NC BLET RESPONDING TO VICTIMS EXAM
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What are secondary injuries? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Secondary injuries are injuries that occur when there is a lack of
proper support. These injuries can be caused by friends, family,
and most often by the professionals victims encounter as a
result of the crime. Law enforcement officers, prosecutors,
judges, social service workers, the media, coroners, clergy, and
even mental health professionals can cause secondary injuries.
What are triggers? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Triggers are be
events, words, colors, smells, locations, etc. that remind the
brain of the traumatic event and warn the body of potential
danger.
When dealing with a victim of sexual assault you should? -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 1. Attend to the victim
2. Be careful not to stigmatize the victim
,3. Preserve evidence on victim (i.e., not taking a shower,
nothing to drink, not brushing teeth, or removing any clothes)
4. Secure and protect the crime scene 5. Contact your local
rape crisis center 6. Apprehend the offender if present
What are prophylaxes? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > preventative
treatment for possible exposure to sexually transmitted
infection and pregnancy
reporting a sexual assault incident to the police is the..? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > exception and not the norm
What are some reasons a sexual assault victim may not report
the crime to police? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The experience
of re-telling what happened may cause the person to relive the
trauma, fear of retaliation by the offender, fear of not being
believed, fear of being blamed for the assault, fear of being
'revictimized' if the case goes through the criminal justice
system, belief that the offender will not be held accountable,
wanting to forget the assault ever happened, not recognizing
that what happened was sexual assault, shame, and/or shock.
Providing the victim with a safe environment and ensuring their
interview is recorded or that they make a written statement
, will reduce the number of times that they have to tell law
enforcement..? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > What Happened
If a responding officer is not the investigating officer, then they
will want to interview the victim enough to: - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > (1) Establish the elements of the crime(s);
(2) Identify any and all witnesses and suspect(s);
(3) Identify possible locations of evidence and crime scene(s);
(4) Identify additional interviews to be conducted; and
(5) Advise a supervisor of additional resources and/or
personnel needed (e.g., crime scene services, crime lab, etc.).
Sexual Assault cases can generally be divided into two types,
what are they? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a case in which the
offender is known or a case in which the offender is unknown.
The key issues to uncover in a sexual assault case are..? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Uncover are the identity of the offender, the
element of force, and the issue of consent.
Sexual assault occurs with a known offender between ____ and
____ percent of the time. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 70 & 80
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