Exam 4: Victims and Victimization

Prosecutors prefer cases with _____ victims: those who,according to a prosecutor of sexual assault cases,"are well-educated and articulate,and are,above all,presentable to a jury"

Women are 2.7 times more likely to:

Which of the following best reflects the idea behind deviant lifestyles and victimization?

Judges have begun to ask victims to submit victim-impact _____ to consider as the judges decide on the appropriate sentence for convicted offenders.

For property crime,____ is related to victimization.

Which of the following is most likely to occur at night (6:00p.m.-6:00a.m.)?

NCVS findings indicate that violent crime victims try to stop the event ____ percent of the time.

High-crime locations are called hot-spots.

Which of the following is not a key component of routine activities theory?

Explain what criminologists mean when they claim that crime is intraracial.

How many times more likely are African-Americans to be victims of homicides than Whites?

Which of the following is true regarding victimization?

Self-reports accumulate data by asking individual police officers to report crime.

Which of the following accurately reflects findings involving race,gender and age,and victimization?

Younger people have higher victimization rates than older people.