Common characteristics of male perpetrators include all of the following except:
a. a belief in the traditional home and gender-role stereotype.
b. low self-esteem.
c. pathological jealousy.
d. being the victim of violence as a child.
Ques. 2The racial group of women most at risk of nonlethal violence is:
a. white women.
b. black women.
c. Asian women.
d. Hispanic women.
Ques. 3The women who are most at risk of nonfatal intimate partner violence are:
a. between ages 12 and 15.
b. between ages 20 and 24.
c. between ages 30 and 35.
d. over 65.
Ques. 4According to survey research, the number of women who report expressing violence toward their male partners is:
a. about half that of men.
b. about a third that of men.
c. about the same as (or greater than) that of men.
d. twice as high as that reported by men.
Ques. 5Which of the following best describes a man who inflicts violence upon his wife?
a. He believes in modern home and gender-role stereotypes.
b. He has high self-esteem.
c. He is sadistic or pathologically jealous.
d. He is emotionally independent.
Ques. 6What model of family violence raises the costs of violent behavior through such means as arrest, imprisonment, or loss of status?
a. Social control
b. Resources
c. Social situational
d. Psychiatric