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Police Operations

Chapter 7-Violence at home, in the classroom and on the job

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According to the text, children have been recently demonstrating increased violence.
According to the "battered woman syndrome" theory, police are generally called during the ____________________phase. acute battering
___________________ may be at risk of being a victim of domestic violence. wives, husbands, the elderly, and children
According to research, there is a high correlation between alcohol, substance abuse, and abusers.
The "cycle theory of violence" was developed by Dr. Lenore Walkers.
According to the study by Olweus, former school bullies in Norway had a ___________ increase in the level of relatively serious, recidivist criminality as young adults. fourfold
An estimated __________ percent of pregnant women are battered. 17
Women most at risk of being battered are those who are separated.
Current data indicate an estimated_____________ persons age 18 and older are victims of stalking each year. 3.4 million
There are four theories of why men batter, these theories are psychological, sociological, feminist, and violent.
Three types of teen dating violence are physical, emotional, and sexual.
Family violence has a strong tendency to repeat itself.
Similarities between school and workplace violence include the perpetrator's profile, means, motivation, and the targets.
Many criminal justice scholars speculate the most widespread form of violence in the United States today is family violence.
The most effective remedy to spouse abuse in the Minneapolis Domestic Abuse Intervention Project was arrest.
In handling abuse situations, officers must remain objective.
The Safe Schools Pyramid reflects the importance of the ________________ concepts in school safely. community policing
in this text, elder refers to an individual who is over age 65.
The precedent of "failure to protect" was established in Thurman v. the City of Torrington.
Each of the following is part of the three-pronged approach for an effective response to the issue of school violence except student safety training.
Violence is connected with some of the most positive events in our history. true
There exists among the public a common perception that violent crime is spinning out of control. true
Domestic violence only affects the poor. false
Police have the authority to impose themselves on conflicts as third-party agents of social control. true
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