Chapter 2- Victimization & Criminal Behavior

Question 0

DEFINE: repetitive victimization

Answer 0

The victimization of an individual or household by more than one crime during a relatively short period of time

Question 1

DEFINE: victimology

Answer 1

A field of criminology that examines the role the victim plays in precipitating a criminal incident and the impact of crimes on victims

Question 2

DEFINE: revictimization

Answer 2

the victimization of an individual more than once over a long period of time such as repeat incidents of domestic violence spread out over the years

Question 3

DEFINE: victim precipitation

Answer 3

The role of victims in fostering the context or triggering the action that led to their victimization in a crime

Question 4

DEFINE: classical criminology

Answer 4

A school of criminology that views behavior as stemming from free will, that demands responsibility and accountability of perps and that stresses the need for punishment severe enough to deter others

Question 5

DEFINE: positivist criminology

Answer 5

School of criminology that view behavior as stemming from social, biological and psychological factors. Argues that punishment should be tailored to the individual needs of the offender

Question 6

DEFINE: social structure theories

Answer 6

Theories that attribute crime to the existence of a powerless lower class that lives in poverty and deprivation

Question 7

DEFINE: anomie

Answer 7

A breakdown in and disappearance of the rules of social behavior

Question 8

How do demographic factors affect the chance of being a victim?

Answer 8

These factors (Age, gender, income) affect lifestyle which in then affects exposure to dangerous ppl, places, and times

Question 9

What is the most criminally victimized group?

Answer 9

Non white males aged 14-24

Question 10

70% of all crimes are from what attackers?

Choose from: family, stranger, acquaintance, intimate partner

Answer 10

An acquaintance