Deck 8: Sexual Victimization

Question 1

Some states also consider the difference in age between the offender and the victim in determining whether it is ______ rape.

A) incapacitated
B) statutory
C) marital
D) forcible

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which type of rape occurs when the offender uses or threatens to use force to achieve penetration?

A) forcible rape
B) drug- or alcohol-facilitated rape
C) incapacitated rape
D) statutory rape

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What is the name of the law that required that sex offenders register with law enforcement agencies?

A) Adam's Law
B) Polly's Law
C) Jaycee's Law
D) Megan's Law

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which type of rape occurs when a victim is violated after self-induced alcohol or drug intoxication?

A) forcible rape
B) drug- or alcohol-facilitated rape
C) incapacitated rape
D) statutory rape

Question 5

______ is the term used when a victim utilizes self-protective actions that match the offender's level and/or type of force.

A) Principle of homogamy
B) Hierarchy rule
C) Parity hypothesis
D) Equal effort rule

Question 6

Which of these laws prohibit the use of a victim's previous sexual history to be used in a trial against his or her perpetrator?

A) rape shield laws
B) victim protection laws
C) victim privacy laws
D) victimization shield laws

Question 7

Which of the following is not a common reason victims may not label an act as rape?

A) unsure of what happened
B) seen as a miscommunication
C) perpetrator is someone they know
D) don't want parents to find out they are sexually active

Question 8

Which act required that colleges implement sexual assault prevention policies?

A) Victims of Crime Act
B) Violence Against Women Act
C) Clery Act
D) Justice for All Act

Question 9

Which type of rape occurs when someone has sex with a person under the legal age of consent, even if that person may have verbally consented to the act?

A) forcible rape
B) drug- or alcohol-facilitated rape
C) incapacitated rape
D) statutory rape

Question 10

Which program was developed to improve treatment of rape/sexual assault victims by medical personal?

A) Sexual Assault Response Teams
B) Medical-Legal Response Teams
C) Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs
D) Rape Crisis Response Program

Question 11

The average cost of the rape of crime to a victim, including quality of life costs is ______.

A) $2,200
B) $5,800
C) $34,000
D) $87,000

Question 12

Which strategy of self-protection includes yelling and screaming to get away from the offender?

A) forceful physical strategies
B) nonforceful physical strategies
C) forceful verbal strategies
D) nonforceful verbal strategies

Question 13

When a perpetrator uses emotional or psychological tactics to sexually victimize an individual this is called ______.

A) sexual coercion
B) unwanted sexual contact
C) forcible rape
D) noncontact sexual abuse

Question 14

What percentage of cases reported to police are actually discovered to be false?

A) 2%
B) 1.6%
C) 10%
D) 25%

Question 15

Which of the following is not a common reason why victims choose not to report sexual victimizations?

A) not sure perpetrator intended to harm
B) reprisal of the perpetrator
C) fear of not being believed
D) afraid of being prosecuted

Question 16

What percentage of victims reported rapes that fell under categories of drug- or alcohol-facilitated or incapacitated rapes?

A) 5%
B) 11%
C) 26%
D) 34%

Question 17

Which type of rape occurs when a victim was deliberately given drugs or alcohol so the perpetrator could commit the act of rape?

A) forcible rape
B) drug- or alcohol-facilitated rape
C) incapacitated rape
D) statutory rape

Question 18

What percentage of sexual victimizations involves weapons?

A) 15%
B) 24%
C) 11%
D) 50%

Question 19

Which type of training seeks to increase individuals' self-protective behaviors and psychological readiness to protect themselves against rape?

A) bystander programs
B) sexual assault prevention programs
C) self-protective action
D) sensitivity training

Question 20

Which is a multiagency collaboration working toward a coordinated effort to respond to sexual assault and rape victims?

A) Sexual Assault Response Teams
B) Medical-Legal Response Teams
C) Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs
D) Rape Crisis Response Program

Question 21

Most victims of sexual crimes do experience a physical injury.

Question 22

______ occurs when a person is touched in an erogenous zone, but it does not involve attempted or completed penetration.

A) Unwanted sexual contact
B) Coerced sexual contact
C) Unwanted sexual contact with force
D) Visual abuse

Question 23

Force or threat of force must be an evident in order for a sexual victimization to be considered a rape.

Question 24

______ occurs when a perpetrator says something or makes sounds that are intentionally condescending, sexual, or abusive.

A) Verbal abuse
B) Coerced sexual contact
C) Unwanted sexual contact with force
D) Visual abuse

Question 25

The interaction between the police officer and a victim of a sex crime determines how a victim will likely interact with the rest of the criminal justice system.

Question 26

Females are most at risk of sexual victimization when they are under the age of 12.

Question 27

Up until 2013, rape in the UCR was limited to forcible rape.

Question 28

Offenders of sexual victimizations are significantly more likely to be someone the victim knows.

Question 29

College females who have a greater propensity for substance use are more likely to be sexually victimized than others.

Question 30

According to the NISVS, almost one in five women have been raped during their lifetime.

Question 31

Sexual coercion requires forcing one to engage in sexual intercourse.

Question 32

There are different types of rape, including ______.

A) statutory rape
B) incapacitated rape
C) forcible rape
D) all of these

Question 33

The National College Women Sexual Victimization Study (NCWSV) is a locally representative study of college women about their experiences of rape and sexual victimization since school began in fall 1996.

Question 34

Most women do enlist some type of self-protective action during a sexual victimization.

Question 35

Polygraph examinations are still required when a victim reports a rape.

Question 36

According to the National College Women Sexual Victimization Study, rape was the least likely sexual victimization to occur.

Question 37

Rape can now be perpetrated by and against ______.

A) females
B) males
C) husbands
D) both males and females

Question 38

Sexual victimization is most likely to occur to males when they are under the age of 12.

Question 39

______ occurs when a perpetrator uses unwanted visual means.

A) Unwanted sexual contact
B) Coerced sexual contact
C) Unwanted sexual contact with force
D) Visual abuse

Question 40

The Sexual Experiences Survey (SES) is a 10-item survey designed to measure verbal abuse.

Question 41

How does the original definition of rape differ from the current definition of rape?

Question 42

What are some risk factors for rape?

Question 43

Describe the different types of rape.

Question 44

Describe the two types of noncontact sexual abuse.

Question 45

List and describe two behavioral and relationship effects of sexual victimization.