Test Item File- Practice Test Bank - Victimology, Daigle,2e

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Daigle, Victimology: A Text/Reader, 2nd edition
SAGE Publishing, 2018


Chapter 1: Introduction to Victimology


Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Who coined the term “Victimology?”
A. Hans von Hentig
B. Stephen Schafer
C. Marvin Wolfgang
D. Benjamin Mendelsohn
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Is Victimology?
Difficulty Level: Easy

2. During this time period, victims were the focus of the justice system.
A. Industrial Revolution
B. Dark Ages
C. Middle Ages
D. Modern Times
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Ans: C
Answer Location: The History of Victimology
Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Which of the following is least likely to be studied by a victimologist?
A. How someone’s lifestyle increases the risk of victimization
B. The effects of mass incarceration on society
C. How the police respond to calls of domestic violence
D. How the media represent victims of sexual abuse
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: What Is Victimology?
Difficulty Level: Medium

4. This principle suggests that retribution is the key to justice.
A. habeas corpus
B. modus operandi
C. mens rea
D. lex talionis

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Daigle, Victimology: A Text/Reader, 2nd edition
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Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The History of Victimology
Difficulty Level: Easy

5. In the Middle Ages, if the victim of a crime could punish their offender to the same
extent as they were harmed, this is an example of:
A. retribution.
B. restitution.
C. rehabilitation.
D. reconstruction.
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The History of Victimology
Difficulty Level: Hard

6. This type of victim culpability suggests that an irresponsible act by a victim was taken
advantage of by an offender.
A. victim precipitation
B. victim facilitation
C. victim provocation
D. victim culpability
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Role of the Victim in Crime
Difficulty Level: Easy

7. This was the focus of victimological research in the 1940s.
A. victim and criminal justice system interaction
B. effects of crime on the victim
C. victim recovery
D. victim blaming
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The History of Victimology
Difficulty Level: Easy

8. This theorist suggested that victims and offenders needed to be considered in a dyad
in order to fully understand victimization.
A. Hans von Hentig
B. Stephen Schafer
C. Marvin Wolfgang
D. Benjamin Mendelsohn
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

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Daigle, Victimology: A Text/Reader, 2nd edition
SAGE Publishing, 2018

Answer Location: Hans von Hentig
Difficulty Level: Easy

9. What percentage of homicides that Marvin Wolfgang discovered were precipitated by
victims?
A. 5%
B. 11%
C. 26%
D. 34%
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Marvin Wolfgang
Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Jeff is intoxicated at a party and decides to go down the street to buy marijuana
from a well-known drug corner. As he approaches the corner, a car drives by shooting
at the drug dealer on the corner. Instead of hitting the drug dealer, Jeff is shot in the
head and dies. This is often called ______.
A. victim provocation
B. subintentional homicide
C. self-victimization
D. imaginary victimization
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Marvin Wolfgang
Difficulty Level: Medium

11. In which year was the first National Crime Survey conducted?
A. 1957
B. 1966
C. 1981
D. 1992
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Contributions of the Victims’ Rights Movement
Difficulty Level: Easy

12. Two of the first three victim assistance programs focused on this type of crime
victimization.
A. domestic violence
B. child victimization
C. homicide survivors
D. rape
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

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Daigle, Victimology: A Text/Reader, 2nd edition
SAGE Publishing, 2018

Answer Location: Early Programs for Crime Victims
Difficulty Level: Easy

13. Which of the following items was NOT a critical victimological development of the
Women’s Movement?
A. Victimization could be emotionally harmful.
B. The criminal justice revictimized victims.
C. Women used alcohol and drugs as self-medication techniques to deal with rape.
D. Volunteer movement was huge so grassroots organizations could stay open longer.
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Women’s Movement
Difficulty Level: Easy

14. This movement identified that both offenders and victims were mistreated by the
criminal justice system.
A. Law and Order Movement
B. Civil Rights Movement
C. Women’s Movement
D. Children’s Movement
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Civil Rights Movement
Difficulty Level: Easy

15. This organization was an outgrowth of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.
A. National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)
B. National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC)
C. Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
D. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Legislation and Policy
Difficulty Level: Easy

16. What 1980 study led to recommendations to improve services to crime victims for
criminal justice personnel, the medical community, the social service and victim
advocacy communities, and other agencies that worked with victims?
A. Victim of Crime Study
B. Justice for All Study
C. New Directions From the Field Study
D. President’s Task Force on Victims of Crime study
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Legislation and Policy