victimology
Question 1 of 205.0 PointsWhich of the following best describes what victim precipitation means?A. The offender carefully selects victims with certain characteristics.B. The offender lacks a mens rea.C. The victim somehow caused his or her own victimization.D. The victim instigated criminal prosecution.Question 2 of 205.0 PointsUsing Stephen Schafer’s victim precipitation typology, which of the following victim categories bears responsibility for his or her misfortune?A. Political victimsB. Socially weak victimsC. Biologically weak victimsD. Provocative victimsQuestion 3 of 205.0 PointsThe idea of retribution:A. was started by Stephen Schafer.B. is that the offender should suffer in proportion to the degree of harm caused.C. is the feeling that the victim played an active role in his or her victimization.D. was begun by feudal barons.Question 4 of 205.0 PointsMendelsohn classified victims according to:A. their culpability in a criminal act.B. their biological traits.C. their ethnicity.D. their drug addictions.Question 5 of 205.0 PointsAccording to Wolfgang, which of the following plays a major role in victim-precipitated homicide?A. RaceB. “Crack” cocaineC. PoliticsD. Interpersonal relationships and escalationQuestion 6 of 205.0 PointsAll of the following are types of victims in Mendelsohn’s general victimology EXCEPT:A. victims of a criminal.B. victims of technology.C. victims of the unnatural environment.D. victims of the social environment.Question 7 of 205.0 PointsWhich of the following persons is sometimes credited with being the “father of victimology”?A. Hans von HentigB. Beniamin MendelsohnC. Stephen SchaferD. Marvin E. WolfgangQuestion 8 of 205.0 PointsWho of the following caused a giant uproar over an empirical analysis of rape victims?A. L.A. CurtisB. Franklin and FranklinC. Marvin WolfgangD. Menachem AmirQuestion 9 of 205.0 PointsWhich of the following persons is associated with the emergence of the field of victimology?A. Edwin SutherlandB. Hans von HentigC. Robert K. MertonD. Emile DurkheimQuestion 10 of 205.0 PointsAccording to the text, which of the following was NOT a reason for the emergence of the victim movement?A. The pharmaceutical industryB. The women’s movementC. The children’s rights movementD. The growing crime problemQuestion 11 of 205.0 PointsWhat was von Hentig’s main contribution to the field of victimology?A. He suggested that rape victims had a subconscious desire to be raped.B. He proposed the criminal-victim dyad, which looked at the role the victim played in his or her own victimization.C. He was the founder of what is known today as “critical victimology.”D. He discovered that there was a strong interpersonal relationship between victims and offenders.Question 12 of 205.0 PointsPrior to the Middle Ages, the concept of lex talionis prevailed. This concept included:A. rehabilitation.B. retribution.C. deterrence.D. a victim injustice system.Question 13 of 205.0 PointsThe first state in the United States to establish victim compensation was __________ in 1965.A. New YorkB. HawaiiC. CaliforniaD. MassachusettsQuestion 14 of 205.0 PointsTotally unacceptable or immoral behavior is referred to as:A. mala prohibita.B. lex talionis.C. ex parte.D. mala in se.Question 15 of 205.0 PointsMarvin E. Wolfgang was responsible for which of the following?A. He identified several factors as typical of victim-precipitated homicides.B. He coined the term “victimology.”
