EXAM 1 REVIEW: VIOLENCE IN AMERICA
Professor Higgins O’Brien Fall 2013
Required Reading in Textbook: Reidel & Welsh Chapters1-4
Required Readings From Class Schedule: All material assigned through the week beginning October 7th
Exam Format: Multiple choice and true or false questions (25 at 4 points each). Questions will be
drawn from class lectures, the text, and on line readings/links we reviewed in class. I recommend using
the key topics identified below as a study guide. Key terms are identified for each topic area. You are
responsible for knowing these terms, as well as the basic facts related to each topic area.
Listing of Key People and Terms:
1. Steven Levitt’s Why Crime Fell in the 1990’s: Four Factors that Explain the Decline and Six that
Do Not
2. Byrne’s chapter on criminological theories on causation of violence, four main categories.
3. Definition of Criminology
4. The perspectives of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Public Health on criminal violence
5. UCR, NCVS, NIBRS
6. Trail of Tears
7. Prohibition
8. Characteristics of victims and offenders of homicide
9. Castle Doctrine and Stand your Ground Laws
10. Dennis Rader
11. Ted Bundy
12. Lee Malvo and John Mohammed
13. George Zimmerman
14. Trayvon Martin
15. Types of homicide, serial, spree and mass killings
16. Crime rates by geographic locations
17. Distinguishing violence from criminal violence
18. Tripartite approach to violence
19. Difference between crime rates and raw data
20. Symbolic interaction and subcultural theories