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CJA 346 Wk 4 – Concept Check
- Question 1
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The Crime Victims’ Rights Act guarantees victims the right to be reasonably protected from the accused.
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False
- Question 2
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Which criminologist is credited with pioneering victim precipitation theory?
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Amir
Gottfredson
Sampson
Von Hentig
- Question 3
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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
- Question 4
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What are the most damaging consequences for most crime victims?
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Loss of vision
Permanent disabilities
Physical wounds
Psychological
- Question 5
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The Crime Victims’ Rights Act was passed by the Senate in what year?
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1904
1934
1964
2004
- Question 6
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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
- Question 7
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Most victimization is random and unpredictable.
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- Question 8
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Victimology seeks to answer why some individuals, households, groups, and other entities are targeted and others are not.
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- Question 9
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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
- 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