Chap 10 SG

Question 1

Homicide

Answer 1

the willful killing of one human being by another.

Question 2

Murder

Answer 2

the unlawful willing killing of one human being by another.

Question 3

Criminal homicide

Answer 3

the killing of one person by another that is not considered justifiable or excusable under the law.

Question 4

First-degree murder

Answer 4

Criminal homicide that is planned or that involves some premeditation. It just has to be time to briefly reflect and decide (malice).

Question 5

Second-degree murder

Answer 5

Criminal homicide (killing with the intent of killing) but without premeditation or planning. There is no malice aforethought.

Question 6

Negligent homicide

Answer 6

you did not intend to kill them but did through some amount of carelessness, recklessness, or neglect.

Question 7

Felony murder

Answer 7

This allows the courts to treat an unintentional or unplanned death that happens during the commission of a crime to be charged as 1st degree murder.

Question 8

Primary homicide

Answer 8

are homicides where the victim and offender have a relationship. They are between family members, friends, acquaintances.

Question 9

Expressive homicide

Answer 9

there is some preexisting hostility or rage based on jealousy, revenge, romantic triangles, or minor disagreements.

Question 10

Nonprimary homicide

Answer 10

between a victim and offender who have no preexisting relationship and often are biproducts of another crime.

Question 11

Instrumental crimes

Answer 11

the crime involves premeditation, even if the homicide doesn’t. They are less likely to be precipitated by the victim.

Question 12

Sibling offenses

Answer 12

Dominance is the goal—getting control of a situation and the homicide is not planned in advance.

Question 13

Victim participation

Answer 13

This is not blaming the victim, it’s just helping us understand what happened better (We want to look at the factors at play that led to the killing).

Question 14

Serial murder

Answer 14

the unlawful killing of two or more people by the same person in separate incidents, with a period of time between the murders.

Question 15

Visionary serial killers

Answer 15

hear voices and have visions that serve as the motivations to kill.

Question 16

Comfort serial killers

Answer 16

are motivated by financial or material gain.

Question 17

Hedonistic serial killers

Answer 17

are motivated by the pleasure they take in killing. They kill because they get pleasure from it.

Question 18

Power seekers

Answer 18

they kill because they like the control it gives them over others. It’s a game.

Question 19

Mass murder

Answer 19

Three plus victims in a single event or during a very short period of time.
These are usually planned attacks at mundane places.

Question 20

Rape

Answer 20

The penetration—no matter how slight—of the vagina or anus with any body part or object without the consent of the other (Penetration and consent are the two main elements of rape).

Question 21

Rape shield laws

Answer 21

in the 1970s, which kept the defense from dragging a person’s sexual history into evidence.

Question 22

Acquaintance rape

Answer 22

in most rapes the victim and stranger victim and offender have got a pre-existing relationship (in context of a dating relationship (date rape)).

Question 23

Spousal rape

Answer 23

husbands who prefer raping their wives over having consensual sex with them.

Question 24

Child Sexual Abuse

Answer 24

(CSA) encompasses a variety of criminal activity where a minor is exploited for purposes of sexual gratification or profit (child molestation, child sexual exploitation, and the commercial sexual exploitation of children).

Question 25

Child pornography

Answer 25

is a visual representation of any kind that depicts a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct that is obscene and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

Question 26

Situational child molesters

Answer 26

They engage in sex with children when the opportunity presents itself.

Question 27

Preferential child molesters

Answer 27

They are pedophiles who have a strong proclivity for having sex with children.

Question 28

Robbery

Answer 28

is a violent crime even though it is an acquisitory crime.

Question 29

Highway robberies

Answer 29

Robberies often happen on the street

Question 30

Institutional robberies

Answer 30

if robberies happen in commercial settings like a gas station

Question 31

Home invasion robberies

Answer 31

is entering an occupied dwelling for the purpose of committing a robbery.

Question 32

Aggravated assault

Answer 32

This is an attack with a weapon or an attack that results in severe bodily injury.

Question 33

Intimate partner violence

Answer 33

This includes sexual violence, physical abuse, and stalking. It is committed by a current or former partner for spouse of the victim.

Question 34

Separation assault

Answer 34

is violence inflicted by partners on significant others who were attempting to leave an intimate relationship.

Question 35

How have murder rates changed over the last forty years?

Answer 35

significantly declined after peaking in the early 1990s

Question 36

Who is most likely to be the victim of a homicide? Who is the most likely offender?

Answer 36

Usually male for both

Question 37

What are the primary motivators for mass murder?

Answer 37

Revenge, Distorted obsessive love, Profit, or Terror

Question 38

What are the motivations for mass murder?

Answer 38

frustration, isolation, blame, loss, or failure

Question 39

Why do we consider robbery a personal crime if it is a form of theft?

Answer 39

it involves the use of force or intimidation against a person to take their property, directly putting the victim in harm’s way

Question 40

What kind of violent crimes do we see at workplaces?

Answer 40

assaults, either simple, sexual, or aggravated.
It does occasionally include homicides, rape, and robbery.

Question 41

What is the most dangerous profession?

Answer 41

Bartender

Question 42

What categories of people are protected under hate crime statutes?

Answer 42

race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and disability

Question 43

What is stalking?

Answer 43

conduct directed at a specific person that involves physical proximity, nonconsensual communication, or implied threats.

Question 44

Non-negligent homicide

Answer 44

the intentional killing of one person by another (negligence, suicide, or accident)

Question 45

Revenge of Mass Murder

Answer 45

against a group or individuals or against a group because of perceived and generalized mistreatment.

Question 46

Distorted obsessive love of Mass Murder

Answer 46

they often commit suicide after. If it’s a spouse killing, the kids are often killed too.

Question 47

Profit of Mass Murder

Answer 47

crime concealment for another major crime by committing another.