Deck 8: Victimized Children

Question 1

Punishment in the form of imprisonment has been defended as a method of enhancing public safety by incapacitating dangerous predators.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Rehabilitation can take the form of intense psychotherapy.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

During the 1990s, females were more likely to report violent incidents to the police than males were.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The theory of just deserts justifies punishment based on deterrence.

Question 5

People who bring their problems to a police station expect officers and detectives to listen to them without bias as they explain their situation.

Question 6

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

Question 7

The logic of general deterrence implies that the offender who experiences unpleasant consequences learns a lesson and is discouraged from breaking the law again.

Question 8

Most people think of rehabilitating offenders first when considering what justice means.

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

Victims do not expect authority figures to calm and console them.

Question 12

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.

Question 13

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

Question 14

Police are generally the first responders in matters involving crime.

Question 15

Defounding means detectives believe an offense really did take place but was not as serious as the complainant described it.

Question 16

Completed auto theft is the most likely crime to be reported.

Question 17

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.

Question 18

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.

Question 19

When victims reported violent crimes, their leading reason was to catch and punish the offender.

Question 20

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.

Question 21

Reporting rates for crimes vary by which of the following?

A) Geography
B) Age
C) Race
D) All of these are correct.

Question 22

Rehabilitation can take which of the following forms?

A) Counseling
B) Behavior modification
C) Intense psychotherapy
D) All of these are correct.

Question 23

Victims who want the court to order convicts to repay them for the costs arising from their injuries and losses are in favor of which of the following?

A) Retribution
B) Rehabilitation
C) Restitution
D) Incapacitation

Question 24

Utilitarian opponents argue that high rates of mass incarceration are which of the following?

A) Ineffective
B) Impractical
C) Expensive
D) All of these

Question 25

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?

A) Restoring them
B) Rehabilitating them
C) Incapacitating them
D) Reforming them

Question 26

According to the NCVS, which of the following is true about the reporting rates for violent crimes?

A) Simple assaults are reported more frequently than robberies are reported.
B) Reporting rates for rape and sexual assault vary considerably by the year.
C) Auto theft typically is characterized by one of the lowest reporting rates.
D) According to the NCVS, none of these is true about those reporting rates.

Question 27

The functionalist perspective believes the criminal justice process is supposed to which of the following?

A) Assist the offender in obtaining rehabilitation
B) Reduce harm for the community
C) Be our first line of defense against criminals
D) Act on its own behalf

Question 28

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

A) Unfounding
B) Defounding
C) Misprisioning
D) Devaluing

Question 29

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?

A) Preference
B) Diplomacy
C) Discretion
D) Restriction

Question 30

The NCVS found which of the following proportions of all persons who were under attack told survey interviewers that the rescuers arrived within five minutes?

A) Almost none
B) Less than one third
C) About one half
D) Over three quarters

Question 31

Which of these arguments is/are used to justify punishment for committing a crime?

A) Consequences will cause the offender not to want to commit a crime again.
B) Making an example of an offender serves as a warning to the general public.
C) It enhances public safety because the offender has been taken off the streets.
D) All these arguments are used to justify punishment for committing a crime.

Question 32

In the aftermath of a street crime, how are the victims likely to feel?

A) Powerless
B) Disoriented
C) Infuriated
D) Any/all of these are correct.

Question 33

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

A) The offender is a stranger to them.
B) The offender is not a total stranger.
C) They have been crime victims before.
D) One or more of these conditions exist.

Question 34

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?

A) Civil violation
B) Felony
C) Misdemeanor
D) Administrative violation

Question 35

That a convicted criminal serves as a warning to would-be offenders contemplating the same act demonstrates which of the following kinds of logic?

A) Retribution
B) Rehabilitation
C) General deterrence
D) Specific deterrence

Question 36

Punishment has been justified as a morally sound practice, regardless of any value it has in deterring or incapacitating criminals, on which of the following grounds?

A) Rehabilitation
B) Just deserts
C) General deterrence
D) Specific deterrence

Question 37

Which of the following is one of the most emotionally draining tasks in police work?

A) Arresting and booking female offenders
B) Notifying parents that their child has been arrested
C) Notifying next of kin of a family member's death
D) Arresting and booking juveniles

Question 38

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

A) Unfounding
B) Defounding
C) Misprisioning
D) Devaluing

Question 39

Generally, which of the following is true about citizen's arrest?

A) Citizens have the legal right to detain offenders until police arrive.
B) Citizen's arrest was legal in colonial times but is no longer legal.
C) Citizen's arrest only applies to off-duty or retired sworn officers.
D) Citizen's arrest is only legal for citizens who complete special training.

Question 40

Victims are which types of consumers of police services?

A) Direct
B) Indirect
C) Distal
D) Primary

Question 41

Explain the different ways in which "clearance rates" can be interpreted.

Question 42

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

A) Outreach enterprise
B) Collaborative enforcement
C) Community policing
D) Cost-benefit analysis

Question 43

In what ways can the police better serve the best interest of crime victims?

Question 44

Outline and explain the three key goals victims can pursue through the criminal justice system.

Question 45

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.

Question 46

When people fill out a complaint in a police station, they want officers to accept without question their versions of what transpired.Define and discuss the processes of unfounding and defounding.In what ways do these processes impact the numbers of serious crimes recorded by police departments?

Question 47

Many police departments have established which of the following to reexamine old unsolved serious crimes?

A) Victim assistance units
B) Cold case squads
C) Detective bureaus
D) Citizen's arrest programs

Question 48

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

A) A temporary rise in the crime rate due to an increase in citizen comfort with making reports
B) Customer satisfaction surveys finding that victims were satisfied with how police handled their cases
C) An increase in the police department's clearance rates
D) All of these would indicate that a police department is fulfilling its mission.

Question 49

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

A) Victim-oriented
B) Forward-telescoping
C) Intrinsically successful
D) Externally motivated

Question 50

The reporting rate for which of the following was higher in 2013 than it was in 2003 and in 2016?

A) Simple assault
B) Robbery
C) Rape and sexual assault
D) Motor vehicle theft