Question 1

Patterns of murder by intimates in the U.S.

Accepted Answer

A) show that husbands and wives kill each other in approximately equal numbers. 
B) show that husbands kill wives about two-thirds of the time. 
C) show that wives kill husbands about two-thirds of the time. 
D) vary so much from state to state that we do not have a national pattern. 
A) show that husbands and wives kill each other in approximately equal numbers. 
B) show that husbands kill wives about two-thirds of the time. 
C) show that wives kill husbands about two-thirds of the time. 
D) vary so much from state to state that we do not have a national pattern.

Question 2

The theorists who explain family violence by focusing on social structural factors are divided into two categories:

Accepted Answer

A) family violence and feminist. 
B) functionalist and interactionist. 
C) focus on battered women and focus on battered men. 
D) micro and macro. 
A) family violence and feminist. 
B) functionalist and interactionist. 
C) focus on battered women and focus on battered men. 
D) micro and macro.

Question 3

The Violence against Women Act makes all of the following a federal crime EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) Travel to another state to harass spouses or intimate partners. 
B) Owning a firearm if convicted of an offense involving domestic violence. 
C) Crossing state lines to do bodily harm to spouses or intimate partners. 
D) Violating an order for protection. 
A) Travel to another state to harass spouses or intimate partners. 
B) Owning a firearm if convicted of an offense involving domestic violence. 
C) Crossing state lines to do bodily harm to spouses or intimate partners. 
D) Violating an order for protection.

Question 4

Research data about homicide indicate all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) Women are seven times more likely than men to have committed murder in self-defense. 
B) Women and men are equally likely to murder a spouse. 
C) Women commit about 15% of all homicides. 
D) Wives are more likely to use weapons while husbands are more likely beat their wives to death. 
A) Women are seven times more likely than men to have committed murder in self-defense. 
B) Women and men are equally likely to murder a spouse. 
C) Women commit about 15% of all homicides. 
D) Wives are more likely to use weapons while husbands are more likely beat their wives to death.

Question 5

Research on intimate partner violence identified four themes in the disagreements leading to abusive conflicts in marriage.These include all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) men's possessiveness and jealousy. 
B) women's possessiveness and jealousy. 
C) disagreements about money and housework. 
D) men's belief in their right to punish "their" women. 
A) men's possessiveness and jealousy. 
B) women's possessiveness and jealousy. 
C) disagreements about money and housework. 
D) men's belief in their right to punish "their" women.

Question 6

More ____________ are victims of all reported violence in our society.More ____________ are victims of violence by intimate perpetrators.

Accepted Answer

A) men than women ...men than women 
B) women than men ...women than men 
C) men than women ...women than men 
D) women than men ...men than women 
A) men than women ...men than women 
B) women than men ...women than men 
C) men than women ...women than men 
D) women than men ...men than women

Question 7

Researchers documented significant differences between abusive husbands who are murdered by their wives and abusive husbands who are not killed.These differences include all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) Husbands who were killed were more likely to have threatened to kill their wives. 
B) Husbands who were killed were more likely to batter their wives more than once a week and to have caused more severe injuries. 
C) Husbands who were killed were more likely to have abused children. 
D) Husbands who were killed were more likely to have been convicted of other crimes. 
A) Husbands who were killed were more likely to have threatened to kill their wives. 
B) Husbands who were killed were more likely to batter their wives more than once a week and to have caused more severe injuries. 
C) Husbands who were killed were more likely to have abused children. 
D) Husbands who were killed were more likely to have been convicted of other crimes.

Question 8

Researchers have found that when women's earnings approach or exceed that of their husbands,

Accepted Answer

A) they can relax economically so tension and violence decrease. 
B) tension may increase but actual violence decreases. 
C) tension and violence increase with women more likely to be victims. 
D) the violence shifts so that husbands are more likely to be the victims. 
A) they can relax economically so tension and violence decrease. 
B) tension may increase but actual violence decreases. 
C) tension and violence increase with women more likely to be victims. 
D) the violence shifts so that husbands are more likely to be the victims.

Question 9

All of the following are true EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) One-third of women who are murdered are killed by an intimate partner. 
B) Three percent of men who are murdered are killed by an intimate partner. 
C) When statistics on murder are examined by race ethnicity and gender,white women are most likely to be killed by an intimate partner. 
D) When statistics on murder are examined by race ethnicity and gender,white men are least likely to be killed by an intimate partner. 
A) One-third of women who are murdered are killed by an intimate partner. 
B) Three percent of men who are murdered are killed by an intimate partner. 
C) When statistics on murder are examined by race ethnicity and gender,white women are most likely to be killed by an intimate partner. 
D) When statistics on murder are examined by race ethnicity and gender,white men are least likely to be killed by an intimate partner.

Question 10

The Department of Justice reports that in 58% of the incidents of intimate violence,the offender

Accepted Answer

A) had been drinking. 
B) had been using drugs. 
C) had not been drinking or using drugs. 
D) had been previously diagnosed as an alcoholic or drug addict. 
A) had been drinking. 
B) had been using drugs. 
C) had not been drinking or using drugs. 
D) had been previously diagnosed as an alcoholic or drug addict.

Question 11

All of the following are important sources of underestimation of violence in families EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) People do not remember violent acts because they are perceived as inconsequential. 
B) People may feel ashamed of violence in their family and do not admit to its occurrence. 
C) Government agencies that keep statistics do not distinguish between violence between spouses and other violence. 
D) Couples who are no longer married because of violence in their relationship do not show up in surveys that ask people about violence in their current marriage. 
A) People do not remember violent acts because they are perceived as inconsequential. 
B) People may feel ashamed of violence in their family and do not admit to its occurrence. 
C) Government agencies that keep statistics do not distinguish between violence between spouses and other violence. 
D) Couples who are no longer married because of violence in their relationship do not show up in surveys that ask people about violence in their current marriage.

Question 12

How do the Family Violence and Feminist theorists differ in their explanation for family violence?

Accepted Answer

A) Family Violence theorists ignore the issue of gender while Feminist theorists focus on it. 
B) Family Violence theorists consider gender issues to be one of several contributing factors while Feminist theorists consider gender inequality and the oppression of women to be the central feature. 
C) The two groups are the same theoretically but prefer different labels; the Family Violence theorists consider the Feminist label to be too controversial politically. 
D) Family Violence theorists focus on the micro-level.Feminist theorists focus on the macro-level. 
A) Family Violence theorists ignore the issue of gender while Feminist theorists focus on it. 
B) Family Violence theorists consider gender issues to be one of several contributing factors while Feminist theorists consider gender inequality and the oppression of women to be the central feature. 
C) The two groups are the same theoretically but prefer different labels; the Family Violence theorists consider the Feminist label to be too controversial politically. 
D) Family Violence theorists focus on the micro-level.Feminist theorists focus on the macro-level.

Question 13

Zuckerman and Friedman (cited in Aulette)argue that there are both direct and indirect costs of domestic violence for society.Which of the following would be considered a direct cost of domestic violence?

Accepted Answer

A) Emergency shelter costs 
B) Social and psychological costs 
C) Death of battered women 
D) Job loss or absenteeism 
A) Emergency shelter costs 
B) Social and psychological costs 
C) Death of battered women 
D) Job loss or absenteeism

Question 14

Aulette divides theories explaining family violence into three major frameworks:

Accepted Answer

A) individualistic,family structural,feminist 
B) micro-level,macro-level,reciprocal 
C) internal,external,systemic 
D) battered women's movement,men's rights movement,feminist movement 
A) individualistic,family structural,feminist 
B) micro-level,macro-level,reciprocal 
C) internal,external,systemic 
D) battered women's movement,men's rights movement,feminist movement

Question 15

Aulette discussed the policy implications for the different theoretical frameworks used to understand family violence.The family violence framework implies social policy that

Accepted Answer

A) encourages women to be more assertive and self supporting. 
B) encourages men to learn more appropriate ways to express anger. 
C) alleviates problems like unemployment that cause stress in families. 
D) eliminates the oppression of and discrimination against women. 
A) encourages women to be more assertive and self supporting. 
B) encourages men to learn more appropriate ways to express anger. 
C) alleviates problems like unemployment that cause stress in families. 
D) eliminates the oppression of and discrimination against women.

Question 16

Men who batter tend to exhibit a cluster of common characteristics.These include all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) a belief that sexual infidelity is important for both wives and husbands. 
B) a belief that women,especially their wives,are incompetent,manipulative and deceitful. 
C) a belief that they are the real victims and that their wives cause them to lose control. 
D) a belief that they are entitled to respect as men and are entitled to discipline their wives. 
A) a belief that sexual infidelity is important for both wives and husbands. 
B) a belief that women,especially their wives,are incompetent,manipulative and deceitful. 
C) a belief that they are the real victims and that their wives cause them to lose control. 
D) a belief that they are entitled to respect as men and are entitled to discipline their wives.

Question 17

Fewer than half of the calls to police about domestic violence are made by the victims.All of the following are reasons women give for not calling the police EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) They feared injury by the suspect as punishment for calling. 
B) They were concerned that police intervention would make things worse. 
C) They were afraid the police would not come at all or not come for a long time because domestic disturbance calls have low priority. 
D) They did not have access to a telephone. 
A) They feared injury by the suspect as punishment for calling. 
B) They were concerned that police intervention would make things worse. 
C) They were afraid the police would not come at all or not come for a long time because domestic disturbance calls have low priority. 
D) They did not have access to a telephone.

Question 18

Aulette discussed the policy implications for the different theoretical frameworks used to understand family violence.The feminist framework implies social policy in which we should

Accepted Answer

A) socialize women to be more assertive. 
B) socialize men to hold less dominating beliefs. 
C) eliminate problems of unemployment and poverty. 
D) eliminate violence in the media,particularly the glorification of violence against women. 
A) socialize women to be more assertive. 
B) socialize men to hold less dominating beliefs. 
C) eliminate problems of unemployment and poverty. 
D) eliminate violence in the media,particularly the glorification of violence against women.

Question 19

Aulette reported that women who are raped by their husbands use several strategies to manage the experience.These include all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) Actively resisting. 
B) Giving in. 
C) Avoiding or placating husbands. 
D) Calling the police. 
A) Actively resisting. 
B) Giving in. 
C) Avoiding or placating husbands. 
D) Calling the police.

Question 20

Lenore Walker,an advocate of an individualistic or therapeutic model explaining battering,maintains that girls are socialized to behave in a passive,helpless matter while boys learn to take advantage of such girls.Walker labels this phenomenon as

Accepted Answer

A) learned helplessness. 
B) victim culpability. 
C) cognitive retreatism. 
D) relational passivity. 
A) learned helplessness. 
B) victim culpability. 
C) cognitive retreatism. 
D) relational passivity.

Patterns of murder by intimates in the U.S.

The theorists who explain family violence by focusing on social structural factors are divided into two categories:

The Violence against Women Act makes all of the following a federal crime EXCEPT:

Research data about homicide indicate all of the following EXCEPT:

Research on intimate partner violence identified four themes in the disagreements leading to abusive conflicts in marriage.These include all of the following EXCEPT:

More are victims of all reported violence in our society.More are victims of violence by intimate perpetrators.

Researchers documented significant differences between abusive husbands who are murdered by their wives and abusive husbands who are not killed.These differences include all of the following EXCEPT:

Researchers have found that when women's earnings approach or exceed that of their husbands,

All of the following are true EXCEPT:

The Department of Justice reports that in 58% of the incidents of intimate violence,the offender

All of the following are important sources of underestimation of violence in families EXCEPT:

How do the Family Violence and Feminist theorists differ in their explanation for family violence?

Zuckerman and Friedman (cited in Aulette)argue that there are both direct and indirect costs of domestic violence for society.Which of the following would be considered a direct cost of domestic violence?

Aulette divides theories explaining family violence into three major frameworks:

Aulette discussed the policy implications for the different theoretical frameworks used to understand family violence.The family violence framework implies social policy that

Men who batter tend to exhibit a cluster of common characteristics.These include all of the following EXCEPT:

Fewer than half of the calls to police about domestic violence are made by the victims.All of the following are reasons women give for not calling the police EXCEPT:

Aulette discussed the policy implications for the different theoretical frameworks used to understand family violence.The feminist framework implies social policy in which we should

Aulette reported that women who are raped by their husbands use several strategies to manage the experience.These include all of the following EXCEPT:

Lenore Walker,an advocate of an individualistic or therapeutic model explaining battering,maintains that girls are socialized to behave in a passive,helpless matter while boys learn to take advantage of such girls.Walker labels this phenomenon as

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Patterns of murder by intimates in the U.S.

The theorists who explain family violence by focusing on social structural factors are divided into two categories:

The Violence against Women Act makes all of the following a federal crime EXCEPT:

Research data about homicide indicate all of the following EXCEPT:

Research on intimate partner violence identified four themes in the disagreements leading to abusive conflicts in marriage.These include all of the following EXCEPT:

More ____________ are victims of all reported violence in our society.More ____________ are victims of violence by intimate perpetrators.

Researchers documented significant differences between abusive husbands who are murdered by their wives and abusive husbands who are not killed.These differences include all of the following EXCEPT:

Researchers have found that when women's earnings approach or exceed that of their husbands,

All of the following are true EXCEPT:

The Department of Justice reports that in 58% of the incidents of intimate violence,the offender

All of the following are important sources of underestimation of violence in families EXCEPT:

How do the Family Violence and Feminist theorists differ in their explanation for family violence?

Zuckerman and Friedman (cited in Aulette)argue that there are both direct and indirect costs of domestic violence for society.Which of the following would be considered a direct cost of domestic violence?

Aulette divides theories explaining family violence into three major frameworks:

Aulette discussed the policy implications for the different theoretical frameworks used to understand family violence.The family violence framework implies social policy that

Men who batter tend to exhibit a cluster of common characteristics.These include all of the following EXCEPT:

Fewer than half of the calls to police about domestic violence are made by the victims.All of the following are reasons women give for not calling the police EXCEPT:

Aulette discussed the policy implications for the different theoretical frameworks used to understand family violence.The feminist framework implies social policy in which we should

Aulette reported that women who are raped by their husbands use several strategies to manage the experience.These include all of the following EXCEPT:

Lenore Walker,an advocate of an individualistic or therapeutic model explaining battering,maintains that girls are socialized to behave in a passive,helpless matter while boys learn to take advantage of such girls.Walker labels this phenomenon as

How to Study Families in the Twenty-First Century

A History of Usfamilies With a Focus on European Americans

A History of Usfamilies With a Focus on African Americans

Families and the Economic System

Families and the Organization of Race Ethnicity,class,and Gender

Work and Family

Housework

Love and Sex

Marriage

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Parents

Children

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More are victims of all reported violence in our society.More are victims of violence by intimate perpetrators.