CHAPTER 7 QUIZ REVIEW: VICTIMOLOGY

FALSE

The Eighth Amendment guarantees accused persons the right to a speedy trial.

TRUE

Overcharging means filing a criminal indictment for an offense that is more serious than the available evidence might support.

FALSE

A stalling strategy has succeeded when the victim has to pay for private prosecution.

TRUE

Victims see their situations as unique events that deserve careful consideration and not as routine occurrences to be handled according to a formula sometimes referred to as a jurisdiction's going rate.

TREUE

In their prosecutorial role, Assistant District Attorneys can take steps to protect victims and witnesses from intimidation.

those who are intimidated regarding reporting may be unwilling to disclose to the interviewer

Measuring victim intimidation in the NCVS is very difficult, in part because of _____.

TRUE

According to the 1992 National Prosecutor Survey Program, 97 percent of all district attorney offices reported that they notified victims of felonies of the outcomes of their cases.

TRUE

Prosecutors are the chief legal representative within their jurisdictions.

1931

A national government committee first acknowledged the economic burdens for victims going to trial in _____.

Victim-Witness Assistance Projects

To address the problems and needs of victims and witnesses, the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration funded the first _____ during the mid-1970s

WISCONSIN

The first state to adopt a Child Victims' Bill of Rights was _____

CONSIDERATION

In a plea bargain, the defendant agrees to confess in return for some _____ from the government.

justice system officials and agencies

According to advocates, some rights that victims gain should come at the expense of _____.

PLEA NEGOTIATION

Resolution of criminal matters through agreements made between Assistant District Attorneys and defense counsels are known as _____.

PROSECUTORS

_____ are the chief legal representative within their jurisdictions.

Bedsheeting

_____ refers to the practice of charging a defendant with every applicable crime committed during a single criminal incident.

Victimologists

_____ have pieced together scattered research findings to develop a picture of which victims are more likely to be given the best treatment.

TRUE

The Code of Professional Responsibility that guides legal strategies prohibits any line of questioning intended to solely harass or maliciously harm a witness.

TRUE

The burden of proof in a criminal case falls on the prosecution.

ALLOCUTION

_____ enables injured parties to directly convey to the judge (and the public) the extent of their suffering and their beliefs about what an appropriate sentence might be.