Chapter 11 Quiz Questions

During the 1990s, the rates of all forms of violence at work _____.

decreased

In the 2006 NCVS survey, about half of stalking victims experienced cyberstalking.

false

Which of the following is not typically a characteristic of hate crimes?

lone offenders

During the 1990s, the rates of violence at work decreased.

true

In which of the following situations, according to UCR data, are police officers at the highest risk of being killed?

while making arrests

Federal agents accounted for ____ percent of law enforcement personnel killed in the line of duty during the first decade of the 21st century.

2

Of those police officers killed in the line of duty, _____ percent were working alone at the time they were slain.

40

What percentage of the assailants in the aggravated assaults of college students were strangers rather than acquaintances?

58

According to a recent study, nearly _____ percent of inmates killed while being held in local jails had not yet been convicted of any crime.

75

A 1998 study estimated that _____ percent of women and ____ percent of men are stalked at some point in their lives.

8, 2

Bias crime is violence and other crime motivated by the offender's hatred for another person's perceived _____.

ALL Race Ethnicity Religion

To prevent serious stalking outcomes, the victim should _____.

ALL Tell the offender to desist at least once Formulate a safety plan Log or journal the behaviors of the offender

Improvements in the criminal justice system related to bias crime include _____.

ALL The passage of new laws increasing penalties for hate-related crime Special steps being taken to investigate and solve hate-related crime District attorneys being willing to vigorously prosecute bias crimes

Statistics measuring bias crimes may be unreliable due to _____.

ALL Victims not reporting crimes Police not being committed to keeping bias crime records Motivation for crimes not be identified as bigotry

Risk factors for slayings at work include working at establishments _____.

ALL When people are around Where escape route are handy Where cash transaction take place

Stalking is an offense motivated by _____.

Desire for domination and subjugation

In order for an incident of stalking to result in arrest, many state laws require that the targeted individual _____.

Have a ''reasonable fear of death or grave bodily injury'' that arises from a credible threat of violence made by the aggressor

________ suffer the highest rate of workplace homicides of any occupational group.

axi drivers and chauffeurs

_____ outnumber forcible sex offenses on college campuses.

burglaries

The most common crime on college campuses is _____.

burglary

_____ was the first state to criminalize stalking.

california

What occupational group has the lowest rate of workplace assault?

college professors

Fortunately, most police officers have sufficient state-of-the-art technology to pursue cyber stalkers.

false

Many more officers are killed in the line of duty each year than commit suicide.

false

Most physical attacks on college campuses are by acquaintances, not strangers.

false

Violent crimes are more common than property crimes on school property.

false

In 2009, the Hate Crime Statistics Act was amended a second time to include acts driven by the perpetrators' prejudices against the targets' perceived _____.

gender identity

In terms of the inmate homicide rates, the most dangerous state prison system from 2001 to 2012 (combined) was that in _____.

oklahoma

Of stalking incidents reported to the police, less than ________ lead to prosecution.

one-quarter

Unlawful use of force against persons or property in order to intimidate a government or coerce some segment of the public into surrendering to political or social demands is called _____.

terrorism

According to clinical studies, most stalkers are motivated by vengeance and hatred of the victim.

true

Bias crime is motivated by the offender's hatred for another perceived person's race, ethnicity, or religion.

true

Domestic terrorism encompasses activities that include acts dangerous to human life such as assassination, kidnapping, or unleashing weapons of mass destruction within the United States and Puerto Rico.

true

Improvements in the criminal justice system related to bias crime include police departments vigorously investigating and solving these types of crimes.

true

Incidents that involve constitutionally protected speech, no matter how offensive, don't qualify as criminal activity.

true

Nice out of ten students who experienced hazing in college did not consider it abuse.

true

Risk factors for work-related homicides include working at establishments where cash transactions take place.

true

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs suffer the highest rate of workplace homicides of any occupational group.

true

The 2012 state prison inmate homicide rate was the highest recorded since monitoring began in 2000.

true

The most common type of stalking is when the target knows and is repeatedly contacted by the aggressor in a frightening way.

true

The number of police officers killed in the line of duty has decreased since the early 1970s.

true