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Chapter 3 Offenders and Victims
Chapter 3 Offenders and Victims
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Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Civil law is concerned with disputes between entities and:
a.
plaintiffs.
b.
lawyers.
governments.
private individuals.
c.
d.
a plaintiff.
a defendant.
damages.
In September 2014, a video surfaced that showed professional football player Ray Rice brutally attacking his then-fiance
Janay Palmer in the elevator of an Atlantic City, New Jersey, casino. That May, he had pleaded guilty to felony assault
charges and entered a pretrial diversion program that allowed him to avoid being incarcerated.
By chance, the Rice video controversy coincided with the twentieth anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act
(VAWA), signed in September 1994. That legislation, in part, made it easier for victims to file protection orders against
their abusers. It also directed millions of dollars in federal funds toward training criminal justice professionals in intimate
partner violence prevention. VAWA also supported mandatory arrest policies throughout the nation, which require police
officers to arrest suspects who have abused intimate partners. Contrary to expectations, recent research shows that
domestic violence homicides have actually increased in states with these laws.
3. According to the preface, what appears to be the main reason that mandatory arrest laws have been ineffective in
decreasing domestic violence homicide?
a. Victims are less likely to contact the police.
b. Offenders get more angry after arrest.
c.
d.
In September 2014, a video surfaced that showed professional football player Ray Rice brutally attacking his then-fiance
Janay Palmer in the elevator of an Atlantic City, New Jersey, casino. That May, he had pleaded guilty to felony assault
charges and entered a pretrial diversion program that allowed him to avoid being incarcerated.
By chance, the Rice video controversy coincided with the twentieth anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act
(VAWA), signed in September 1994. That legislation, in part, made it easier for victims to file protection orders against
their abusers. It also directed millions of dollars in federal funds toward training criminal justice professionals in intimate
partner violence prevention. VAWA also supported mandatory arrest policies throughout the nation, which require police
officers to arrest suspects who have abused intimate partners. Contrary to expectations, recent research shows that
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mala prohibita.
c.
actus reus.
d.
corpus delicti.
Rape
Bigamy
Theft
c.
d.
gambling.
arson.
property crimes.
public order offenses.
d.
white-collar crimes.
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law enforcement.
offenders.
criminologists.
13. A term used to describe the actual amount of crime that takes place is
a.
the crime rate
b.
c.
d.
15. Which of the following is NOT a right of a victim according to the Crime Victims Rights Act of 2004?
a.
The right to present the charges
b.
c.
d.
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A suitable target
The absence of a capable guardian
Privacy
c.
d.
17. In an effort to improve the rights of victims, the federal government enacted the _________________ in
2004.
a.
b.
c.
d.
boom that shook the nation in the late 1980s had been killed or
crack cocaine
heroin
marijuana
19. Which is NOT a factor used by criminologists to explain changes in the nations crime rate?
a.
Levels of incarceration
b.
Involvement in war
Size of youth population
Health of the economy
c.
d.
20. Since the mid-1990s, crime rates nationwide, in the United States, are:
a.
rising steadily.
b.
c.
d.
dropping steadily.
up and down.
relatively flat.
21. How does the health of the economy affect the crime rate?
a. More people working means less incentive to turn to crime.
b. Higher employment means more workplace crime.
c. A better economy means more money for prisons.
d. A poor economy means more time spent looking for work and less in criminal activity.
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Ethnicity
Income level
Religious affiliation
24. Statistical studies of offenders and victims is that they tend to focus on
a.
age
b.
race
c.
gender
d.
poverty
25. The highest rate of victimization occurs among women between the ages of
a.
ten and eleven
b.
thirty-five and fifty
c.
twelve and thirty-four
d.
fifty-one and seventy
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