Victimology Test 1 Review

Hans von Hentig Wrote the criminal and his victim

True or False

True

Stephen Schafer wrote the victim and his criminal

True or False

True

Hentig’s victim typology was based on the inability to resist a perpetrator based on physical, social, or psychological disadvantages

True of False

True

Hentig’s typology included the Acquisitive (greedy) and the Wantoned (sexually promiscuous)

True or False

True

Benjamin Mendelsohn coined the term victimology

True or False

True

Mendelsohn’s typology was based on culpability of the victim

True or False

True

Mendelsohn’s most guilty type is when the victim started as an offender but the tables were turned

True or False

True

Stephen Schafer had as a type political victims that are targeted for opposing political powers

True or False

True

With Schafer’s precipitative victim type an offender reacts to an act or behavior of the victim

True or False

False

Wolfgang found that alcohol is not involved in most homicide victimizations

True or False

False

Wolfgang found homicide usually stems from small disagreements that escalate

True or False

True

Wolfgang found offenders and victims tended to have prior interpersonal relationships

True or False

True

Menachem Amir’s Patterns in Forcible Rape examined Philadelphia police records on rape

True or False

True

Amir’s works was criticized for blaming the victims of crimes

True or False

True

Stephen Schafer functional responsibility typology was based on

A - Risk

B- Responsibility

C - Both

C - Both

Von Hentig’s typology included the types of

A - Young/Children

B- The Old/Elderly

C - Both

C - Both

Wolfgang’s Patterns of Criminal Homicide focused on data from the city of

A - Baltimore

B - Philadelphia

C - Neither

Which crime is the film “Miranda’s Victim” about?

Rape

Was anyone convicted of the rape in “Miranda’s Victim”? Were they convicted more than once?

Yes, Ernesto Miranda is convicted for the rape of Trish in 1967.

After a 2 year sentence he was again convicted in 1967.

Was Ernesto Miranda informed of his rights when he was arrested for the crime?

No, he was not informed that is why we have “Miranda Rights”.