Deck 6: Homicide Victims

Question 1

Feel free to ask a victim with disabilities how you should act or communicate most effectively if you have any doubts about correctness in the situation.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which of the following statements is NOT considered to be a myth regarding school violence?

A)The epidemic of violent behavior of the early 1990s is over,and young people are much safer today.
B)Most future offenders can be identified in early childhood.
C)African American and Hispanic youths are more likely than other ethnic groups to get involved in violence.
D)Getting tough with juvenile offenders by trying them in adult criminal courts does not reduce the likelihood that they will commit more crimes.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

____ famous theory is called the theory of differential association.

Answer 3

Sutherland's

Question 4

Persons with disabilities can be victimized in the same way as other persons; however,their response to crime is different from that of other victims.

Question 5

Victims with disabilities remain one of the largest categories of victims to be neglected by our criminal justice system.

Question 6

Any agency receiving any type of governmental funding (federal,state,or local)must comply with the provisions contained in the ADA.

Question 7

Disabilities covered by the law include physical and mental impairments.

Question 8

The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)of 2003 established a moderate level of tolerance for rape and sexual assault in prisons.

Question 9

Never look directly at a disabled victim when speaking to him or her.

Question 10

The ADA was enacted by Congress to protect the employment and accessibility rights of persons suffering from disabilities.

Question 11

Most criminologists and victimologists have known for years that delinquency occurs most often in the company of peers.This phenomenon has been labeled

A)group offending.
B)companion offending.
C)exchange theory.
D)social learning theory.

Question 12

Victims with disabilities have the same rights as any other victim.

Question 13

The primary theme of the social learning theory is that delinquency

A)results because people act according to a system of rewards or punishments.
B)results from genetic causes.
C)is learned through peer group interactions.
D)is because of inadequate family upbringing.

Question 14

Do not address or speak directly to the person with disabilities if the victim is accompanied by a third-party nondisabled person.

Question 15

New inmates are more vulnerable to prison rape than are recidivists who have prior imprisonment experiences and knowledge.

Question 16

In the 1920s,Frederic ___ set forth one of the earliest definitions of a gang.

Question 17

Bullying is

A)generally limited to physical harm.
B)not due to an imbalance of power situation.
C)rarely discussed in the media.
D)the most common form of school violence.

Question 18

Farmer v.Brennan held that no legitimate penological purpose was served by allowing rape to occur within prisons.

Question 19

___ theory is based on the premise that people act according to a system of rewards or punishments.

Question 20

Which of the following rules DO NOT apply when dealing with a victim with disabilities?

A)Look directly at the victim when speaking.
B)Feel free to ask a victim with disabilities how you should act or communicate most effectively if you have any doubts about correctness in the situation.
C)Address and speak directly to the person with disabilities,even if the person is accompanied or assisted by a third-party nondisabled person.
D)Never offer physical assistance to a person with disabilities.

Question 21

___ ___ pertaining to sexual abuse in schools vary widely-from the legal age of consensual sex to the definition of the crime.

Question 22

___ rape is one of the biggest problems our school campuses are facing today,from middle schools to college campuses.

Question 23

____ goes beyond the shoving,threatening,and taunting typical of bullying.

Question 24

How does the social learning theory differ from the exchange theory?

Question 25

An associate of yours has indicated that he believes that African Americans and Hispanic youths are more likely than other groups to get involved in violence.How would you rebut this statement?

Question 26

What is the status of state legislation on school sexual abuse?

Question 27

____ may be defined as the physical attack of one person by another or others.

Question 28

Explain the key aspects of the Prison Rape Elimination Act.

Question 29

Because the United States is becoming more ___with the passage of each year,victim services providers need to become very aware and sensitive to the needs of these special victims.

Question 30

One of the most prominent social theorists was ___ ,who developed a theory that attempted to explain how group relations impact a person's attitudes and behaviors.

Question 31

The National ___ ___ ___and Intervention project identified five strategies that were considered to be promising practices.

Question 32

Define bullying?

Question 33

How does fighting differ from bullying,shoving,and similar behavior?

Question 34

The class is dividing itself into two soccer teams,and no one wants to pick a new student who is very clumsy.Does this failure to select constitute bullying?