Term
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Definition
1. denial and shock (short-term)
2. anger (can be toward anyone)
3. isolation (feel no one to turn to)
4. acceptance/recovery |
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Term
| Common emotional responses by surviving members (Wallace) |
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Definition
-impact on ability to work
-breakup of marriage if victim is child
-children affected
-lose religious faith
-scrutiny of insensitive press
-revictimization by CJ professionals |
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Term
| Routine activities perspective (3 elements for it to be crime...) |
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Definition
-suitable target
-motivated offender
-absence of guardians |
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Term
| Work victimization definition probs |
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Definition
-what acts are included? (violence, threats, intimidation, verbal abuse)
-Who is included? (worker, fam member of worker, client, stranger)
-What is the workplace? (one facility, or larger?) |
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Term
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Definition
-LE
-Corrections
-Taxi driver
-Convenience stores/bars |
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Term
| Sexual harassment def and types |
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Definition
Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal/physical conduct of a sexual nature.
quid pro quo, hostile work environment |
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Term
| Addressing sexual harassment |
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Definition
-confront aggressor
-talk w/ co-workers
-document harassment
-check w/ personnel office about policies
-submit complaint w management and EEOC |
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Term
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Definition
-reprimand
-suspension
-reassignment
-termination |
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Term
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Definition
-counseling
-reassignment
-leave
-reinstatement |
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Term
| Ten core values of victim's rights |
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Definition
1. Be present in criminal proceedings
2. Be heard in CJ proceedings
3. Info and referrals about available services available
4. Info about compensation available
5. Info about status/location of offender
6. Notice of rights and proceedings given to victim
7. Protection/safety of victim
8. Prompt disposition of case
9. Right to standing and enforcement
10. Victim's right to restitution |
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Term
| forms of VIS (VIS's are very significant) |
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Definition
1. written (part of pre-sentence investigation)
2. allocution (victim addresses court during sentencing phase) |
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Term
| Why most victims don't take advantage of VIS's |
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Definition
-may not be aware of service
-fears retaliation
-cannot be located
-doesn't think opinion is critical
-dissatisfied w/ system
-concern for own emotional well-being |
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Term
| Supreme Court cases concerning VIS's |
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Definition
-Booth v Maryland (in capital case, jury couldn't be exposed to VIS)
-South Carolina v. Gathers (built on Booth case; also applies to statements made by prosecutor to jury)
-Payne v. Tennessee (court reverses itself; if state law permits it, that info is appropriate) |
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Term
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Definition
-Modeling (copying/imitating)
-Differential association (learning from interpersonal contacts
-Differential identification (fictional characters can define behaviors/learning) |
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Term
| Robbers and their victims |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| any killing of a human without intent |
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Term
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Definition
| the willful (non-negligent) killing of one human by another; includes manslaughter and deaths due to recklessness;excludes deaths due to accidents, suicides, and justifiable homicides in self-defense |
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Term
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Definition
| The unjustifiable, inexcusable, and intentional killing of a human being without deliberation, premeditation, and malice |
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Term
| routine activites dimensions |
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Definition
-attractiveness
-proximity
-vulnerability |
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Term
| Routine activities theory |
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Definition
-prescence of motivated criminals
-availability of suitable targets
-abscence of capable guardians |
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Term
| Until victimology emerged, mainstream criminology had consistently ignored the role that _______ might play in setting the stage for _________. |
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Definition
| injured parties, lawless behavior |
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Term
| Statistics are of critical importance to social scientists, ________, and __________. |
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Definition
| policy analysts, decision makers |
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Term
| A growing # of victims are not content to just let prosecutors handle their cases in criminal court, especially if _____ are ______. |
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Definition
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Term
| 3 recommendations of the American Bar Association to reduce the fear of reprisal |
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Definition
1. Police forces ought to set up victim/witness protection squads
2. Legislatures should make attempts at intimidation a misdemeanor
3. Prosecutors must avoid carelessly revealing info concerning the whereabouts of victims, even after cases are resolved |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| From its inception, the highest priority of the battered women's movement has been to provide _______ at ___________. |
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Definition
| tangible aid, a time of great need |
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Term
| _________ and seeing rescuers as adversaries is _________. |
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Definition
| Identifying w the aggressor, the exception to the rule |
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Term
| Since the time of the originators of the Classical School of Free Will or Rational Choice Theory, a fierce debate has raged over whether would-be offenders are deterred by the prospects of _______, _________, and _________. |
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Definition
| apprehension, conviction, punishment |
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Term
| 5 most common police killing situations |
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Definition
1. Arrest situations
2. Ambush situations
3. Traffic pursuits/stops
4. Disturbance calls
5. Investigating suspicious persons/circumstances |
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Term
| 3 themes important to the Victim's Rights Movement embraced by Restorative Justice |
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Definition
-empowerment
-notification
-direct involvement |
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