SOWK 2100 Final (FA 21) questions with
accurate answers
A less serious type of crime usually not involving jail time? Ans✓✓✓
Misdemeanor
Crime Prevention Ans✓✓✓ Strives to stop criminal behaviors from
happening
Define disaster? Ans✓✓✓ "an extraordinary event, either natural or
human-made, concentrated in time and space, that often results in
damage to property and harm to human life or health and that is
disruptive of the ability of some social institutions to continue fulfilling
their essential functions" (Barker, 2003, p. 122).
Define domestic violence. Ans✓✓✓ Pattern of assaultive behavior by
adults and juveniles against their families or intimate partner
Figley 1955 Ans✓✓✓ coined the term compassion stress
How does the murder rate in the US compare to other nations and are the
rates increasing or decreasing? Ans✓✓✓ There has been a steady
decline in the murder rate, but the U.S. rate of 4.7 murders per 100,000
people is still significantly higher than other industrialized countries.
, How does the profession of social work believe crime can be reduced?
Ans✓✓✓ rehabilitation programs , diversion programs, reintegration
programs
How does the US rate of incarceration compare to other nations?
Ans✓✓✓ There are approximately 2.29 million people in prison in the
U.S., more than any other nation.
How many people died as the result of Hurricane Katrina? Ans✓✓✓
abt 2000
exactly 1833
Macro Social Work Ans✓✓✓ working with organizations and
communities
Mezzo Social Work Ans✓✓✓ Working with groups and families
Micro Social Work Ans✓✓✓ Direct practice with individuals
PTSD Ans✓✓✓ A disorder in which a person has lingering memories,
nightmares, and other symptoms for weeks after a severely threatening,
uncontrollable event
Review the interventions commonly used in cases of disaster. Ans✓✓✓
Risk prevention - taking measures to prevent or minimize financial loss
or health problems
accurate answers
A less serious type of crime usually not involving jail time? Ans✓✓✓
Misdemeanor
Crime Prevention Ans✓✓✓ Strives to stop criminal behaviors from
happening
Define disaster? Ans✓✓✓ "an extraordinary event, either natural or
human-made, concentrated in time and space, that often results in
damage to property and harm to human life or health and that is
disruptive of the ability of some social institutions to continue fulfilling
their essential functions" (Barker, 2003, p. 122).
Define domestic violence. Ans✓✓✓ Pattern of assaultive behavior by
adults and juveniles against their families or intimate partner
Figley 1955 Ans✓✓✓ coined the term compassion stress
How does the murder rate in the US compare to other nations and are the
rates increasing or decreasing? Ans✓✓✓ There has been a steady
decline in the murder rate, but the U.S. rate of 4.7 murders per 100,000
people is still significantly higher than other industrialized countries.
, How does the profession of social work believe crime can be reduced?
Ans✓✓✓ rehabilitation programs , diversion programs, reintegration
programs
How does the US rate of incarceration compare to other nations?
Ans✓✓✓ There are approximately 2.29 million people in prison in the
U.S., more than any other nation.
How many people died as the result of Hurricane Katrina? Ans✓✓✓
abt 2000
exactly 1833
Macro Social Work Ans✓✓✓ working with organizations and
communities
Mezzo Social Work Ans✓✓✓ Working with groups and families
Micro Social Work Ans✓✓✓ Direct practice with individuals
PTSD Ans✓✓✓ A disorder in which a person has lingering memories,
nightmares, and other symptoms for weeks after a severely threatening,
uncontrollable event
Review the interventions commonly used in cases of disaster. Ans✓✓✓
Risk prevention - taking measures to prevent or minimize financial loss
or health problems
