Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Recurring victimization is when a person or place is victimized more than once by any
type of victimization.
2. A child who is beaten repeatedly by his or her parents is a poly-victim.
3. Near-repeat victimization does not care much about the geography of victimization.
4. Recurring victimization is very unlikely.
5. Women have experienced rape on an average of about three rapes in the past 12
months.


1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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