Exam 8: Victimized Children

Police officers exercise a great deal of personal and departmental discretion in deciding whom to take into custody and book and whom to let go.

Which of these terms means that detectives believe an offense really did take place but was not as serious as the complainant described it?

Which of the following performance measures would indicate that a police department is fulfilling its mission?

In deciding whom to take into custody and book and whom to let go, police officers exercise a great deal of which of the following?

According to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), theft of household property worth less than $50 is most likely to be reported.

In some jurisdictions, the failure of witnesses to report certain kinds of offenses, such as child or elder abuse, is considered as which of the following?

Which of the following kinds of police department is more likely to have a victim advocacy unit?

Since 2002, the U.S.Department of Justice has not had a need to conduct audits of police departments to determine whether police are complying with civil rights laws mandating fair and equal treatment of all persons.

Punishment in the form of imprisonment has been defended as a method of enhancing public safety by doing which of the following with dangerous predators?

Many police departments have established victim assistance programs to reexamine old unsolved serious crimes.

The failure of witnesses to report certain violent offenses, such as child or elder abuse, is a misdemeanor in some jurisdictions.

Rehabilitation can take which of the following forms?

Justifying punishment on the grounds of just deserts implies that punishment is a morally sound practice, regardless of any value it has in deterring or incapacitating criminals.

Reporting rates for crimes vary by which of the following?

What is the process in which police completely reject a person's claim about being the victim of a crime?

Which of the following approaches recognizes the role that residents can play in guiding the operations and policies of police departments?

The logic of specific deterrence is that making an example of a convicted criminal serves as a warning to would-be offenders contemplating the same act.

Victims are more likely to endorse treatment or rehabilitation services in which of the following cases?

Unfounding is the process during which the police completely reject a person's claim about being the victim of a crime.

Discuss some reasons that a victim might choose not to report a crime to the police.Include a discussion of the victim's role as a facilitator, precipitator, or provocateur.