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Forensic Psychology and the Victims of Crime MCQ

Forensic Psychology and the Victims of Crime MCQ

 

1. _____ is crimes that are said to have no victim with the exception of the person who himself or herself is committing them. Examples are gambling, drug offenses, and prostitution.

Answer

Correct Answer: victimless crimes

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2. Is restorative justice sometimes called reparative justice. An approach to attempt to heal victims, the community, and sometimes the offender (particularly a juvenile offender) after a crime has been committed. It may involve victim–offender mediation or reconciliation, and is intended primarily as a means of making the victim “whole” after a criminal event?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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3. _____ is refers to the victim’s right to receive restitution or compensation from the offender for the harm suffered.

Answer

Correct Answer: restitution/compensation

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4. Is posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) a cluster of behavioral patterns that result from a psychologically distressing event that is outside the usual range of human experience?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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5. _____ is known as victim’s repeated exposure to direct victimization, either involving one type of crime or a variety of crimes.

Answer

Correct Answer: polyvictimization

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6. _____ is defined as a government-sponsored survey designed to measure the violent victimization of children.

Answer

Correct Answer: National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Vio­lence (NatSCEV)

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7. _____ is refers to differences in race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and disability.

Answer

Correct Answer: multiculturalism

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8. Is human trafficking the luring or kidnapping and exploitation of people, including children, for monetary gain. Usually but not necessarily involves sexual exploitation?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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9. _____ is known as procedure or process used for informing family members of a death resulting from violent crime, accident, or some other incident.

Answer

Correct Answer: death notification

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10. _____ is defined as people close to the victim of a serious crime, such as a murder, who must deal with the medical examiner, the criminal or juvenile justice system, and the media in the aftermath of the crime. Term is often used to emphasize the depth of homicide’s emotional impact on the victim’s survivors.

Answer

Correct Answer: co-victims

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11. _____ is a course of bereavement following the death of a loved one that is more psychologically disturbing than the typical bereavement process and that may be responsive to mental health treatment.

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Correct Answer: complicated bereavement

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12. Is child sex trafficking associated with child abduction of some children, this refers to their exploitation for sexual purposes, such as the production of child pornography or prostitution?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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13. _____ is known as a term reserved for a cluster of behaviors that occur in children who have been victims of sexual abuse by a family member or an adult with whom the child has a trusting relationship. The syn­drome is controversial and has little empirical support.

Answer

Correct Answer: Child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome (CSAAS)

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14. _____ is defined as the right to speak out during court proceedings, such as at the bail hearing, the sentencing hearing, or the parole board hearing. In all states, for example, victims are allowed to speak out at sentencing hearings.

Answer

Correct Answer: allocution

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15. The most-used model for training death notifiers was developed by ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

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16. A co-victim of violent crime may be any individual, community, or group that is touched by murder.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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17. Reassurance, ventilation of emotion, and restoration of control are identified needs of ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Co-victims of homicide

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18. The smallest proportion of violent crime victims are victims of ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Homicide

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19. All states require that a victim be notified when an offender has escaped from prison.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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20. Compared to victims without disabilities, victimization rates of individuals with disabilities are much higher.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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21. One in 50 Americans now identify themselves as ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Multiracial

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22. The rights of victims are protected by the Constitution of the United States.

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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23. Which law denies convicted offenders the right to profit from their crime?

Answer

Correct Answer: Son of Sam Law

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24. The dark figure is defined as ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Crime that does not come to the attention of police

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25. According to research, which variable may be the most important in one’s psychological reaction to trauma?

Answer

Correct Answer: Social support

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26. The 1992 redesign of the NCVS included the addition of questions asking victims how law enforcement officials responded when they reported their victimizations.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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27. All of the following are symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder except ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: It must last for at least 3 months

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28. Homicides of young children are committed primarily by ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Family members

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29. An attempt to restore a victim’s financial, physical, or psychological position to the way it was prior to a loss or injury is known as ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Restitution

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