VICTIMOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM WITH PRECISE DETAILED ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
SOLUTIONS
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People who routinely engage in lawbreaking are: - correct answer✔✔more likely to be
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victimized than their law-abiding counterparts ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
The ________ refers to the fraction of the population that has ever experienced victimization
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- correct answer✔✔prevalence rate
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Victimology is consider: - correct answer✔✔a scientific study of the harm people suffer due ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
to crime ||\\//||
The scientific study of the physical, emotional and financial harm people suffer because of
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illegal activities is known as which of the following - correct answer✔✔Victimology
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The suffix "ology" merely means - correct answer✔✔the study of
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The term ________ refers to how often a type of victimization takes place during a given
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time period - correct answer✔✔incidence rate
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Today the term victims commonly refers to - correct answer✔✔individuals who have suffered
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harm or loss for any reason
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Which of the following is the major function of victimologists? - correct
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answer✔✔investigating the victim's plight ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
carrying out research on the public's reaction to victims' plight ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
studying how victims are handled by officials and agencies in the criminal justice system
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, Those that suffer emotionally or financially from a crime but are not immediately involved or
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physically injured by it are known as - correct answer✔✔secondary victims
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A ________ is a kind of statistical portrait - correct answer✔✔profile
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The first community organizations to empower victims were - correct answer✔✔rape crisis
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centers and shelters for battered women. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Sensationalism refers to how - correct answer✔✔the media exploits victims to earn better ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
ratings
Victims can attain a sense of empowerment and regain control over their lives through -
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correct answer✔✔practical assistance. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
mutual support. ||\\//||
involvement in the criminal justice process. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Who normally begins the rediscovery process by bringing attention to a problem? - correct
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answer✔✔activists
Which stage of the sequential process of rediscovering victims involves the emergence of an
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opposition and development of resistance to further change? - correct answer✔✔Stage 3 ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What is one negative effect of the attention victims receive from business? - correct
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answer✔✔commercial exploitation ||\\//||
Which stage in the sequential model of rediscovering victims involves the process of
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typification of victim categories and identifying classic cases? - correct answer✔✔Stage 1 ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
SOLUTIONS
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People who routinely engage in lawbreaking are: - correct answer✔✔more likely to be
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victimized than their law-abiding counterparts ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
The ________ refers to the fraction of the population that has ever experienced victimization
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- correct answer✔✔prevalence rate
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Victimology is consider: - correct answer✔✔a scientific study of the harm people suffer due ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
to crime ||\\//||
The scientific study of the physical, emotional and financial harm people suffer because of
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illegal activities is known as which of the following - correct answer✔✔Victimology
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The suffix "ology" merely means - correct answer✔✔the study of
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The term ________ refers to how often a type of victimization takes place during a given
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time period - correct answer✔✔incidence rate
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Today the term victims commonly refers to - correct answer✔✔individuals who have suffered
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harm or loss for any reason
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Which of the following is the major function of victimologists? - correct
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answer✔✔investigating the victim's plight ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
carrying out research on the public's reaction to victims' plight ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
studying how victims are handled by officials and agencies in the criminal justice system
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, Those that suffer emotionally or financially from a crime but are not immediately involved or
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physically injured by it are known as - correct answer✔✔secondary victims
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A ________ is a kind of statistical portrait - correct answer✔✔profile
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The first community organizations to empower victims were - correct answer✔✔rape crisis
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centers and shelters for battered women. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Sensationalism refers to how - correct answer✔✔the media exploits victims to earn better ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
ratings
Victims can attain a sense of empowerment and regain control over their lives through -
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correct answer✔✔practical assistance. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
mutual support. ||\\//||
involvement in the criminal justice process. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Who normally begins the rediscovery process by bringing attention to a problem? - correct
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answer✔✔activists
Which stage of the sequential process of rediscovering victims involves the emergence of an
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opposition and development of resistance to further change? - correct answer✔✔Stage 3 ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What is one negative effect of the attention victims receive from business? - correct
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answer✔✔commercial exploitation ||\\//||
Which stage in the sequential model of rediscovering victims involves the process of
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typification of victim categories and identifying classic cases? - correct answer✔✔Stage 1 ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
