HOMICIDE 2060 FINAL EXAM (2025)
comprehensive questions and verified
detailed solutions ( MULTIPLE CHOICES)
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According to the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA), some types of violence can be underreported.
Which of the following types of violence were identified?
a) harassment
b) homophobic violence
c) racist violence
d) all of these - ANSWERSd
According to the lecture notes in Unit 2, the primary source of information on homicide in Canada is gathered
using the:
Question options:
a) The Vital Statistics Death Database
b) The Uniform Crime Report Surveys
c) Homicide Survey
d)All of the these - ANSWERSb
Which of the following is not one of the three reasons outlined by Professor Dawson as to why it is important
to study homicide?
Question options:
a) A concern for those affected by homicide
b) A need to understand appropriate sanctions for homicide
c) Prevention requires an informed public
d) We are all impacted by homicide, directly or indirectly - ANSWERSb
,According to the Global Study on Homicide 2019, what are some of the possible contributors to high levels of
impunity in various world regions?
a) Overburdened police
b) Lower rates of killings by gangs
c) Lower rates of killing by organized crime
d)All of the above - ANSWERSa
According to the Global Study on Homicide 2019, the overall prison mortality rate globally is most often due to
which of the following?
a) Natural causes/accidents
b) Suicide
c) Intentional homicide
d) All of these - ANSWERSa
In the course notes for Unit 7 on mass homicide, various reasons are identified that may explain why
corporate homicide and/or genocide are less often thought of when thinking about homicide. Which is not
one of those reasons?
Question options:
a) Their greater negative and far-reaching impacts
b) Lack of consensus on whether they are homicide
c)The power held by those who perpetrate these acts
d) difficulty linking individual actions to these deaths - ANSWERSa
Pridemore (2003) outlines the public health perspective. Which of the four stages of the public health
approach to violence and injury - ANSWERSsurveillance
Pridemore (2003) gives two specific examples of the burden of homicide. In his first example, he discusses
how one particular group of individuals in the United States has received widespread attention as a serious
public health issue due to their violence-related morbidity and mortality. What group has exhibited high levels
of excess mortality due to homicide?
Question 1 options:
a) African Americans
b) Canadians
, c) Mexicans
d) Italians - ANSWERSa
Research by Gabor et al. (2002) revealed differences between police and health-based homicide statistics.
Which of the following was one of the key differences?
Question 2 options:
a) None of the these
b) Police-based data yielded higher homicide counts than health-based data
c) Police-based data yielded lower homicide counts than health-based data
d) Differences between homicide counts of police- and health-based data were decreasing - ANSWERSb
As discussed in the lecture notes for Unit 2, while homicide data is among the most reliable crime data, it is
not without its challenges. Which of the following is among those challenges?
Question 3 options:
a) Low reporting rates
b) Too much data to analyze
c) All of the these
d) Missing data - ANSWERSd
In his article, Pridemore (2003) more encourages researchers to combine _________ with ___________ to
enhance theoretical understandings about homicide and to enhance interventions aimed at reducing violence
and homicides:
Question 4 options:
a) Criminological research/biological research
b) Criminological research/sociological research
c) Public health research/sociological criminology
d) Psychological research/criminological research - ANSWERSc
According to the lecture notes in Unit 2, the primary source of information on homicide in Canada is gathered
using the:
Question 5 options:
a) Homicide Survey
comprehensive questions and verified
detailed solutions ( MULTIPLE CHOICES)
|100% CORRECT!!
According to the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA), some types of violence can be underreported.
Which of the following types of violence were identified?
a) harassment
b) homophobic violence
c) racist violence
d) all of these - ANSWERSd
According to the lecture notes in Unit 2, the primary source of information on homicide in Canada is gathered
using the:
Question options:
a) The Vital Statistics Death Database
b) The Uniform Crime Report Surveys
c) Homicide Survey
d)All of the these - ANSWERSb
Which of the following is not one of the three reasons outlined by Professor Dawson as to why it is important
to study homicide?
Question options:
a) A concern for those affected by homicide
b) A need to understand appropriate sanctions for homicide
c) Prevention requires an informed public
d) We are all impacted by homicide, directly or indirectly - ANSWERSb
,According to the Global Study on Homicide 2019, what are some of the possible contributors to high levels of
impunity in various world regions?
a) Overburdened police
b) Lower rates of killings by gangs
c) Lower rates of killing by organized crime
d)All of the above - ANSWERSa
According to the Global Study on Homicide 2019, the overall prison mortality rate globally is most often due to
which of the following?
a) Natural causes/accidents
b) Suicide
c) Intentional homicide
d) All of these - ANSWERSa
In the course notes for Unit 7 on mass homicide, various reasons are identified that may explain why
corporate homicide and/or genocide are less often thought of when thinking about homicide. Which is not
one of those reasons?
Question options:
a) Their greater negative and far-reaching impacts
b) Lack of consensus on whether they are homicide
c)The power held by those who perpetrate these acts
d) difficulty linking individual actions to these deaths - ANSWERSa
Pridemore (2003) outlines the public health perspective. Which of the four stages of the public health
approach to violence and injury - ANSWERSsurveillance
Pridemore (2003) gives two specific examples of the burden of homicide. In his first example, he discusses
how one particular group of individuals in the United States has received widespread attention as a serious
public health issue due to their violence-related morbidity and mortality. What group has exhibited high levels
of excess mortality due to homicide?
Question 1 options:
a) African Americans
b) Canadians
, c) Mexicans
d) Italians - ANSWERSa
Research by Gabor et al. (2002) revealed differences between police and health-based homicide statistics.
Which of the following was one of the key differences?
Question 2 options:
a) None of the these
b) Police-based data yielded higher homicide counts than health-based data
c) Police-based data yielded lower homicide counts than health-based data
d) Differences between homicide counts of police- and health-based data were decreasing - ANSWERSb
As discussed in the lecture notes for Unit 2, while homicide data is among the most reliable crime data, it is
not without its challenges. Which of the following is among those challenges?
Question 3 options:
a) Low reporting rates
b) Too much data to analyze
c) All of the these
d) Missing data - ANSWERSd
In his article, Pridemore (2003) more encourages researchers to combine _________ with ___________ to
enhance theoretical understandings about homicide and to enhance interventions aimed at reducing violence
and homicides:
Question 4 options:
a) Criminological research/biological research
b) Criminological research/sociological research
c) Public health research/sociological criminology
d) Psychological research/criminological research - ANSWERSc
According to the lecture notes in Unit 2, the primary source of information on homicide in Canada is gathered
using the:
Question 5 options:
a) Homicide Survey
