Deck 11: Victimization of Special Populations

Question 1

Inmates with higher educations are more likely to be victims of what type of crime?

A) simple assault
B) theft
C) sexual assault
D) intimidation

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Young, White, male inmates are most likely to be victimized by ______.

A) other inmates
B) visitors
C) administrators
D) correctional officers

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What is the main reason that people with mental illness may choose not to report a crime?

A) afraid they will not be believed
B) unaware that a crime has occurred
C) do not want to be mistreated by criminal justice personnel
D) do not feel the crime is worthy of reporting

Answer 3

A

Question 4

People with mental illnesses are how many times more likely to be victims of violent crime?

A) 4×
B) 10×
C) 2.5×
D) no greater than the general public

Question 5

When a person with a mental illness acts out, which could in turn illicit negative responses from others, he or she may be manifesting effects of the mental illness itself, which is called ______.

A) epistemology
B) symptomology
C) etiology
D) psychobiology

Question 6

When inmates perceive correctional officers as ______, their risk of victimization is higher.

A) polite
B) generous
C) fair
D) unfair

Question 7

The general population has a victimization rate of 20 per 1,000. People with disabilities have a crime rate of ______.

A) 20 per 1,000
B) 32 per 1,000
C) 75 per 1,000
D) 100 per 1,000

Question 8

Non-White inmates are more likely to be victimized by ______.

A) other inmates
B) visitors
C) administrators
D) staff members

Question 9

People with disabilities are most likely to be victimized by ______.

A) personal assistants/health-care providers
B) institutions
C) acquaintances
D) strangers

Question 10

The ______ required that the National Crime Victimization Survey collect information on victimization of persons with disabilities.

A) Crime Victims with Disabilities Awareness Act of 1998
B) Victims of Crime Act
C) Violent Crime Act
D) Justice for All Act

Question 11

Inmates in the beginning of their sentences are most likely to experience what type of victimization?

A) physical victimization
B) property victimization
C) sexual victimization
D) financial victimization

Question 12

Which type of disability suggests that an individual suffers from an intellectual impairment?

A) physical disability
B) developmental disability
C) structural disability
D) neural disability

Question 13

Individuals with cognitive disabilities are especially vulnerable to which crimes?

A) burglary and simple assault
B) rape and aggravated assault
C) identity theft and robbery
D) simple assault

Question 14

If caretakers are overwhelmed by caring for a person with disabilities, they may maltreat them. This behavior is explained by what model?

A) caretaker syndrome model
B) dependency-stress model
C) stress imbalance model
D) dynamic relationship model

Question 15

What percentage of women with disabilities is estimated to be raped or sexually assaulted in their lifetimes?

A) 25%
B) 35%
C) 60%
D) 80%

Question 16

Some research suggests that police are unwilling to investigate crimes against people with disabilities because ______.

A) it should be reported to a different agency
B) it is a family matter
C) there is a perception that victims may be unreliable due to diminished capacities
D) they lack the training in how to interview victims with disabilities

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT an institutional risk factor for inmate victimizations?

A) more time spent in educational programs
B) more time spent in recreation hours
C) more distant from other inmates
D) more time spent in visitations

Question 18

What general percentage of inmates has experienced a sexual victimization in prison?

A) 10-12%
B) 25-29%
C) 3-5%
D) 39-42%

Question 19

When mental health institutions are unable to retain patients for longer periods of time or at all, this is called ______.

A) reintegration
B) hard rehabilitation
C) independence therapy
D) deinstitutionalization

Question 20

The ______ required that statistics be kept on incidents and effects of rape in prison.

A) Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003
B) Offender Statistical Information Act
C) Inmates Victimization Act of 2001
D) Justice for All Act

Question 21

Children with disabilities may be around ______ who become frustrated with them and are less emotionally invested in them than their parents.

A) counselors
B) nurses
C) caretakers
D) teachers

Question 22

Violent victimizations against persons with disabilities most commonly do not involve a weapon.

Question 23

For some people, their personal characteristics will place them at particular risk of being victimized while incarcerated.

Question 24

Men are more likely than women to be violently victimized for all types of victimization except ______.

A) rape
B) intimate partner violence
C) sexual assault
D) rape and sexual assault

Question 25

A physical disability is present when a person is unable to perform daily activities.

Question 26

A developmental disability manifests before the age of ______.

A) 22
B)14
C) 7
D) 4

Question 27

Reporting may be unlikely if the offender is a family member or someone else who is caring for them.

Question 28

Those with severe impairment had significantly lower rates of neglect, injury, being yelled at, suspected theft, threats by their providers, physical abuse, and sexual advances.

Question 29

Women with disabilities are no more likely to experience sexual victimizations than women in the general public.

Question 30

Children with disabilities are 4-10 times more likely to be victims of sexual abuse.

Question 31

Inmates with prior histories of sexual and/or physical victimizations are no more likely to be targeted for victimization in prison than those without prior histories.

Question 32

Women with disabilities are at risk of being violently victimized by ______.

A) intimate partners
B) strangers
C) coworkers
D) family members

Question 33

Individuals who are especially vulnerable to victimization are people who have ______.

A) high income
B) disabilities
C) tattoos
D) high levels of education

Question 34

The Federal Crime Victims With Disabilities Awareness Act of 1998 required the collection of statistics on the victimization of persons with disabilities.

Question 35

At least one in every three adults with disabilities lives in households with an income totaling less than $30,000 per year.

Question 36

People with mental illness have higher rates of homelessness and substance abuse issues, which may make them at greater risk for victimizations.

Question 37

Victims with disabilities are less likely to utilize victim advocacy agencies.

Question 38

Substance abuse is not considered a mental illness.

Question 39

Victimization in prison is NOT greater than that which we see in the general public.

Question 40

The lifestyles and routine activities perspective has been used to explain victimization in prison.

Question 41

What are some risk factors for victimization for persons with disabilities?

Question 42

Why wouldn't a prison inmate report a victimization?

Question 43

How do prisons suggest dealing with prisoner victimization?

Question 44

Name at least two risk factors for victimization for persons with disabilities?

Question 45

What is development disability?