Exam 3: Measurement of Crime and Its Effects

Early research indicates that state trial judges reject the use of financial information in victim impact statements.

What are collateral financial sources in the victim's compensation considered to be?

Discuss the use of victim impact statements,particularly in trials where the death penalty or life imprisonment is an option.Focus on the due process issue that is in question in the use of these statements.

The President's Task Force on _____ addressed the issue of victim participation at sentencing.

Restitution may be ordered to pay for the victim's cost of arranging for child day-care while testifying in the criminal trial of the offender.

Following the discussions in a victim impact panel,each violator is brought before the panel and asked to confess his or her crime and accept blame in exchange for a lighter sentence.

Victim ____ includes services such as crisis intervention,counseling,emergency transportation to court,temporary housing,advocacy,and criminal justice support.

According to the textbook,the use of victim impact panels in response to DWI violations has proven to be 90% more effective than traditional measures.

Some Supreme Court justices have indicated that the use of victim impact statements violates the defendant's due process rights.

What should you advise Judy before you prepare the VIS discussed in the preceding question?

Drunk driving victims are not allowed to file for victim's compensation in any state participating in VOCA.

MADD believes that victim impact panels should replace the use of a traditional court in DWI offenses.

What are the criticisms of the compensation paid to victims of September 11?

According to the textbook,the concept of requiring the violator to make the victim whole is not new,having first appeared in the

Explain the types of restitution.

Historically ____ was not considered a violent crime that entitled the victim to state-funded compensation.

Jerry,while driving in excess of the posted speed limit,was hit by a drunk driver who failed to obey a stop sign.Should Jerry be eligible for victim's compensation?