HOMICIDE 2060 FINAL EXAM
HOMICIDE 2060 FINAL EXAM (2025)
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED DETAILED SOLUTIONS
According to the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA), some types of
violence can be underreported. Which of the following types of violence were
identified?
a) harassment
b) homophobic violence
c) racist violence
d) all of these - d
According to the lecture notes in Unit 2, the primary source of information on
homicide in Canada is gathered using the:
Question options:
a) The Vital Statistics Death Database
b) The Uniform Crime Report Surveys
c) Homicide Survey
d)All of the these - b
Which of the following is not one of the three reasons outlined by Professor
Dawson as to why it is important to study homicide?
Question options:
a) A concern for those affected by homicide
b) A need to understand appropriate sanctions for homicide
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c) Prevention requires an informed public
d) We are all impacted by homicide, directly or indirectly - b
According to the Global Study on Homicide 2019, what are some of the possible
contributors to high levels of impunity in various world regions?
a) Overburdened police
b) Lower rates of killings by gangs
c) Lower rates of killing by organized crime
d)All of the above - a
According to the Global Study on Homicide 2019, the overall prison mortality rate
globally is most often due to which of the following?
a) Natural causes/accidents
b) Suicide
c) Intentional homicide
d) All of these - a
In the course notes for Unit 7 on mass homicide, various reasons are identified that
may explain why corporate homicide and/or genocide are less often thought of
when thinking about homicide. Which is not one of those reasons?
Question options:
a) Their greater negative and far-reaching impacts
b) Lack of consensus on whether they are homicide
c)The power held by those who perpetrate these acts
d) difficulty linking individual actions to these deaths - a
HOMICIDE 2060 FINAL EXAM
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Pridemore (2003) outlines the public health perspective. Which of the four stages
of the public health approach to violence and injury - surveillance
Pridemore (2003) gives two specific examples of the burden of homicide. In his
first example, he discusses how one particular group of individuals in the United
States has received widespread attention as a serious public health issue due to
their violence-related morbidity and mortality. What group has exhibited high
levels of excess mortality due to homicide?
Question 1 options:
a) African Americans
b) Canadians
c) Mexicans
d) Italians - a
Research by Gabor et al. (2002) revealed differences between police and health-
based homicide statistics. Which of the following was one of the key differences?
Question 2 options:
a) None of the these
b) Police-based data yielded higher homicide counts than health-based data
c) Police-based data yielded lower homicide counts than health-based data
d) Differences between homicide counts of police- and health-based data were
decreasing - b
As discussed in the lecture notes for Unit 2, while homicide data is among the most
reliable crime data, it is not without its challenges. Which of the following is
among those challenges?
HOMICIDE 2060 FINAL EXAM
HOMICIDE 2060 FINAL EXAM (2025)
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED DETAILED SOLUTIONS
According to the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA), some types of
violence can be underreported. Which of the following types of violence were
identified?
a) harassment
b) homophobic violence
c) racist violence
d) all of these - d
According to the lecture notes in Unit 2, the primary source of information on
homicide in Canada is gathered using the:
Question options:
a) The Vital Statistics Death Database
b) The Uniform Crime Report Surveys
c) Homicide Survey
d)All of the these - b
Which of the following is not one of the three reasons outlined by Professor
Dawson as to why it is important to study homicide?
Question options:
a) A concern for those affected by homicide
b) A need to understand appropriate sanctions for homicide
HOMICIDE 2060 FINAL EXAM
,HOMICIDE 2060 FINAL EXAM
c) Prevention requires an informed public
d) We are all impacted by homicide, directly or indirectly - b
According to the Global Study on Homicide 2019, what are some of the possible
contributors to high levels of impunity in various world regions?
a) Overburdened police
b) Lower rates of killings by gangs
c) Lower rates of killing by organized crime
d)All of the above - a
According to the Global Study on Homicide 2019, the overall prison mortality rate
globally is most often due to which of the following?
a) Natural causes/accidents
b) Suicide
c) Intentional homicide
d) All of these - a
In the course notes for Unit 7 on mass homicide, various reasons are identified that
may explain why corporate homicide and/or genocide are less often thought of
when thinking about homicide. Which is not one of those reasons?
Question options:
a) Their greater negative and far-reaching impacts
b) Lack of consensus on whether they are homicide
c)The power held by those who perpetrate these acts
d) difficulty linking individual actions to these deaths - a
HOMICIDE 2060 FINAL EXAM
, HOMICIDE 2060 FINAL EXAM
Pridemore (2003) outlines the public health perspective. Which of the four stages
of the public health approach to violence and injury - surveillance
Pridemore (2003) gives two specific examples of the burden of homicide. In his
first example, he discusses how one particular group of individuals in the United
States has received widespread attention as a serious public health issue due to
their violence-related morbidity and mortality. What group has exhibited high
levels of excess mortality due to homicide?
Question 1 options:
a) African Americans
b) Canadians
c) Mexicans
d) Italians - a
Research by Gabor et al. (2002) revealed differences between police and health-
based homicide statistics. Which of the following was one of the key differences?
Question 2 options:
a) None of the these
b) Police-based data yielded higher homicide counts than health-based data
c) Police-based data yielded lower homicide counts than health-based data
d) Differences between homicide counts of police- and health-based data were
decreasing - b
As discussed in the lecture notes for Unit 2, while homicide data is among the most
reliable crime data, it is not without its challenges. Which of the following is
among those challenges?
HOMICIDE 2060 FINAL EXAM
