How did the “father of criminology” classify crime victims?

What will be an ideal response?


Benjamin Mendelsohn had six levels of victim culpability when studying crime
victims. The completely innocent victim—one who is not responsible at all for the
offense, the victim with minor guilt—one who acts irresponsibly and places himself in
harm’s way inadvertently, the victim who was as guilty as the offender or was a
voluntary victim—a victim who is just as responsible as an offender for a crime, the
victim who was MORE guilty than the offender—one who provokes an incident to occur,
the most guilty victim—one who perpetrates a crime and is harmed in the process, and
the simulating or imaginary victim—one who has not been victimized, but instead
fabricates an incident.

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A. 5 B. 3 C. 4 D. 7

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While assuming patrol duty, which is the best place to get an update on recent crimes that you may have to monitor?

A) information and computer department B) lost and found section C) crime prevention department D) distress call section E) supply and equipment department

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In the federal system, the Victim and Witness Protection Act permit the ________ to add restitution to a sentence of incarceration

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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If a watchman or any other citizen saw a crime in progress, he was expected to __________, summoning all citizens within earshot to join in pursuing and capturing the wrongdoer

a. perform the tithing b. give the hue and cry c. identify and pursue d. None of the above

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