CRIM 101 FINAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE
ANSWERS BRAND NEW EXAM ALREADY GRADED A+ PASS
ASSAULTS AGAINST CHILDREN Ans✓✓✓Approximately 60% of
assaults against children under 6 are committed by close family
members. Close to two-thirds of those assaults are committed by
parents, step parents, foster, and adoptive parents. Two-thirds of
homicides against children and youth also committed against children
and youth also committed by close family member 60% father, 32%
mother
SEXUAL ASSAULTS AGAINST CHILDREN Ans✓✓✓One-third of
sexual assaults comitted by family members. Half of sexual assaults
committed by family members when victim is under age of six slightly
less than half when victim is between ages of six and ten. In most cases,
offender in family-related sexual assaults is a male relative - over one
third it is an father, slightly less than one third it is brothers, rest are
other male relatives
ABDUCTIONS OF CHILDREN Ans✓✓✓More than two-thirds of all
abductions are parental abductions. Distribution of offenders evenly split
between mothers and fathers.
PRECURSORS to Child abuse Ans✓✓✓In most cases of physical
assault and homicide against children and youth the main contributing
factor (or precurser) is either frustration or an argument. Young children
and female children/ youth more likely to be assaulted or killed in
private dwelling (usually own home). Males over age of 11 more likely
to be assaulted on streets, at school, in parking lots or in other public
,places. In the case of younger children, it may be difficult for them for
them to leave an abusive environment, thus explaining their increased
risk of victimization in their own home
CONSEQUENCES of child abuse Ans✓✓✓(AFTERMATH) In both
physical and sexual assaults, almost half of children and youth almost
half of children and youth do not sustain any injuries. If they are injured
most involve minor injuries that do not require medical treatment. Only
2% of females and 1% of males sustain serious injuries. Long-term
consequences of family related-violence against children and youth
shouldn't be underestimated. Abused children and youth more likely to
be aggressive and youth more likely to be aggressive, abusive toward
their future spouses or children and to suffer from other emotional
problems. Children/youth who have been victims of family-related
violence or have witnessed family related violence are more likely to
engage in a violent criminal activity when they are older
UCR vs. GSS Ans✓✓✓2004 Uniform Crime Report suggests that
property crime, motor vehicle theft and break ins have generally been on
decline since the early 1990's. 2004 General Social Survey suggests that
household victimization (as reported by survey participants) has
continued to climb, increasing by 14% since 1999 and by 28% since
1993
Routine Activities Theory and property Crime Ans✓✓✓According to
routine activities theory, opportunity theory and environmental
criminology crimes against the household due to contemporary life-
styles. People spending more time away from home - at work at school
, at play or travelling between places. Leaving their homes and personal
property protected.
RISK FACTORS FOR CRIMES AGAINST THE HOUSEHOLD
Ans✓✓✓Risk of household victimization considerably higher in urban
areas than rural areas. Risk of household victimization higher amongst
those who have lived in their dwelling for less than a year. Risk of
household victimization higher amonst those who rent rather than own
their dwelling and who live in duplexes row houses or semi-detached
houses
HIGH INCOME HOUSEHOLDS and property crime Ans✓✓✓Sacco
and Kennedy say that there is no clear-cut relationship between
household income and the risk of household victimization. According to
most recent GSS, however, households with annual incomes of $60,000
or higher had highest rates of victimization - 17% higher than middle
income households and 88% higher than lower income households
STRAIN THEORY and property crime Ans✓✓✓Findings contradict
arguments by theorists such as Gottfredson and Hirschi - that most
crimes are commited on spur of the moment because of the thrill or
excitement invovlved and that offenders are not motivated by the
propsepct of economic gain. Findings that higher income households
experience higher rates of victimization than lower income households
tend to support explanations premised upon social strain, social
inequality and relative deprivation
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE
ANSWERS BRAND NEW EXAM ALREADY GRADED A+ PASS
ASSAULTS AGAINST CHILDREN Ans✓✓✓Approximately 60% of
assaults against children under 6 are committed by close family
members. Close to two-thirds of those assaults are committed by
parents, step parents, foster, and adoptive parents. Two-thirds of
homicides against children and youth also committed against children
and youth also committed by close family member 60% father, 32%
mother
SEXUAL ASSAULTS AGAINST CHILDREN Ans✓✓✓One-third of
sexual assaults comitted by family members. Half of sexual assaults
committed by family members when victim is under age of six slightly
less than half when victim is between ages of six and ten. In most cases,
offender in family-related sexual assaults is a male relative - over one
third it is an father, slightly less than one third it is brothers, rest are
other male relatives
ABDUCTIONS OF CHILDREN Ans✓✓✓More than two-thirds of all
abductions are parental abductions. Distribution of offenders evenly split
between mothers and fathers.
PRECURSORS to Child abuse Ans✓✓✓In most cases of physical
assault and homicide against children and youth the main contributing
factor (or precurser) is either frustration or an argument. Young children
and female children/ youth more likely to be assaulted or killed in
private dwelling (usually own home). Males over age of 11 more likely
to be assaulted on streets, at school, in parking lots or in other public
,places. In the case of younger children, it may be difficult for them for
them to leave an abusive environment, thus explaining their increased
risk of victimization in their own home
CONSEQUENCES of child abuse Ans✓✓✓(AFTERMATH) In both
physical and sexual assaults, almost half of children and youth almost
half of children and youth do not sustain any injuries. If they are injured
most involve minor injuries that do not require medical treatment. Only
2% of females and 1% of males sustain serious injuries. Long-term
consequences of family related-violence against children and youth
shouldn't be underestimated. Abused children and youth more likely to
be aggressive and youth more likely to be aggressive, abusive toward
their future spouses or children and to suffer from other emotional
problems. Children/youth who have been victims of family-related
violence or have witnessed family related violence are more likely to
engage in a violent criminal activity when they are older
UCR vs. GSS Ans✓✓✓2004 Uniform Crime Report suggests that
property crime, motor vehicle theft and break ins have generally been on
decline since the early 1990's. 2004 General Social Survey suggests that
household victimization (as reported by survey participants) has
continued to climb, increasing by 14% since 1999 and by 28% since
1993
Routine Activities Theory and property Crime Ans✓✓✓According to
routine activities theory, opportunity theory and environmental
criminology crimes against the household due to contemporary life-
styles. People spending more time away from home - at work at school
, at play or travelling between places. Leaving their homes and personal
property protected.
RISK FACTORS FOR CRIMES AGAINST THE HOUSEHOLD
Ans✓✓✓Risk of household victimization considerably higher in urban
areas than rural areas. Risk of household victimization higher amongst
those who have lived in their dwelling for less than a year. Risk of
household victimization higher amonst those who rent rather than own
their dwelling and who live in duplexes row houses or semi-detached
houses
HIGH INCOME HOUSEHOLDS and property crime Ans✓✓✓Sacco
and Kennedy say that there is no clear-cut relationship between
household income and the risk of household victimization. According to
most recent GSS, however, households with annual incomes of $60,000
or higher had highest rates of victimization - 17% higher than middle
income households and 88% higher than lower income households
STRAIN THEORY and property crime Ans✓✓✓Findings contradict
arguments by theorists such as Gottfredson and Hirschi - that most
crimes are commited on spur of the moment because of the thrill or
excitement invovlved and that offenders are not motivated by the
propsepct of economic gain. Findings that higher income households
experience higher rates of victimization than lower income households
tend to support explanations premised upon social strain, social
inequality and relative deprivation
