Exam 13: Victims in the Twenty-First Century: Alternative Directions Glossary References Name Index Subject Index

Victims and offenders can be pictured as overlapping categories.

The difference between historical and anthropological orientations to victim issues is that historians examine long-ago events, whereas anthropologists examine recent or current events.

Criminologists and victimologists use methods quite different from those of other social scientists to collect and analyze data.

A subjective approach to the plight of crime victims is more common when people feel sympathy for the offender.

Discuss the concept of offenders as victims.Should people engaged in illegal activities be considered genuine victims when they are on the receiving end of criminal acts? Explain.

Which of the following is the major function of victimologists?

It is possible for people engaged in illegal activities to be genuine victims deserving of protection and redress through the courts.

Victim-centered research focuses on which of the following?

Which of the following correctly describes the relationship between victimology and criminology?

The Stockholm Syndrome refers to a situation in which the victims of crimes such as kidnapping and hostage-taking develop a pathological attachment to the perpetrators.