Patternlessness
A society where anyone can be an attacker or victim is just _____
Chaotic / Truly Random
Susan Smith
Deterioration imply that things are bad but also getting _____
Melodramatic Imagery is popular because it is _______
Powerful
3 cores of assumption that people do not question
Patternlessness, Pointlessness, Deterioration
Gangs, Psychopaths, At least male
Horrific cases that go through media coverage changes tragedies from remarkable ______ into typifying examples or _______ of random violence
Incidents, Instances
Some words we use to describe violence that invoke bad imagery
Epidemics, Plagues
Rhetoric implies that _______ is at risk, ______ is in support
Everyone
The nature of random violence is illustrated with _______ examples
Typify/Typifying
Statistician's definition of random
Independent events that occur by chance with no identifiable pattern
What was the example used to describe "what was at stake?"
Crack Marketplace
Improved crime rate may be because of Improved ______
Recordings
_______ of class and race that people want to avoid talking about (Starts with a P)
Pattern
Typifying examples of random violence are highly ________
Melodramatic
Which group had the rate of least/highly likely to be victimized
Least: White Female
Most: Nonwhite Male
Depending on the perspective, violence is pointless because violence is pointless, this is called _______
Circular Logic
What subgroup was mentioned for violence which varies depending on the people, place, and location
Homicide Victimization
Name one of the pairs for either Liberal or Conservatives that they want to avoid talking about
Liberal: Race and Culture
Conservative: Class and Social Structure
Name of victim that got dragged for 2 miles into barbed wired fence
Pamela Basu
Until what age is the time when children of nonwhites and whites, male or female all have approximately the same rate of being victimized
9 years old
Three things that were at stake for people in Crack Marketplace
Money, Power, Prestige
Name the three aspects of Typifying warnings
Horrifying Example, Dramatic Statistic, and Notion of rising violence
The example of working policies that reduced random accidents
Selt Belts in cars
Name one of the two terms used in 19th century. (One was equivalent of mugging, other was for prostitution)
Garroting or Soiled Dove