Deck 3: The Costs of Victimization

Question 1

What does your textbook mean when it says victims endure two insults?

Answer 1

No Answer

Question 2

List some different kinds of crime-related costs that victims experience, using both the UCR and the NCVS as sources.

Answer 2

No Answer

Question 3

Explore some of the estimated economic costs associated with violent crime victimization.

Answer 3

No Answer

Question 4

What are some of the non-economic costs that crime victims experience?

Question 5

Give some national estimates about how much crime costs the American people.

Question 6

How does victimization affect fear of crime?

Question 7

What kind of things do Americans worry about in terms of victimization?

Question 8

Why does your text refer to crime victims as "the walking wounded"?

Question 9

What are some kinds of crime-related costs that society shoulders?

Question 10

To what does the phrase "second insult" refer with respect to the criminal's justice system?

Question 11

What kind of problems do victims encounter once they are inside the halls of the criminal's justice system?

Question 12

What is the resulting problem when one takes the "first insult" and the "second insult" into account?

Question 13

What does your textbook mean when it says that victims adopt a logical cost-benefit analysis?

Question 14

Is the decision to avoid double-victimization rational or irrational? Why?

Question 15

How much nonreporting of crime is there?

Question 16

What are some reasons why people choose not to report their criminal victimization experiences to the police?

Question 17

Are these sentiments confined to the police or do they extend further?

Question 18

What does your textbook mean when it says there is no "truth in sentencing"?

Question 19

What does it mean to say that victims are twice-victimized?

Question 20

How is nonreporting of crime related to double-victimization?

Question 21

What do the phrases "twice-victimized" and "double-victimization" mean?

A) the majority of victims are recidivists
B) crime victims endure further losses as their cases wind through the criminal's justice system
C) hidden victimization exists throughout all social classes
D) most criminal offenders commit two offenses per victim
E) insurance companies typically fail to reimburse eligible victims

Question 22

Which of the following items does NOT pertain to "the first insult" that victims experience?

A) canceled court hearings
B) physical injury
C) lost property
D) interpersonal complications
E) none of the above items pertain to "the first insult"

Question 23

Which of the following offenses has the greatest tangible and intangible costs of crime for victims and their families?

A) larceny-theft
B) arson
C) robbery
D) murder
E) motor vehicle theft

Question 24

According to your textbook, which of the following words characterize the reactions of victims and witnesses to their courthouse experiences?

A) exhilarated
B) empowered
C) frustrated
D) satisfied
E) bored

Question 25

Why does system participation often represent the "second insult" for crime victims?

A) victims are often dismissed as unimportant or unnecessary contributors to the case
B) victims do not receive consideration, whether by being notified of plea agreements, hearings being held, or even being compensated for the time taken away from work, home, and their families
C) victims get treated as instigators by defense attorneys in court proceedings
D) because many victimization incidents are victim-precipitated
E) all of the above form part of the "second insult" for crime victims

Question 26

According to your textbook, victims are engaging in which of the following when they choose not to participate in the criminal's justice system because of the extra costs they incur?

A) contempt of court
B) apathetic ennui
C) cost-benefit analysis
D) obstruction of justice
E) none of the above is an appropriate answer

Question 27

The criminal's justice system is facing a critical loss of citizen trust and support. Which of the following is an example of that erosion?

A) Victims are reluctant to report subsequent crimes to the authorities.
B) Victims decline to participate with the prosecutor or state attorney.
C) Victims have lost confidence in the criminal's justice system.
D) Victims wish to avoid double-victimization.
E) All of the above are examples of that erosion.

Question 28

To which of the following items does the following quote refer?
"You have already been victimized, and you end up going through the victimization again from the system you are in. So what happens is, with all these choices, you end up trying to maintain integrity and security and sanity in hopes that the truth will come out and you feel good about the result. It is very hard. I don't know if we would go through it again."

A) victim recidivism
B) apathy
C) double-victimization
D) irrational cost-benefit analysis
E) personal crisis management

Question 29

Which of the following is NOT an example of an intangible cost of crime?

A) reduced quality of life
B) lost income
C) pain and suffering
D) anxiety and depression
E) fear of revictimization

Question 30

According to the CDC, total annual costs for homicide are approximately:

A) $25,000
B) $250,000
C) $2.5 million
D) $25 million
E) $25 billion

Question 31

The first insult of victimization is a psychological process where an offender first chooses his/her victim prior to the crime.

Question 32

Pain and suffering and reduced quality of life are examples of the intangible costs of crime that a victim faces.

Question 33

In double-victimization, a victim is subjected to multiple crimes at the same time (e.g., assault and theft).

Question 34

When a victim or witness considers the potential losses of participating in system processing, they are conducting a cost-benefit analysis.

Question 35

According to the CDC, annual homicide costs are approximately $25 billion.

Question 36

Physical injury is an example of the second insult of victimization.

Question 37

Courthouse experiences are usually satisfying for victims and witnesses.

Question 38

Based on the NCVS, roughly two-thirds or more of all victims report losing at least one day of time due to victimization.

Question 39

According to the NCVS, nearly 60% of all crime goes unreported.

Question 40

The most common reason victims give for not reporting their victimization to police is fear of getting the offender in trouble.