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Victim - correct answer✔✔A person who has suffered physical, emotional, and/or financial
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harm because of illegal activities.
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Victimology - correct answer✔✔The study of the role of the victim in the crime and the
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criminal justice process. ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Victimologist - correct answer✔✔The person who studies crime victims. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Victimless - correct answer✔✔You cannot pinpoint a specific victim other than the doer.
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Victim Precipitation - correct answer✔✔The degree of victim responsibility for what
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happened to them. Did they start the fight in which they were assaulted? Do they exhibit a
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characteristic that makes them a target? ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Restitution - correct answer✔✔Judge-ordered money or services to be paid by the
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perpetrator to the victim. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Victim compensation - correct answer✔✔Money paid to the victim by the state.
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Secondary victimization - correct answer✔✔Additional harm to crime victims as a result of
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participating in the justice process. This could be from social workers, trials, police officers,
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etc.



Primary victimization - correct answer✔✔Harm done from the initial act.
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,Victim assistance - correct answer✔✔services provided to crime victims. Generally, this
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assistance is in the form of victim-witness assistance programs. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Victimization Surveys - correct answer✔✔Surveys that are designed to reach the dark figure ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




of crime. These surveys ask the individuals what crimes they have been the victim of in the
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past six months. The NIJ uses the NCVS.
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Cycle of domestic violence - correct answer✔✔Stages that domestic violence occurs in. It's a
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cycle that goes through tension building, battery, and honeymoon phases. These phases can
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be rapid or they can be stretched out over years.
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Cycle of child abuse (intragenerational transmission of violence) - correct answer✔✔If an
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individual goes through child abuse it increases the chances that they will be child abusers. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Victim blaming - correct answer✔✔Is an approach that holds the victim responsible for what
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happens to them.
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Restorative Justice - correct answer✔✔Is an approach that entails getting everyone (victim, ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




offender, and community) impacted by the crime to come together and create a solution. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




The ultimate goal is to remove certain crimes from the criminal justice system.
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Domestic Violence - correct answer✔✔Intentional behavior designed to cause fear in the ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




victim of a domestic relationship. it covers individuals you are living with and family
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members.



Child Abuse - correct answer✔✔Emotional, psychological, or physical abuse toward an
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offspring or a child entrusted to an individual. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Child Neglect - correct answer✔✔Not providing for the basic needs of an offspring or a child
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entrusted to an individual. This can be not providing for the nutritional needs as well.
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, Sexual Assault - correct answer✔✔Any intentional act or omission that results in physical,
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emotional, or financial injury to a victim or any unwanted sexual contact or sexual attention. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Sexual Harassment - correct answer✔✔The imposition of unwanted conditions in
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employment or education because of the person's sex. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Elder Abuse - correct answer✔✔Behavior that results in physical, psychological, material
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harm, or neglect to an elder. (Up to the state how they define "elder")
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Stalking - correct answer✔✔A knowing and purposeful course of conduct directed at a
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person that will cause a reasonable person to believe that he or she is in danger of physical
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injury or death to him or herself or a member of their immediate family.
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Hate Crime - correct answer✔✔Crimes that are motivated by the victim's race, gender,
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disability, sexual orientation, religion, or other protected factors. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Victim Impact Statement - correct answer✔✔Verbal or written presentation of the victim or
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secondary victim's point of view. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974 (CAPTA) - correct
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answer✔✔States must enact mandatory reporting laws if they want to receive federal ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




funding, 2. States must appoint guardian ad litem's in child maltreatment cases, 3. States
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must conduct research on child abuse and neglect, and 4. Provided funding for Child
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Protective Service (CPS) agencies. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (VOCA) - correct answer✔✔Established the crime victims fund
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and this fund gives states money for victim compensation. The Son of Sam Law - Offenders
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cannot profit off of their offense. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||

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