Exam 4: What Is Victimology

What do we know about age and victimization?

The means by which a person or target can be effectively guarded so that victimization is prevented from occurring is referred to as ______.

Behavioral self-blame occurs when a person ascribes blame to a nonmodifiable source such as one's character.

When a person ascribes blame to a nonmodifiable source, such as his or her character, it is referred to as behavioral self-blame.

______ classified victims based on their culpability.

All of the following are likely victimized owing to their social status and inability to activate assistance in the community except ______.

Victim ______ occurs when a victim unintentionally makes it easier for an offender to commit a crime.

All of the following were identified as factors of the Routine Activities Theory except for ______.

Persons of certain races or ethnic groups are at a lower risk of experiencing violent victimizations than others.

Victim ______ helps one understand, without connoting blame, why one person may be victimized over another.

Which of the following crimes were more likely to be experienced as compared to violent crimes?

The person known as the father of victimology was ______.

A criminalization theory is generally a set of testable propositions that are designed to explain why a person is victimized.

All of the following statements regarding victimology are true except ______.

What are the three affective responses that are common among crime victims?

What is behavioral self-blame? Give an example.

Compare and contrast the victim remedies and services discussed in the chapter. What makes them different from one another? Give examples of each.

Males are more likely to be victimized; however, this gender gap is becoming less evident.

Areas that are crime-prone are known as murder spots.

What is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?