Final

Question 1

Why might people get hurt?

Answer 1

Victim proneness
individual vulnerability
personal accountability for one’s misfortunes

Question 2

Why are some victims such as mobsters, gang members, and drug dealers somewhat responsible, for the crimes against them?

Answer 2

They put themselves in illegal situations

Question 3

Why are victims who are law-abiding citizens somewhat responsible for crimes against them?

Answer 3

Making bad choices
events that could have been avoided
set up opportunities for crimes to be committed

Question 4

Definition of victim facilitation:

Answer 4

action taken by the victim that unwittingly assists the offender.

Question 5

Example of victim facilitation:

Answer 5

leaving keys in the car and it gets stolen

Question 6

Definition of victim precipitation:

Answer 6

(usually immoral) actions taken by the victim to contribute to the crime

Question 7

Example of victim precipitation:

Answer 7

man having an affair with another man’s wife gets beat up

Question 8

Definition of victim provocation:

Answer 8

actions taken by the victim that instigated the crime

Question 9

Example of victim provocation:

Answer 9

drunk person assaulting another man in the bar

Question 10

Victim Blaming

Answer 10

the assumption that the victim and offender are partners in crime, the victim assumed the risk by putting themselves in that situation

Question 11

Victim defending

Answer 11

challenges whether it is fair to hold the victim accountable for the injuries and losses a wrongdoer inflicts

Question 12

Conflict Perspective

Answer 12

the various agencies are acting primarily in their own best interest
-people are always criticizing the CJ system

Question 13

What are the rights of victims?

Answer 13

Retribution, rehabilitation, restitution

Question 14

Retribution

Answer 14

Offenders who act as predators are punished

Question 15

Rehabilitation

Answer 15

having experts help wrongdoers become decent, productive, law-abiding citizens

Question 16

Restitution

Answer 16

seeking to be repaid for monetary loss and/or injury

Question 17

What is the Police’s role?

Answer 17

first representatives victims encounter, want people to report crime so they can punish the offender=other offenders deterred,

Question 18

What are the victims expectations when they call the police?

Answer 18

They want the officers the respond right away, in reality calls are prioritized.

Question 19

Two areas of conflict between victims and police:

Answer 19

• the officers seem removed from and uninterested in the crime
• the officers think the victim lacks credibility and thus discontinues hunt for clues

Question 20

Unfounding

Answer 20

police reject a victim’s claims as unbelievable or improvable in court

Question 21

Defounding

Answer 21

detectives believe an offense took place but it is not as serious as the victim described

Question 22

Crimes most often associated with Mental illness victims:

Answer 22

Theft of property
Physical assault
sexual assault/rape
Murder

Question 23

Why are the mentally ill targeted?

Answer 23

Can’t think for themselves
Perceived as weak
Not taking medication regularly

Question 24

Criminal solicitation

Answer 24

promoting the commission of a crime

Question 25

Victim impact statement definition:

Answer 25

written or oral information from a crime victim, or a victim's family, in their own words about how a crime has affected them.

Question 26

Purpose of victim impact statements:

Answer 26

allow victims to describe the impact of the crime during the decision making process

Question 27

What is the most important aspect of the crime of rape?

Answer 27

lack of consent

Question 28

Forcible rape

Answer 28

victim reasonable fears bodily harm if they refuse

Question 29

Victims of an act of God

Answer 29

a natural catastrophe which no one can prevent

Question 30

victims of catastrophic events

Answer 30

widespread distress, misfortune, total failure