CRLS 4130 Women/Crime/Justice Final
Exam
Core rights of victims include ______
- Right to attend criminal justice proceedings
- Right to protection from intimidation and harassment
- right to apply for compensation
- all of these are correct - correct answer ✔all of these are correct
Which of the following refers to the practice whereby victims of crime feel
traumatized by the official response to their victimization by the criminal justice
system?
- indirect victimization
-primary victimization
-secondary victimization
-direct victimization - correct answer ✔Secondary Victimization
The feminist pathways perspective suggests ____________
- a cycle of victimization and offending
- a like free of victimization increases the likelihood of offending
- pathways do not exist for women
- a continuum of victimization - correct answer ✔a cycle of victimization and
offending
,If a rape victim dresses provocatively, she deserved to be raped. This
statement is an example of ______.
- Overt traumatization
- secondary victimization
- stigmatization
- Victim blaming - correct answer ✔Victim Blaming
A victim who is more guilty than the offender is a victim who ______.
- precipitates crime with carelessness
- mistakenly believes he or she has been victimized
-provokes or induces another to commit a crime
- who is solely responsible for his or her own victimization - correct answer
✔provokes or induces another to commit crime
Who of the following focused on how personal factors influence risk factors for
victimization?
- Von Hentig
- Cohen and Felon
- Agnew
- Mendelsohn - correct answer ✔von hentig
Victims of sexual assault and intimate partner violence tend to seek help from
all of the following except ________.
,- Friends
- Mental Health Services
- Police
- Family - correct answer ✔police
Which of the following border towns is notoriously known for femicide?
- Tijuana
- Ciudad Juarez
- Mexicali
- Nogales - correct answer ✔Ciudad Juarez
Which of the following pieces of legislation provides support for criminal
justice researchers studying issues related to intimate partner violence?
- Campus Sexual Assault Victims' Bill of Rights
- Violence against women act
- Child abuse victims' Bill of rights
- Crime Victims's Rights Acts - correct answer ✔Violence Against Women
Act
Mendelsohn focused on _______.
- offender innocence
- male dominant behaviors
- victim risk factors
, - influence of guilt and responsibility of victims - correct answer ✔influence of
guilt and responsibility of victims
Which of the following explanations was identified in the text as an
explanation for the murders of women in border towns?
- gender-based discrimination
- drug trafficking
- presence of serial killing
- human trafficking - correct answer ✔gender-based discrimination
Which of the following is not true regarding the just-world hypothesis?
- the concept posits that people deserve what comes to them
- It allows people to distinguish themselves from the identity of victimhood
- it leads to increased support of rape myths
- it implies that there are no true victims - correct answer ✔it implies that
there are no true victims
The _______, holds that people get what they deserve, is a form of victim
blaming.
- just world hypothesis
- ordinary world hypothesis
- real world hypothesis
- old world hypothesis - correct answer ✔just world hypothesis
Exam
Core rights of victims include ______
- Right to attend criminal justice proceedings
- Right to protection from intimidation and harassment
- right to apply for compensation
- all of these are correct - correct answer ✔all of these are correct
Which of the following refers to the practice whereby victims of crime feel
traumatized by the official response to their victimization by the criminal justice
system?
- indirect victimization
-primary victimization
-secondary victimization
-direct victimization - correct answer ✔Secondary Victimization
The feminist pathways perspective suggests ____________
- a cycle of victimization and offending
- a like free of victimization increases the likelihood of offending
- pathways do not exist for women
- a continuum of victimization - correct answer ✔a cycle of victimization and
offending
,If a rape victim dresses provocatively, she deserved to be raped. This
statement is an example of ______.
- Overt traumatization
- secondary victimization
- stigmatization
- Victim blaming - correct answer ✔Victim Blaming
A victim who is more guilty than the offender is a victim who ______.
- precipitates crime with carelessness
- mistakenly believes he or she has been victimized
-provokes or induces another to commit a crime
- who is solely responsible for his or her own victimization - correct answer
✔provokes or induces another to commit crime
Who of the following focused on how personal factors influence risk factors for
victimization?
- Von Hentig
- Cohen and Felon
- Agnew
- Mendelsohn - correct answer ✔von hentig
Victims of sexual assault and intimate partner violence tend to seek help from
all of the following except ________.
,- Friends
- Mental Health Services
- Police
- Family - correct answer ✔police
Which of the following border towns is notoriously known for femicide?
- Tijuana
- Ciudad Juarez
- Mexicali
- Nogales - correct answer ✔Ciudad Juarez
Which of the following pieces of legislation provides support for criminal
justice researchers studying issues related to intimate partner violence?
- Campus Sexual Assault Victims' Bill of Rights
- Violence against women act
- Child abuse victims' Bill of rights
- Crime Victims's Rights Acts - correct answer ✔Violence Against Women
Act
Mendelsohn focused on _______.
- offender innocence
- male dominant behaviors
- victim risk factors
, - influence of guilt and responsibility of victims - correct answer ✔influence of
guilt and responsibility of victims
Which of the following explanations was identified in the text as an
explanation for the murders of women in border towns?
- gender-based discrimination
- drug trafficking
- presence of serial killing
- human trafficking - correct answer ✔gender-based discrimination
Which of the following is not true regarding the just-world hypothesis?
- the concept posits that people deserve what comes to them
- It allows people to distinguish themselves from the identity of victimhood
- it leads to increased support of rape myths
- it implies that there are no true victims - correct answer ✔it implies that
there are no true victims
The _______, holds that people get what they deserve, is a form of victim
blaming.
- just world hypothesis
- ordinary world hypothesis
- real world hypothesis
- old world hypothesis - correct answer ✔just world hypothesis
