Chapter 3 Widows suffer the highest rate of victimization because

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56. The NCVS indicates that more than 25 million theft and violent victimizations occur each year.
a. True
b. False
57. Numerous research efforts show that victims of interpersonal violence experience high rates of psychological
problems.
a. True
b. False
58. Rape and heroin drug use both cost the U.S. 20 billion dollars a year.
a. True
b. False
59. Sexual assault and rape are the most expensive crimes yearly in the United States.
a. True
b. False
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60. Vicarious fear is escalated by lurid news accounts of crime and violence.
a. True
b. False
61. The news reports the escape of a prisoner in Chicago, and several hundred miles away in Pittsburgh, 68-year-
old Karen Taylor locks her doors and waits up at night with a loaded shotgun in case the would-be criminal
attempts to break into her house. This is an example of vicarious fear.
a. True
b. False
62. The cycle of violence explains that offenders begin their criminal offending by starting small with simple thefts and
progress in violence, finally peaking with sexual assaults and or murders.
a. True
b. False
63. Roughly about one hundred and sixty student and faculty deaths occur each year in schools, including homicides
and suicides.
a. True
b. False
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64. Individuals living in the suburbs have slightly higher rates of victimization from theft than those in the inner city
because of what researchers assume is the increased value of goods in the suburbs.
a. True
b. False
65. Approximately two-thirds of sexual assaults and rapes occur at night, between the hours of 6 pm and 6 am.
a. True
b. False
66. The NCVS indicates that rural, white homes in the Northeast are the most likely to contain crime victims or to
be the target of theft offenses, such as burglary or larceny.
a. True
b. False
67. Blacks are more likely to be victims of violent crime than whites.
a. True
b. False
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68. Elder abuse is expected to decline over the next 20 years with a declining elderly population.
a. True
b. False
69. The poorest Americans are also the most likely to be victims of violent and property crime.
a. True
b. False
70. Based on statistics, theoretically ones risk of victimization can be reduced by staying home at night, moving to a
rural area, and getting married.
a. True
b. False
71. Widows suffer the highest rate of victimization because of the vulnerability of being home alone.
a. True
b. False
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72. Violence is more severe when perpetrated by males versus females as indicated by higher injury rates and
increased fear.
a. True
b. False
73. More than 60% of rape victims admit the offender was an intimate, friend, acquaintance, or family member.
a. True
b. False
74. Having something someone wants, such as a new big screen TV or a new car, makes one prone to victimization.
This form of victimization is referred to as target gratifiability.
a. True
b. False
75. Active victim precipitation occurs when the victim exhibits some personal characteristic that unknowingly
threatens or encourages the attacker.
a. True
b. False
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76. According to the victim precipitation view, some people may actually initiate the confrontation that eventually
leads to their injury or death.
a. True
b. False
77. According to deviant place theory, deviant places are defined as lightly populated, residential neighborhoods
with a disproportionate number of young males.
a. True
b. False
78. The main concept of lifestyle theory is that something in the victim's lifestyle rather than a random occurrence is
responsible for the victimization.
a. True
b. False
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79. College-aged women's risk of sexual assault is higher than that of the general population.
a. True
b. False
80. Deviant place theory states that criminals place themselves in situations of violent crime on purpose because of a
desire to obtain goods or services that they could not obtain legally.
a. True
b. False
81. According to routine activities theory, a capable guardian could be a friend, a neighbor, police, or even a well-
placed street light.
a. True
b. False
82. Teenage males, drug users, and the unemployed are most likely to commit crime.
a. True
b. False
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83. National crime victim surveys depict that almost every American twelve years or older will one day become a
victim of a common-law crime.
a. True
b. False
84. President John F. Kennedy created the Task Force on Victims of Crime in 1964.
a. True
b. False
85. There are now roughly 23,000 victim-witness assistance programs in the United States.
a. True
b. False
86. The Supreme Court ruled in Brooklyn v. United States (2010) that videotaped statements by child victims of
sexual abuse were not permissible in court as the offender had the right to face his or her accuser.
a. True
b. False
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87. The Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 allows children to use dolls to represent areas on the body where they
were violated.
a. True
b. False
88. The Federal Crimes Act of 1994 gives victims of crime, especially sexual assault, a chance to speak at
sentencing.
a. True
b. False
89. Discuss the individual costs and problems suffered by victims of crime.
90. Identify and discuss the societal costs of victimization.
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91. Analyze the link between victimization and crime
92. Explain what is meant by the ecology of victimization, especially with school victimization.
93. Which victim characteristics are most dominant among victims? Explain how each is related to crime.
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94. Define and discuss active and passive victim precipitation. Do you think it is just to blame victims for their role in
crime? Explain your view.
95. Discuss lifestyle theory and how it increases one’s risk of being victimized. Include in your response how the
variables of age and marital status contribute to lifestyle theory.
96. Explain the three components of Felson’s routine activities theory. Provide examples of how each can affect
crime.
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97. Compare and contrast lifestyle theory and routine activities theory.
98. Due to the influence of victims rights advocates, every state now has a legal set of victims rights in its codes of
law. Identify the rights legally afforded victims within these Victims Bills of Rights.
99. Explain the importance of the Crime Victims' Rights Act of 2004
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100. Explain what make up a Victim's Bill of Rights.

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