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

1. Persons over age 50 are more likely to be violently victimized than teens.
2. A victim of rape who resists or uses self-protective actions is less likely than those who do not to be victimized again.
3. Victimologists are not as concerned with the costs associated with being a crime victim as with why they become a victim.
4. Households earning more than $75,000 per year are more likely to experience victimization than those that earn less than $7,500.
5. Estimates indicate that less than 10 percent of total mental health care costs in the U.S. are related to crime.


1. False
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. False

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