__________ violence is exercised on behalf of or under the protection of the state.

The __________ theory has been described as the "easiest and most popular explanation of social violence of all kinds."

__________ theorists ask how criminals weigh the chance of punishment against the likelihood of gain from breaking the law.

Studies of children's responses to television or movie violence tend to show that:

Statistically, __________ crimes are the least prevalent types of crime.

Crimes in which four or more people are killed by the same person in a short time are termed __________ murders.

Regarding the crime of rape, it is generally accepted today that:

A family in which there is child abuse typically has certain identifiable characteristics. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

Even when faced with constant violence, a surprising number of women make no attempt to leave the men who abuse them. Lenore Walker has suggested that this passivity is a form of:

Available data shows that weapons offenses vary greatly by state; the highest rates are found:

According to the text's discussion of juvenile and young-adult gangs:

Opponents of gun control legislation are represented primarily by:

Among the experimental programs designed to decrease the number of guns carried in "high-risk places at high-risk time," the most important of these is the:

The text cites the controversial __________ as the most recent social policy effort to address the increase in televised violence.

However misleading they may be, official statistics indicate that: