Test Bank For
Victimology A Comprehensive Approach Third Edition Leah E. Daigle ,
Lisa R. Muftic
Chapters 1-13
Chapter 1: Introduction to Victimology
Multiple Choice
1. Who coined the term “victimology”?
A. Hans von Hentig
B. Stephen Schaefer
C. Marvin Wolfgang
D. Benjamin Mendelsohn
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Is Victimology?
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. During the ______, victims were the focus of the justice system.
A. Industrial Revolution
B. Dark Ages
C. Middle Ages
D. modern times
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The History of Victimology: Before the Victims’ Rights Movement
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. ______ principle suggests that retribution is the key to justice.
A. Habeas corpus
B. Modus operandi
C. Mens rea
D. Lex talionis
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The History of Victimology: Before the Victims’ Rights Movement
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Which type of victim culpability suggests that an irresponsible act by a victim was
taken advantage of by an offender?
A. victim precipitation
B. victim facilitation
C. victim provocation
,D. victim culpability
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Role of the Victim in Crime: Victim Precipitation, Victim
Facilitation, and Victim Provocation
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Victimology is the study of ______.
A. the etiology of victimization
B. consequences of victimization
C. how the criminal justice system accommodates and assists victims
D. all of these
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: What Is Victimology?
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Which theorist suggested that victims and offenders needed to be considered in a
dyad in order to fully understand victimization?
A. Hans von Hentig
B. Stephen Schaefer
C. Marvin Wolfgang
D. Benjamin Mendelsohn
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Hans von Hentig
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. What percentage of homicides did Marvin Wolfgang discover were precipitated by
victims?
A. 5%
B. 11%
C. 26%
D. 34%
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Marvin Wolfgang
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. In what year was the first National Crime Survey conducted?
A. 1957
B. 1966
C. 1981
D. 1992
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
,Answer Location: The History of Victimology: The Victims’ Rights Movement
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. Two of the first three victim assistance programs focused on ______ type of crime
victimization.
A. domestic violence
B. child victimization
C. homicide survivors
D. rape
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Early Programs for Crime Victims
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. Which of the following items were not a critical victimological development of the
women’s movement?
A. Victimization could be emotionally harmful.
B. The criminal justice revictimized victims.
C. Women used alcohol and drugs as self-medication techniques to deal with rape.
D. The volunteer movement was huge so grassroots organizations could stay open
longer.
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Women’s Movement
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. Which movement identified that both offenders and victims were mistreated by the
criminal justice system?
A. Law and Order Movement
B. Civil Rights Movement
C. Women’s Movement
D. Children’s Movement
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Civil Rights Movement
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. Which organization was an outgrowth of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984?
A. National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)
B. National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC)
C. Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
D. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Legislation and Policy
Difficulty Level: Easy
, 13. What 1980 study led to recommendations to improve services to crime victims for
criminal justice personnel, the medical community, the social service and victim
advocacy communities, and other agencies that worked with victims?
A. Victim of Crime Study
B. Justice for All Study
C. New Directions in the Field Study
D. President’s Task Force on Victims of Crime Study
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Legislation and Policy
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. Which programs are responsible for notifying victims of court proceedings and
providing guidance during the court process?
A. victim advocacy agencies
B. victim/witness assistance programs
C. courtroom companionship agencies
D. grassroots agencies
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Early Programs for Crime Victims
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. ______ is the name for individuals who are affected by the victimization of a loved
one.
A. Vicarious victims
B. Indirect victims
C. Secondary victims
D. Pseudo-victims
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Development of Victim Organizations
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. The Violence Against Women Act was enacted in which year?
A. 1980
B. 1984
C. 1994
D. 1994
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Legislation and Policy
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. The cost of victimization may include ______.
Victimology A Comprehensive Approach Third Edition Leah E. Daigle ,
Lisa R. Muftic
Chapters 1-13
Chapter 1: Introduction to Victimology
Multiple Choice
1. Who coined the term “victimology”?
A. Hans von Hentig
B. Stephen Schaefer
C. Marvin Wolfgang
D. Benjamin Mendelsohn
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Is Victimology?
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. During the ______, victims were the focus of the justice system.
A. Industrial Revolution
B. Dark Ages
C. Middle Ages
D. modern times
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The History of Victimology: Before the Victims’ Rights Movement
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. ______ principle suggests that retribution is the key to justice.
A. Habeas corpus
B. Modus operandi
C. Mens rea
D. Lex talionis
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The History of Victimology: Before the Victims’ Rights Movement
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Which type of victim culpability suggests that an irresponsible act by a victim was
taken advantage of by an offender?
A. victim precipitation
B. victim facilitation
C. victim provocation
,D. victim culpability
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Role of the Victim in Crime: Victim Precipitation, Victim
Facilitation, and Victim Provocation
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Victimology is the study of ______.
A. the etiology of victimization
B. consequences of victimization
C. how the criminal justice system accommodates and assists victims
D. all of these
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: What Is Victimology?
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Which theorist suggested that victims and offenders needed to be considered in a
dyad in order to fully understand victimization?
A. Hans von Hentig
B. Stephen Schaefer
C. Marvin Wolfgang
D. Benjamin Mendelsohn
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Hans von Hentig
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. What percentage of homicides did Marvin Wolfgang discover were precipitated by
victims?
A. 5%
B. 11%
C. 26%
D. 34%
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Marvin Wolfgang
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. In what year was the first National Crime Survey conducted?
A. 1957
B. 1966
C. 1981
D. 1992
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
,Answer Location: The History of Victimology: The Victims’ Rights Movement
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. Two of the first three victim assistance programs focused on ______ type of crime
victimization.
A. domestic violence
B. child victimization
C. homicide survivors
D. rape
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Early Programs for Crime Victims
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. Which of the following items were not a critical victimological development of the
women’s movement?
A. Victimization could be emotionally harmful.
B. The criminal justice revictimized victims.
C. Women used alcohol and drugs as self-medication techniques to deal with rape.
D. The volunteer movement was huge so grassroots organizations could stay open
longer.
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Women’s Movement
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. Which movement identified that both offenders and victims were mistreated by the
criminal justice system?
A. Law and Order Movement
B. Civil Rights Movement
C. Women’s Movement
D. Children’s Movement
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Civil Rights Movement
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. Which organization was an outgrowth of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984?
A. National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)
B. National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC)
C. Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
D. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Legislation and Policy
Difficulty Level: Easy
, 13. What 1980 study led to recommendations to improve services to crime victims for
criminal justice personnel, the medical community, the social service and victim
advocacy communities, and other agencies that worked with victims?
A. Victim of Crime Study
B. Justice for All Study
C. New Directions in the Field Study
D. President’s Task Force on Victims of Crime Study
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Legislation and Policy
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. Which programs are responsible for notifying victims of court proceedings and
providing guidance during the court process?
A. victim advocacy agencies
B. victim/witness assistance programs
C. courtroom companionship agencies
D. grassroots agencies
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Early Programs for Crime Victims
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. ______ is the name for individuals who are affected by the victimization of a loved
one.
A. Vicarious victims
B. Indirect victims
C. Secondary victims
D. Pseudo-victims
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Development of Victim Organizations
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. The Violence Against Women Act was enacted in which year?
A. 1980
B. 1984
C. 1994
D. 1994
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Legislation and Policy
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. The cost of victimization may include ______.
