text" is estimated to take her eyes off the road for long enough-at 55 miles per hour-to cross a tennis court. T: Cecily's texting is considered a form of impaired driving. Cecily's texting is against the law in 46 out of 50 states. Cecily's texting is more dangerous than drunk driving.

Which of the following statements about campus violence is true?

T: Almost 2 percent of college males report having been in a physically abusive relationship. F: Nearly one in twenty undergraduate females report having been sexually assaulted since entering college. More male than female college students report having been stalked. Mass shootings are the most common form of violence on college campuses.

Which of the following statements about child sexual abuse in the United States is true?

T: An estimated one in four girls and one in six boys is sexually abused before age 18. F: Children are much more likely to be sexually abused by strangers than by family members. Girls who have been sexually abused have ten times the rate of teen pregnancy as girls who have not. People with a history of child sexual abuse are no more likely than others to abuse their own children.

Which of the following is TRUE regarding homicides in the United States?

T: Homicides are among the five leading causes of death for persons aged 1 to 44. F: Homicide rates are about the same among all ethnic groups. Homicides rates increase each year in the United States. Nearly 90 percent of all homicides occur among people who know one another.

Which of the following is TRUE about reactive aggression?

T: It is most often an emotional reaction to frustrating life experiences. F: It is defined as occasional or rare behavior. It is often related to substance abuse. It is a goal-directed, hostile form of self-assertion.

Which of the following statements about crime in the United States is true?

T: More than half of all violent victimizations that occur in the United States are not reported to police. F: The U.S. Public Health Service has sole authority for tracking and reporting crime in the United States. Overall, crime in the United States has been increasing dramatically over the past thirty years. Homicide is the leading cause of death in Americans age 15 to 34.

Which of the following is TRUE about ethnoviolence and hate crimes?

T: Prejudice and discrimination are always at the base of hate crimes and ethnoviolence. F: Ethnoviolence is based on prejudice, but hate crimes are not. Hate crimes are based on prejudice, but ethnoviolence is not. Ethnoviolence is always more brutal than hate crimes.

Which of the following statements about media and violence is true?

T: Research has not demonstrated a clear link between exposure to violent media and a propensity to engage in violent acts. F: Research has demonstrated overwhelmingly that spending excessive time online instead of in face-to-face communication increases the risk for violent crime. Today's young people have been exposed to less media violence than the previous generation, yet their rates of violent crime have skyrocketed. There is no reliable research evidence supporting a link between playing violent games and increased risk of aggression.

Which of the following statements about guns in America is true?

T: Some researchers believe that there are more guns in the United States than there are people. F: Knives, blunt objects, and fists kill more Americans each year than do firearms. The presence of a gun in the home nearly doubles the risk that a suicide will occur in that home. Assault rifles are responsible for more murders than any other type of weapon.

What is a common reason that victims of elder abuse do not report it?

They are afraid that the abuser will retaliate by putting them in a nursing home or increasing the abuse.

A bias-motivated crime is

a hate crime

What proportion of murder-suicides in the United States involve an intimate partner?

about 3/4

Which of the following requires institutions of higher education to collect and report data about sexual crimes on their campuses?

clery act