Criminologists who focus their attention on crime victims refer to themselves as:
A) ?victimologists.
B) ?sociologists.
C) ?criminal psychologists.
D) ?behaviorists.
A
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Poor upbringing, bad habits, drinking and immorality were commonly accepted parental sources. Which religion did these "experts" believe were also indicative of these "symptoms"? a. Jewish. b. Protestant. c. Catholic. d. Quaker. e. Mormon.
According to the Supreme Court of the United States, jeopardy has been determined to attach in state and federal criminal trials when an indictment has been returned by a grand jury
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons why crime victims tend to be ignored or forgotten in criminal justice processing?
A. the belief among criminal justice system personnel that victims get in the way during criminal justice proceedings B. the view that the state is officially the victim of crime C. the belief that victims are impatient and partial D. the view that victims are unable to provide useful information to initiate an arrest
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Death row inmates range widely in age. 2. Inmates that were executed in 2013 spent an average of 10 years on death row. 3. The first U.S. states to abolish the death penalty did so in the early 1900s. 4. When the government executes someone by firing squad, the tradition is to put one nonlethal wax bullet in a shooter's rifle to make it difficult to find out who fired the fatal bullet. 5. The Furman v. Georgia case suspended executions in the United States for more than 20 years.