Chapter 13 Criminal Law

Victim in Fact

The party who is the actual subject of the criminal act is the ______

In sentencing

When are victim impact statements used?

Golden Age of the Victim

______ was an historical epoch during which victims had well recognized rights including a personal say in imposing punishments on apprehended offenders.

Victim

When crimes came to be seen as offenses against society, the needs of the _____ were largely forgotten.

Postcrime victimization

_____ refers to problems that follow from the initial victimization, such as the loss of employment or inability to pay medical bills.

Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR)

Which data collection program run by the FBI that tallies crime statistics annually. Reports under this program consist primarily of data on crimes reported to the police and of arrests.

NOVA(National Organization for Victim Assistance)

Founded in 1975, _____ is a private umbrella organization working on behalf of victims of crime and disaster.

National Incident Based Reporting System (collect data for the number of crimes)

What is NIBRS and what is its primary purpose?

Enhance/protect the necessary role of

The Federal Victim and Witness Protection ACt of 1982 was enacted to ____ crime victims and witnesses in the criminal justice process

Educate policy makers about victims

The central focus of the National Organization for Victim Assistance is to _____

Restitution

Vince is convicted of assaulting Greg. During the assault, Vince knocked out Greg's teeth. When Vince is sentenced, the court orders Vince to pay Greg's dental bills. This is an example of ______

Federal

The Office for Victims of Crime is a _____ agency

1984 Victims of Crime Act

The _____ established a federal crime victim compensation fund, which provides payments for expenses that crime victims face

Notoriety-for-profit law

Son of Sam laws are also known as ______

Lowest

Persons aged 65 or older have the ____ victimization rates for all types of crime

Son of Sam Laws

Earl has been convicted of sexual assault and he is serving time in prison. He writes a book in which he brags about his crimes. He may be prevented from profiting from the sale of that book by _______

Guardian

For certain procedural purposes, a parent or legal ______ is considered to be victim if the actual victim is below the age of 18

Crime

Problems that follow from the initial victimization are referred to as post-_______ victimization

Allocution

The Right of ______ is a statutory provision permitting crime victims to speak at the sentencing of convicted offenders

Victims

The right of allocution provision, permits _____ of federal violent and sex crimes to speak at the sentencing of their assailants.

Sam

The David Bekowitz case resulted in the notoriety-for-profit laws, or Son of _____ laws.

Confrontation

The _____ Clause provides that a criminal defendant has a right "to be confronted with the witnesses against him"

Partner

Some experience significantly more ______ violence than men

Burglary

The UCR Program defines ____ as the unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft

Restitution

Court-ordered _____ is one method by which victims can recoup some of the costs of their victimization

Victim at Law

The party who has legal standing to prosecute the person who commits a criminal offender

Victim in Fact

The person who is the subject of a criminal act

Victim

Any individual against whom a crime has been committed

Golden Age of the Victim

A historical epoch during which victims had well-recognized rights, including a personal say in imposing punishments or apprehended offenders