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Which is TRUE about definitions of date rape?


A) Teenagers propose very broad definitions in order to identify all the cases.
B) After years of debate, experts have agreed that consent must be given verbally.
C) There are no circumstances that render an individual unable to give consent.
D) The legal definition most heavily addresses the issue of the victim's consent.

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Which is FALSE about early rape laws?


A) All 50 states had revised their definitions of rape by the early 1960s.
B) Jurists believed that accusations were easily made and hard to defend if accused.
C) Women had to prove that they physically resisted a sexual assault.
D) A fully sexually aroused male was incapable of stopping short of intercourse.

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Which is TRUE regarding findings about stalking victimization?


A) Stalkers are usually 5 to 10 years older than their victims.
B) Stalkers stalked victims of various socioeconomic classes about equally.
C) Most stalkers used electronic monitoring devices.
D) Males and females stalked males about equally.

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Which of the following is TRUE of prosecutors' decision-making?


A) Prosecutors are influenced by extralegal information.
B) Prosecutors rely on private investigators to determine a victim's veracity.
C) Prosecutors rely heavily upon the perpetrator's characteristics (e.g., ethnic origin) to make a decision.
D) Prosecutors pay little attention to the victim's characteristics (e.g., drunk at the scene) into consideration.

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Which was NOT a trait that sexually coercive men exhibited significantly more than nonoffending men?


A) Had empathy deficits.
B) Experienced childhood abuse.
C) Excessive romanticism.
D) Perceived male/female relationships as adversarial.

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Research on undergraduates (Puente & Cohen, 2003) indicated that:


A) Violence is violence whether jealousy-instigated or not.
B) When jealousy is the motive for violence it has another meaning.
C) Romantic jealousy should reduce violent dating behavior.
D) Jealousy-motivated violence occurs when the partners are depressed.

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Which action would help the most in reducing SA offenses?


A) Making CODIS available to laws enforcement across the nation.
B) Passing laws increasing the length of incarceration for SA offenders.
C) Providing more self-defense classes for college age women.
D) Issuing license plates that identify convicted SA offenders.

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How are young women treated in other countries like Nigeria, Jordan, or Afghanistan?

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What can be said about police and medical doctors' responses to SA victims?


A) They are well trained to question victims during exams.
B) They show more empathy to married victims than to unmarried victims.
C) They are very willing to collaborate with advocates working in ERs.
D) Their responses exacerbate the impact of sexual assault.

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What did a review of outcome research on rape-prevention programs show?


A) Wide-ranging scales are assessing newer outcome studies.
B) Sexual coercion is just as stressful for women as a completed rape.
C) Fighting back physically is the best choice.
D) Programs are doing an adequate job of describing risky situations.

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Which is TRUE about women's responses to sexual assault?


A) Sexual coercion most often evokes a forceful response from women
B) Confronting a rapist with a forceful response usually intensifies the attack.
C) The more forceful the sexual assault the less forceful the response.
D) The majority of women take protective actions when faced with rape.

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Which statement is TRUE about nondisclosure of sexual assaults (SA) ?


A) Male victims are slightly more likely than female victims to disclose.
B) Women worry about stigmatization and not being believed.
C) Most women disclose their rape rather quickly.
D) If sexually coerced, most women confide in their family first.

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Which is TRUE?


A) Securely attached couples have higher levels of relationship satisfaction.
B) If both partners have anxious attachment styles they try harder to get-along.
C) Attachment theory as a theory of DV lacks research substantiation.
D) High attachment is the same as jealous commitment in dating relationships.

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Researchers who conducted the study of intimacy levels and females' reasons for refusing to continue sexual activities as indicating that?


A) a better methodology would have been to use questionnaire data.
B) a woman's willingness to drink reflected her strong desire for sexual activities.
C) men believed that women who said "no" to sex wanted to be "forced."
D) men believed women who resisted were not entirely sincere.

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What is your opinion about male SA victimization? Is it much of a social problem?

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What can universities do to curb stalking?

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Which theory of stalking is particularly useful?


A) Feminist theory.
B) Deterrence theory.
C) Routine activities theory.
D) Social learning theory.

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In addition to physical and psychological abuse by stalkers:


A) Victims find it difficult to disclose the problem to friends.
B) Victims suffer the same humiliation as rape victims.
C) Victims suffer employment problems.
D) Victims usually suffer sexual threats.

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Why have self-report surveys estimating the prevalence of date SA been so inadequate?

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Which variables are related to the continuation of a violent relationship?

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