Ch 3 Victim Behaviors

Question 1

What is Anxiety?

Answer 1

Anxiety:
An affective disorder or state often experienced as irrational and excessive fear and worry, which may be coupled with feelings of tension and restlessness, vigilance, irritability, and difficulty concentrating

Question 2

What are avoidance behaviors?

Answer 2

avoidance behaviors:
Restrictions that people place on their own behaviors to protect themselves from harm

Question 3

What is behavioral self-blame?

Answer 3

behavioral self-blame:
When a person believes they did something to cause victimization.

Question 4

What is characterological self-blame?

Answer 4

characterological self-blame:
Person ascribes blame to a nonmodifiable source, such as one’s character

Question 5

What are defensive behaviors?

Answer 5

defensive behaviors:
Behaviors to guard against victimization, such as purchasing a weapon

Question 6

What is depression?

Answer 6

depression:
A mood disorder characterized by sleep disturbances, changes in eating habits, feelings of guilt and worthlessness, and irritability; symptoms interfere with a person’s everyday life

Question 7

What is a direct property losses?

Answer 7

direct property losses:
When victims’ possessions are taken or damaged

Question 8

What are economic costs?

Answer 8

economic costs:
Financial costs associated with victimization

Question 9

What is fear of crime?

Answer 9

fear of crime:
An emotional response to being afraid of being victimized

Question 10

Who are homicide survivors?

Answer 10

homicide survivors:
People whose loved ones have been murdered

Question 11

What are incivilities?

Answer 11

incivilities:
Low-level breaches of community standards that show that conventionally accepted norms and values have eroded in an area

Question 12

What is learned helplessness?

Answer 12

learned helplessness:
Victims believe they are unable to change the situation and stop trying to resist

Question 13

What is lost productivity?

Answer 13

lost productivity:
Being unable to work, go to school, or complete everyday tasks because of being victimized

Question 14

What are medical care costs?

Answer 14

medical care costs:
Costs associated with treating victims of crime

Question 15

What is mental health care costs?

Answer 15

mental health care costs:
Psychiatric care required as a result of being victimized

Question 16

What is neurobiology of trauma?

Answer 16

neurobiology of trauma:
Area of research that studies trauma and how the body responds to it

Question 17

What is a perceived risk?

Answer 17

perceived risk:
The perceived likelihood that a person will be victimized

Question 18

What are physical incivilities?

Answer 18

physical incivilities:
Disorderly physical surroundings in an area

Question 19

What is a physical Injury?

Answer 19

physical injury:
Physical harm suffered that may include bruises, soreness, scratches, cuts, broken bones, contracted diseases, and stab or gunshot wounds

Question 20

What is PTSD?

Answer 20

post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD):
Psychiatric anxiety disorder caused by experiencing traumatic events such as war, violence, and so on

Question 21

What are protective behaviors?

Answer 21

protective behaviors:
Behaviors that people engage in to guard against victimization, such as installing security cameras in their home

Question 22

What is reporting?

Answer 22

reporting:
Disclosing the victimization to the police

Question 23

What is self-blame?

Answer 23

self-blame:
Victims believe they are responsible for their own victimization

Question 24

What is self-esteem?

Answer 24

self-esteem:
Beliefs and emotions about a person’s own self-worth or value

Question 25

What is self-harm?

Answer 25

self-harm:
Self-injury or cutting; the intentional hurting of oneself

Question 26

What is self-worth?

Answer 26

self-worth:
A person’s own perception of their worth or value

Question 27

What are social incivilities?

Answer 27

social incivilities:
Disruptive social behaviors in an area

Question 28

What are system costs?

Answer 28

system costs:
Costs paid by society in response to victimization (e.g., law enforcement, insurance costs)

Question 29

What is vicarious victimization?

Answer 29

vicarious victimization:
The effect one person’s victimization has on others