CRJ 125

Criminology

Chapter 9

Match up the terminology in the second column to the definitions in the first column.Submit them by the due date via Assignments in D2L.

Match the way in which victims contribute to their own victimization with the example.

A) Victim facilitation

B) Victim initiation

C) Victim provocation

1) A student leaves a laptop unattended in the library and it is stolen.

2) A man wears an expensive watch and is mugged for it.

3) A woman leaves her apartment door unlocked while she is at work, and a burglar enters and steals her electronics.

4) A drug dealer who is selling drugs outside a local elementary school is assaulted by the parents of a child who died after taking drugs.

5) After a night out clubbing, a woman walks alone to her car through dark streets and is raped.

Match the theory of victimization to the primary theorist(s).

A) Hindelang, Gottfredson, and Garofalo

B) Marcus Felson

C) Lawrence Cohen and Marcus Felson

D) Marvin Wolfgang

E) Rodney Stark

6) Deviant places theory

7) Routine activities theory

8) Victim precipitation theory

9) Lifestyle exposure theory

10) Situational model

Match the federal legislation to its main provisions.

A) Provides financial support for police, prosecutors, and victims' services in cases involving sexual assault or domestic abuse

B) Established statutory rights for victims of federal crimes and gave them legal authority to assert those rights in federal court

C) Authorized federal funding to help states establish victims' assistance and victims' compensation programs

D) Requires judges to consider victim-impact statements at federal sentencing hearings

E) Created the federal right of allocution for victims of violent and sex crimes

11) Violence Against Women Act

12) Victims of Crime Act

13) Victim and Witness Protection Act

14) Crime Victims' Rights Act

15) Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act

Answer the following essay questions. Be sure to answer the questions completely and submit them by the due date via Assignments in D2L.

Essay Questions

16) Define victim precipitation and distinguish between active and passive precipitation.