Unit 7 quiz Flashcards
(20 cards)
How many people in urban centres do not go out at night because of fear of a criminal assault?
a) 12 per cent
b) 15 per cent
c) 23 per cent
d) 43 per cent
d) 43 per cent
Most incarcerated sex offenders are aged between
a) 18 and 25
b) 20 and 40
c) 33 and 58
d) 40 and 50
b) 20 and 40
About _______ of all victims of sexual assault are victimized by family members.
a) 15 per cent
b) 22 per cent
c) 38 per cent
d) 65 per cent
c) 38 per cent
The chief social obstacle to treating sex offenders is that
a) there are insufficient sources of money for treatment.
b) there is a resistance by society to fund such treatment.
c) treatment money goes toward prisons rather than community programs.
d) there are few qualified therapists to run treatment programs.
b) there is a resistance by society to fund such treatment.
Holmes and Holmes report that, when embedded in other crime statistics, _______ per cent of arrests in the US were for sexual crimes.
a) 25
b) 34
c) 18
d) 1
d) 1
The percentage sexual assault victims who are male is
a) 45
b) 15
c) 5
d) 10
b) 15
The probability of being a victim of a violent sexual offence has been
a) rising quickly
b) rising slowly
c) declining
d) about the same over the past two decades
c) declining
Why are the prison costs of sex offenders so high?
a) Sex offenders have to be segregated from other inmates.
b) Sex offenders require more outdoor space.
c) Sex offenders become more anxious in small quarters.
d) By law, sex offenders cannot be housed in crowded quarters.
a) Sex offenders have to be segregated from other inmates.
Some victims of sexual assault are targeted because of
a) their availability
b) their perceived vulnerability
c) their perceived low risk of the offense
d) all of the above
d) all of the above
Most of the victims of sexual assault would be classified as which of the following?
a) the victim is as guilty as the perpetrator
b) completely innocent
c) a simulating victim
d) the guiltiest
b) completely innocent
The key component of a sexual offence from a victim’s point of view is that
a) it is unwelcome
b) it is illegal
c) it is immoral
d) it forgiven
a) it is unwelcome
The definition of sexual assault has been shown to be
a) legalistic and narrow
b) very broad
c) meaningless
d) functional
b) very broad
Depo-Provera is often referred to as
a) chemical castration
b) a central nervous system depressant
c) a benzodiazepine
d) a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
a) chemical castration
A common second phase in the adjustment to sexual assault is
a) shock
b) acceptance
c) denial
d) integration
c) denial
Which of the following is not one of Lauder’s (1985) implications on the economic aspects of secondary victimization?
a) Secondary victims should be provided with counselling.
b) Funds from crime proceeds (e.g., books and films) should be placed in a fund for survivors.
c) Costs of criminal defence should not be paid by public funds.
d) Survivors’ civil suits against perpetrators should be publicly funded.
a) Secondary victims should be provided with counselling.
A psychopathic sex offender would likely be classified by Welch (1988) as a
a) controlled chronic offender
b) first offender
c) chronic offender
d) impulsive offender
a) controlled chronic offender
Shocking a pedophile while he views erotic scenes of children is a form of
a) medical treatment
b) cognitive treatment
c) behavioural treatment
d) psychoanalysis
c) behavioural treatment
The different rates of recidivism reported across treatment programs for sex offenders could indicate
a) different motivational levels of participants
b) different types of interventions
c) different types of outcome measures
d) all of the above
d) all of the above
When quizzed about what to do with sexual offenders, most members of the public will not say,
a) provide them with treatment
b) punish them severely
c) detain them for a considerable time in prison
d) make conditions of incarceration basic
a) provide them with treatment
Most secondary victims of sexual assault
a) do not have their wounds recognized
b) attend treatment just like the primary victim
c) seek help for their victimization
d) receive financial compensation
a) do not have their wounds recognized
