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Victim's Bill of Rights seek to provide rights for victims because _____ already have rights.

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After cross-examination, witnesses and victims often report feeling as if they have been put on trial.

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Members of the courtroom work group generally enjoy interacting with victims and witnesses.

Victim cooperation with the prosecution dramatically _____the odds that a case will be prosecuted.

Although enthusiasm for helping victims is clearly growing what problem still exists?

Researchers estimate that over 70 percent of all serious offenses are committed by roughly seven percent of offenders, a group commonly referred to as _____.

Victim/witness _____ programs encourage cooperation in the court process by reducing inconveniences faced by citizens appearing in court.

What annual event focuses on the plight of crime victims?

In roughly _____of the crimes of violence, the defendant and victim had a prior relationship.

What types of organizations are involved in the victims' rights movement?

The criminalization of domestic violence has not greatly increased the workload of the courts.

Victim/witness assistance programs provide economic assistance for victims of crime.

The criminal courts confront a double bind with regard to victims. On the one hand, victims are valued for the cases they bring to the system; their misfortunes become the raw material of the court process. On the other hand, individual victims represent a potential source of irrationality in the process. The personal and often emotional involvement of victims in the crime experience can generate particular demands for case outcomes that have little to do with the public interest. -What percentage of all major crimes are never reported to the police?

Victim/witness _____ programs are designed to help better navigate the court process.

In what way(s) are defendants likely to volunteer information that might hurt them in court?

As prosecutorial dominance increased, what else also happened?

What prompted the passage of the Victim and Witness Protection Act? In what way(s) did the Act help victims and witnesses?

Most of what we know about the ordeal of testifying in court comes from research on victims of

Three characteristics of defendants-sex, poverty, and _____-figure prominently in discussions of crime and crime policy.

Some see the victims' movement as providing much needed support for victims of crime.Others view the victims' movement as manipulating victims by providing