CJA 346 Wk 4 – Concept Check

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CJA 346 Wk 4 - Concept Check
CJA 346 Wk 4 – Concept Check
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CJA 346 Wk 4 – Concept Check

  1. Question 1

4/4

The Crime Victims’ Rights Act guarantees victims the right to be reasonably protected from the accused.

  1. T
  2. F

False

  1. Question 2

4/4

Which criminologist is credited with pioneering victim precipitation theory?

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Amir

Gottfredson

Sampson

Von Hentig

  1. Question 3

4/4

Which theory explains victimization as the convergence of the three variables of a motivated offender, a suitable target, and the absence of a capable guardian?

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Differential association

Routine activities

Social bond

Victim precipitation

  1. Question 4

4/4

What are the most damaging consequences for most crime victims?

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Loss of vision

Permanent disabilities

Physical wounds

Psychological

  1. Question 5

4/4

The Crime Victims’ Rights Act was passed by the Senate in what year?

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1904

1934

1964

2004

  1. Question 6

4/4

Which of the following statements is true about victim precipitation theory?

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Applies only to victims of property crime

Maintains that by acting in certain provocative ways some individuals initiate a chain of events that lead to their victimization

Stresses that criminal behavior takes place via the interaction of three variables

Maintains that past victimization is the strong predictor

  1. Question 7

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Most victimization is random and unpredictable.

  1. T
  2. F
  3. Question 8

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Victimology seeks to answer why some individuals, households, groups, and other entities are targeted and others are not.

  1. T
  2. F
  3. Question 9

4/4

A woman who has suffered years of abuse stabs and kills her husband in self-defense as he is beating her again. What is the degree of criminal intent of the perpetrator and the degree of victim facilitation?

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None; much

Some; more

More; some

Much; none

  1. Question 10

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Which of the following is an example of a high-risk lifestyle?

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Frequenting bars late at night and drinking heavily

Hanging out with friends at the local YMCA after hours

Joining intramural sports

Missing curfew various times a week due to hanging out with peers