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Which type of offenses shows a stronger correlation with measures of SES?
Which income bracket experiences slightly more intimate partner violence than other households?
Which marital status is associated with a greater risk of victimization?
Which age group is particularly at higher-risk for victimization among single individuals?
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Which type of violence is significantly higher among young women?
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Which type of offenses is highest among low-income neighborhoods?
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Which type of violence has been found to be more prevalent among low-income communities?
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How much higher were child fatalities in counties with the highest poverty rates compared to counties with low poverty rates?
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Which measure of SES shows a stronger relationship with violent victimization?
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Which age group is at higher risk of intimate partner violence and child maltreatment?
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Which type of violence is consistently found to be heavily concentrated in poor, urban communities?
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What is the relationship between measures of SES and the correlation with less serious offenses?
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Among low-income neighborhoods, which type of offenses have the highest rates?
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Which income bracket experiences slightly more intimate partner violence than other households?
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Which type of violence has been found to be more prevalent among low-income communities?
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How much higher were child fatalities in counties with the highest poverty rates compared to counties with low poverty rates?
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Which marital status is associated with a greater risk of victimization?
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Which age group is particularly at higher-risk for victimization among single individuals?
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Which measure of SES shows a stronger relationship with violent victimization?
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Which type of violence has the highest prevalence among young women?
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Which type of violence is consistently found to be heavily concentrated in poor, urban communities?
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Which income bracket experiences slightly more intimate partner violence than other households?
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Which type of violence has been found to be more prevalent among low-income communities?
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How much higher were child fatalities in counties with the highest poverty rates compared to counties with low poverty rates?
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Which marital status is associated with a greater risk of victimization?
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Among low-income neighborhoods, which type of offenses have the highest rates?
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Which age group is particularly at higher-risk for victimization among single individuals?
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Which type of violence has the highest prevalence among young women?
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Which type of offenses shows a stronger correlation with measures of SES?
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Which age group is at higher risk of intimate partner violence and child maltreatment?
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True or false: The field of theoretical criminology has always focused on the victims of crime.
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True or false: The earliest studies on crime victimization primarily focused on the characteristics of the victim.
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True or false: Victimology evolved into its own discipline due to the influence of the victim's movement.
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True or false: Benjamin Mendelsohn was the first to empirically explore personality attributes of victims and develop the first victim typologies.
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True or false: Mendelsohn's victim typology included a category for completely innocent victims.
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True or false: Stephen Schafer argued that victims have a functional responsibility not to provoke others into victimizing or harming them.
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True or false: Elderly individuals are not at a higher risk for certain types of victimization.
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True or false: African American women experience a disproportionately high rate of intimate partner violence compared to other women.
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True or false: Racial and ethnic minorities consistently experience lower rates of violent victimization compared to Whites.
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True or false: Marvin Wolfgang developed a victim typology based on his analysis of Philadelphia police homicide data.
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True or false: Menachem Amir expanded on Wolfgang's research using Philadelphia Police Department data on forcible rape cases to construct a similar classification scheme.
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True or false: The concept of 'victim precipitation' has been used in the criminal justice system to assign the victim's level of responsibility in the crime.
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True or false: Victimology strives to address four questions - Who is a victim of crime, Why are some people more likely to become a victim of crime, How does the victimization experience affect the individual, and What is the most effective way to aid a victim of crime in their recovery?
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True or false: Researchers use a variety of official and unofficial measures of crime victimization to identify the nature and scope of victimization in the United States.
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True or false: Select demographic and social characteristics may place some individuals at higher risk for victimization.
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True or false: The correlation between measures of SES and violent victimization is stronger than the correlation between SES and less serious offenses?
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True or false: Gun violence is consistently found to be heavily concentrated in poor, urban communities?
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True or false: Homicide rates are highest among low-income neighborhoods?
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True or false: Low-income households experience higher rates of IPV and child maltreatment?
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True or false: Households earning between $15,000 and $24,999 experience slightly more intimate partner violence than other households?
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True or false: Child maltreatment is more prevalent among low-income communities?
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True or false: Marital status has an impact on the risk of victimization, with single, separated, or divorced individuals being at greater risk compared to married couples?
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True or false: Men are more likely to become victims of sexual assault and intimate partner violence.
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True or false: Females between the ages of 18-24 have the highest incidence of intimate partner violence.
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True or false: Gun violence is the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United States.
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Research indicates the relationship between measures of SES and violent victimization is much stronger than the correlation between SES and less serious offenses. For example, gun ______ is consistently found to be heavily concentrated in poor, urban communities, and similarly, homicide rates are highest among low-income neighborhoods. Low-income households also experience higher rates of IPV and child maltreatment. While IPV occurs in every socioeconomic bracket, households earning between $15,000 and $24,999 experienced slightly more intimate partner than other households.
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Child maltreatment has also been found to be more prevalent among low-income ______, and the disparities are particularly pronounced for child fatalities related to child maltreatment. In a retrospective study examining 15 years of national data on child fatalities, researchers found fatalities were three times higher in counties with the highest poverty rates than counties with low poverty rates. Marital Status Individuals who are single, separated, or divorced are at greater risk of victimization than married couples. Young adults who are single are particularly at higher-risk for victimization than older single adults. The prevalence of sexual violence and rape is significantly higher among young women
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Research indicates the relationship between measures of SES and violent victimization is much stronger than the correlation between SES and less serious offenses. For example, gun violence is consistently found to be heavily concentrated in poor, urban communities, and similarly, homicide rates are highest among low-income neighborhoods. Low-income households also experience higher rates of ______ and child maltreatment. While ______ occurs in every socioeconomic bracket, households earning between $15,000 and $24,999 experienced slightly more intimate partner than other households.
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Child maltreatment has also been found to be more prevalent among low-income communities, and the disparities are particularly pronounced for child ______ related to child maltreatment. In a retrospective study examining 15 years of national data on child ______, researchers found ______ were three times higher in counties with the highest poverty rates than counties with low poverty rates. Marital Status Individuals who are single, separated, or divorced are at greater risk of victimization than married couples. Young adults who are single are particularly at higher-risk for victimization than older single adults. The prevalence of sexual violence and rape is significantly higher among young women
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Research indicates the relationship between measures of SES and violent victimization is much stronger than the correlation between SES and less serious offenses. For example, gun violence is consistently found to be heavily concentrated in poor, urban communities, and similarly, homicide rates are highest among low-income neighborhoods. Low-income ______ also experience higher rates of IPV and child maltreatment. While IPV occurs in every socioeconomic bracket, ______ earning between $15,000 and $24,999 experienced slightly more intimate partner than other ______.
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Child maltreatment has also been found to be more prevalent among low-income communities, and the disparities are particularly pronounced for child fatalities related to child maltreatment. In a retrospective study examining 15 years of national data on child fatalities, researchers found fatalities were three times higher in counties with the highest poverty rates than counties with low poverty rates. Marital Status Individuals who are ______, separated, or divorced are at greater risk of victimization than married couples. Young adults who are ______ are particularly at higher-risk for victimization than older ______ adults. The prevalence of sexual violence and rape is significantly higher among young women
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Research indicates the relationship between measures of SES and violent victimization is much stronger than the correlation between SES and less serious offenses. For example, gun violence is consistently found to be heavily concentrated in poor, urban communities, and similarly, homicide rates are highest among low-income neighborhoods. Low-income households also experience higher rates of IPV and child maltreatment. While IPV occurs in every socioeconomic bracket, households earning between $15,000 and $24,999 experienced slightly more ______ than other households.
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Child maltreatment has also been found to be more prevalent among low-income communities, and the disparities are particularly pronounced for child fatalities related to child maltreatment. In a retrospective study examining 15 years of national data on child fatalities, researchers found fatalities were three times higher in counties with the highest poverty rates than counties with low poverty rates. Marital Status Individuals who are single, separated, or divorced are at greater risk of victimization than married couples. Young adults who are single are particularly at higher-risk for victimization than older single adults. The prevalence of sexual violence and rape is significantly higher among young ______
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