Victimology Ch. 1-5 latest 2023 /Questions With
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Quiz :Benjamin Mendelsohn - √Answer :Father of criminology
Found their is often relationship b/w v and o
First use term victimology in 1947 to describe study of victims
Quiz :Lex talionis - √Answer :An eye for an eye
Quiz :Victimology - √Answer :Study of etiology or causes of victimization, its
consequences, how CJ system accommodates V, and other elements of society
such as media deal with crime V
Quiz :Consequences of victimization - √Answer :Psychological, physical, and
financial damage
Quiz :Societal reactions to victims and victimizations - √Answer :Informal
reactions (family, friends, community)
Formal reactions (victim laws)
Quiz :Code of Hammurabi - √Answer :Equality between offender and victim
(crime focuses of V not state)
Quiz :Retribution - √Answer :Offender would suffer in proportion to the
degree of harm caused
Quiz :Restitution/Compensation - √Answer :Making a payment in an amount
sufficient to render the victim "whole" again
Quiz :Victim focused system lasted until - √Answer :Industrial revolution
(1790-1840)
Quiz :Victim precipitation - √Answer :Extent to which victim is responsible for
his/her own victimization
Quiz :Victim facilitation - √Answer :Victim unintentionally makes it easier for
an offender to commit a crime
Ex. Woman leaves purse in office while using restroom
, Quiz :Victim provocation - √Answer :when a person does something that
invites another person to commit illegal act
Ex. Offender not at all blamed, victims behavior suggested crime. Like mugged
getting shot for attempting to rob
Quiz :Feudal barons - √Answer :Offenders pain to the victim
Quiz :Rediscovery of victims - √Answer :Returned in 1940s
Quiz :Hans Von Hentig - √Answer :Book: The criminal and his V... Importance
of recognizing factors in why people are victims
Quiz :Mendelsohn 6 classification of victims - √Answer :Completely innocent
Victim with minor guilt: v due to ignorance
Victim as guilty as offender/voluntarily victim: v bears as much responsibility as
o
Victim more guilty than offender: victim who instigated or provokes
victimization
Most guilty victim: victimization during crime
Simulating of imaginary victim: not victimized at all
Quiz :Marvin Wolfgang - √Answer :Found 26% of homicides were victim
precipitated in philly
Factors: prior relationship, alcohol or drugs
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