Exam 10: Interpersonal Violence

Research studies estimate that as many as 25 percent or more of rapes involve multiple offenders; these are known as _____ rapes.

Passed in 1994, the ____________________ allows rape victims to sue in federal court on the grounds that sexual violence violates their civil rights; the provisions of the act have so far been upheld by appellate courts.

Substance abuse has been associated with violence on both the individual and social levels.

The United States suffers a mass shooting almost every day,

_______________protect women from being questioned about their sexual history unless it directly bears on the case.

In regard to serial killers, ______________strive for either sexual sadism or dominance. This is the most common form of serial murderer.

_________________ is the death instinct and produces self-destruction.

Violent acts directed toward a particular person or members of a group merely because the targets share a discernible racial, ethnic, religious, or gender characteristic are known as:

Research indicates that many women are raped each year by their husbands as part of an overall pattern of spousal abuse. Today, almost every state recognizes marital rape as a crime.

Which is true regarding marital rape?

___________________ is a condition marked by a persistent pattern of self-importance, need for admiration, lack of empathy, and preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love.

Statutory rape refers to sexual relations between an adult and a(n):

Bullying, stalking, and threatening can be forms of workplace violence.

__________________ involves killing three or more persons in three or more separate events. In between the murders, the killer reverts to his or her normal lifestyle.

Rape involving people in some form of romantic relationship is known as _________.

Perpetrators who believe that they are taking a defensive stand against outsiders who they believe threaten their community or way of life are committing a type of hate crime referred to as a _____ hate crime.

The number of assaults has declined _____ percent in the past decade.

Children who are clinically diagnosed as abused later engage in delinquent behaviors, including violence, at a rate significantly greater than that of children who were not abused.

Which type of murder requires the killer to have malice aforethought, but not premeditation or deliberation?

The belief that males must separate their sexual feelings from needs for love, respect, and affection is called: