Ch 1 Quiz Questions & Answers Flashcards
The fundamental rights of criminal offenders are more comprehensively provided and enforced than those of victims
T or F
TRUE
In less than half of the states, courts are allowed to take into account victim impact information at sentencing
T or F
False
New Directions argues that crime victims’ rights should be enforced in which of the followings?
Juvenile Justice System
Indian
and Military
The rights of crime victims are consistently specified across states and at the federal level
T or F
FALSE
Without _______, victims cannot exercise their participatory rights
Timely notification of proceedings
Victims’ participation in plea bargaining is not an important issue because few cases are resolved through negotiated pleas
T or F
FALSE
The final report of the President’s Tasks Force on Victims of Crime in 1982 made ____ recommendations.
68
What is the most common justification for denying a victim’s right of attendance in court?
To keep them sequestered as potential witnesses
Through a proposed victims’ rights constitutional amendment, victim advocates are proposing that victims’ rights be given more weight than the rights of the accused
T or F
False
For many years, victims of crime were _____ in the laws and policies that govern our justice system
VIRTUALLY INVISIBLE
The rights of victims of juvenile offenders should ______ the rights of victims of adult offenders
MIRROR
The nation’s first state bill of rights for crime victims were enacted in _______.
WISCONSIN
Victim impact statements are more common in the juvenile justice system than the adult justice system.
T or F
FALSE
According to the study cited in Chapter 1 that was conducted by the National Victim Center, enforcing victims’ rights remained to be a problem even in states with strong statutory protection of victims’ rights.
TRUE
No states have strengthened victims’ rights via constitutional mandate
T or F
False
