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Victimology MCQ

A recent study by the fbi found that most slain officers ________.

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Correct Answer: Were good-natured and well-liked by the department.

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All of the following are considered professionals in the courtroom work group, except the________.

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Correct Answer: Victim

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American adults account for __________ percent of all prison and jail inmates worldwide.

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Correct Answer: 25%

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Edwin sutherland applied elements of ________ theory to white-collar crime.

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Correct Answer: Differential association

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An outlook can be characterized as _____ because it assumes the worst.

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Correct Answer: Maximalist

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Intimate partners are those people with whom the victim has had a _____ relationship.

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Correct Answer: Sexual

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According to the national crime victimization survey, the elderly ________.

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Correct Answer: Have the lowest rate of crime victimization of any age group

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_____ is a subfield of criminology that specializes in studying the victims of crime.

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Correct Answer: Victimology

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Is victim Precipitation Theory a theory in victimology that examines how violent victimization may have been precipitated by the victim by he or she acting in certain provocative ways?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as a victimization theory that states there are certain lifestyles (routine activities) that disproportionately expose some people to high risk for victimization.

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Correct Answer: Routine Activities/Lifestyle Theory

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_____ is defined as a syndrome sometimes suffered by rape victims similar to post-traumatic stress syndrome (reexperiencing the event via “flashbacks,” avoiding anything associated with the event, and a general numbness of affect).

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Correct Answer: Rape Trauma Syndrome

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_____ is the use of someone else’s personal information without their permission to perform an illegal act.

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Correct Answer: Identity Theft

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Is human Trafficking the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability, or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person for the purpose of exploitation?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is defined as a criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity.

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Correct Answer: Hate Crime

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_____ is any abusive act (physical, sexual, or psychological) that occurs within the family setting. Intimate partner violence is the most common form.

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Correct Answer: Domestic Violence

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Past victimization is the best predictor of future victimization.

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Correct Answer: True

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Terrorism

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Correct Answer: Domestic violence

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Females are more likely than males to be victimized by rape/sexual assault.

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Correct Answer: True

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Schools are some of the safest places to be?

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Correct Answer: True

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The strongest single predictor of victimization for girls is having a stepfather or live-in boyfriend.

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Correct Answer: True

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Which of the following occupations are NOT at risk for workplace violence?

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Correct Answer: Attorneys

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Which of the following characteristics is NOT a characteristic of an individual most likely to be victimized?

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Correct Answer: Female

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Which of the following is NOT a typology of hate crime motivation?

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Correct Answer: Altruistic

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Robbers are likely to be perpetrators of workplace homicide?

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Correct Answer: True

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Most victimizations are totally random.

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Correct Answer: False

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