Victims and Victimology- Assignment

Answer: True-False

1. Restitution may be ordered to pay for the victim's cost of arranging for child day-care while testifying in the criminal trial of the offender.

a. True

b. False

2. Judges usually view restitution as a punishment for the offender.

a. True

b. False

3. Victims usually view restitution as a compensation for losses.

a. True

b. False

4. Restitution is often a hollow award when the offender lacks funds to pay as the court has ordered.

a. True

b. False

5. The U.S. Supreme Court prohibits judges from requiring the payment of restitution.

a. True

b. False

6. Most states allow payment of a portion of an attorney's fee for helping the victim complete the application process for the compensation claim form.

a. True

b. False

7. Some states have a small deductible amount that must be reached before they will pay compensation.

a. True

b. False

8. Eligibility issues pose complex and emotional problems for victims.

a. True

b. False

9. Some states have very few victims' compensation claims for domestic violence.

a. True

b. False

10. As part of the compensation requirements, most states require that the victim promptly report the crime to the police.

a. True

b. False

11. All states have laws that exclude parties from collecting victim's compensation when there is a determination of contributory misconduct.

a. True

b. False

12. Federal requirements include a mandate that all states must have distinct, hard and fast rules regarding contributory misconduct determinations.

a. True

b. False

13. Currently, all states permit domestic violence victims to file for compensation.

a. True

b. False

14. In the past, domestic violence victims were summarily denied compensation.

a. True

b. False

15. Drunk driving victims are not allowed to file for victim's compensation in any state participating in VOCA.

a. True

b. False

16. Many states prohibit police officers victimized while on duty from filing for victim's compensation.

a. True

b. False

17. All states permit a convicted person serving only a sentence of probation to file for victim's compensation.

a. True

b. False

18. A person who is visiting another state and is victimized could file a victim's compensation claim in his or her home state.

a. True

b. False

Chapter 15 Multiple Choice

1. According to the textbook, the concept of requiring the violator to make the victim whole is not new, having first appeared in the

a. Code of Hammurabi.

b. Ten Commandments.

c. Saxony Penal Code.

d. Ghirbalidi's luminous.

2. Under current law, restitution may be ordered in cases of

a. sex offenses.

b. telemarketing fraud.

c. domestic violence.

d. All of the above

3. Restitution may take the form of

a. payments to the individual victim.

b. payments to the community.

c. work or service to the community.

d. All of the above

4. The most common method of securing the actual payment of restitution for the victim is

a. threatening to publish information about failure to pay in the local newspapers.

b. requiring payment as a condition of probation.

c. suspending driving privileges until restitution is made.

d. incarcerating the offender until his or her family makes restitution.

5. The process where third parties are asked to reimburse the state for compensation payments previously made to the victim.

a. Subrogation

b. Contributory restitution

c. Limited liability

d. Compensated liability

Chapter 15 Fill in the Blank

1. Victim ______________ includes services such as crisis intervention, counseling, emergency transportation to court, temporary housing, advocacy, and criminal justice support.

2. _____________ misconduct occurs when victims participate in the crime or otherwise contribute to their injuries by their own conduct.

3. ________________ is a court-ordered sanction that involves payment of compensation by the defendant to the victim for injuries suffered as a result of the defendant's criminal act.

4. The state of __________________ established the first compensation program in 1965.

5. Most victim compensation programs are ______________agencies employing only a handful of staff.

6. The lack of _________________ in most victim services agencies creates delays in processing claims and payment of compensation.

7. The _________ _____ __________laws frequently authorize the states to seize monies earned from selling book/movie biographies rights and paid interviews.

8. The various state ____________ programs are represented by the National Association of Crime Victim Compensation Boards (NACVCB).

9. Historically ____________ was not considered a violent crime that entitled the victim to state-funded compensation.

10. Modern ____________ as we know it today can be traced to the criminal laws that authorized suspended sentences and the use of probation.