CMY1502 Exam- Criminology Unisa with
Answers
Fear of crime - Answer-Anxieties about crime or the perceived prospects of victimisation
Victimology - Answer-The scientific study of the causes, circumstances ,individual
characteristics & social contexts associated with crime victims
Post traumatic stress disorders - Answer-An emotional disturbance following exposure
to stress outside the range of normal human experience
Crime Victim - Answer-A crime victim is somebody who has been negatively affected by
a criminal act committed by a perpetrator
Repeat Victimisation - Answer-The concept can be defined as a person, object or place
being victimized more than once during a limited period of time
Murder - Answer-The unlawful killing of a human being (homicide) with malicious intent
Assault - Answer-An attack that may not involve physical contact ; includes attempted
battery or intentionally frightening the victim by word or deed
Burglary - Answer-Breaking into & entering a home or structure for the purpose of
committing a crime
Lifestyle - Answer-People may become crime victims because their lifestyle increase
their exposure to criminal offenders
Victimization survey - Answer-A statistical survey that measures the amount , nature &
patterns of victimization in the population
Vulnerable - Answer-Weak & easily hurt physically or emotionally
Hate crime - Answer-Hate crime is a criminal act which is motivated by hatred , bias ,
prejudice against a person or property based on the actual or perceived race or
ethnicity, gender, religion, or sexual orientation of the victim.
Victim-blaming - Answer-To cast blame or guilt on to an innocent person, group or
object
Victim preciptation - Answer-The idea that the victim's behavior was the spark that
ignited the subsequent offense, as when the victim abused the offender verbally or
physically.
Answers
Fear of crime - Answer-Anxieties about crime or the perceived prospects of victimisation
Victimology - Answer-The scientific study of the causes, circumstances ,individual
characteristics & social contexts associated with crime victims
Post traumatic stress disorders - Answer-An emotional disturbance following exposure
to stress outside the range of normal human experience
Crime Victim - Answer-A crime victim is somebody who has been negatively affected by
a criminal act committed by a perpetrator
Repeat Victimisation - Answer-The concept can be defined as a person, object or place
being victimized more than once during a limited period of time
Murder - Answer-The unlawful killing of a human being (homicide) with malicious intent
Assault - Answer-An attack that may not involve physical contact ; includes attempted
battery or intentionally frightening the victim by word or deed
Burglary - Answer-Breaking into & entering a home or structure for the purpose of
committing a crime
Lifestyle - Answer-People may become crime victims because their lifestyle increase
their exposure to criminal offenders
Victimization survey - Answer-A statistical survey that measures the amount , nature &
patterns of victimization in the population
Vulnerable - Answer-Weak & easily hurt physically or emotionally
Hate crime - Answer-Hate crime is a criminal act which is motivated by hatred , bias ,
prejudice against a person or property based on the actual or perceived race or
ethnicity, gender, religion, or sexual orientation of the victim.
Victim-blaming - Answer-To cast blame or guilt on to an innocent person, group or
object
Victim preciptation - Answer-The idea that the victim's behavior was the spark that
ignited the subsequent offense, as when the victim abused the offender verbally or
physically.
