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CHAPTER 10 - FINAL TEST - CRIMINOLOGY Flashcards

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1
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  1. Between 1995 and 2004 the cases of serial murder _____.
    a. sharply inclined
    b. sharply declined
    c. stayed the same as before 1975
    d. rose only a little
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b. sharply declined

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  1. Of Hickey’s 2004 study, nearly _____ percent of the 367 cases (431 offenders) appeared since 1975.
    a. 50%
    b. 60%
    c. 70%
    d. 80%
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d. 80%

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  1. This group is referred to by Quinet as the “_____,” or missing persons who were never reported as missing and some of whom could easily be victims of serial murder.
    a. permanently missing
    b. long gone
    c. bozzios
    d. missing missing
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d. missing missing

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  1. The face of serial victimization is changing gradually. Today there are _____.
    a. greater number of victims per offender
    b. more cases of only female victims
    c. a decrease in males being targeted
    d. fewer strangers and more family members being targeted
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d. fewer strangers and more family members being targeted

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  1. Murders represent less than _____ percent of all violent crimes in the United States.
    a. 10
    b. 25
    c. 35
    d. 1
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d. 1

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  1. Single-homicide offenders kill _____.
    a. men and women with equal frequency
    b. more men than women
    c. more women than men
    d. more children than either women or men
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a. men and women with equal frequency

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  1. African Americans are responsible for over ______ percent of homicides.
    a. 20
    b. 10
    c. 5
    d. 50
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d. 50

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  1. African Americans constitute approximately _____ percent of offenders in the 2004 serial murder study.
    a. 10
    b. 20
    c. 30
    d. 40
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b. 20

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  1. Which of the following mobility groups was least common but was responsible for the greatest average number of victims per offender and the greatest average number of victims per case?
    a. traveling
    b. place-specific
    c. local
    d. semi-local
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b. place-specific

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  1. Who first examined victim precipitation in the noted Philadelphia study?
    a. Hirschi
    b. McDonald
    c. Doerner and Lab
    d. Wolfgang
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d. Wolfgang

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  1. Which of the following statements is correct regarding victim facilitation in serial murder cases according to Hickey’s research?
    a. Less than 25 percent of victims were categorized as low facilitation.
    b. Most victims were found to be both high and low facilitation.
    c. Over two-thirds of all victims were generally in the right place at the wrong time.
    d. Most victims were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
A

c. Over two-thirds of all victims were generally in the right place at the wrong time.

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  1. Who is at greatest risk of victimization in cases of serial murder?
    a. young women
    b. young men and young women
    c. the elderly
    d. young women and children
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d. young women and children

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  1. In one case in which 11 children had been abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered, the government made a deal with the captured killer and paid him $10,000 for each body he had buried in order to recover the victims. The killer produced 10 bodies. When an outraged public became aware of this transaction the government was forced to recover the money.
    a. Robert Pickton
    b. Clifford Olson
    c. Juan Corona
    d. Arthur Shawcross
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b. Clifford Olson

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  1. Dr. Wayne Lord, former director of the FBI’s child abduction unit, found that of the 3,200 to 4,600 annual occurrences of non-familial child abductions, _____ were by predators who sexually assaulted and/or killed their child victims.
    a. 25-35
    b. 40-50
    c. 100-150
    d. 1000-1500
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c. 100-150

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  1. Which of the following classifications describe children who are murdered by their parent(s) or legal guardians?
    a. murdered children
    b. disposable children
    c. unwanted children
    d. discarded children
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b. disposable children

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  1. According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which types of abductions accounted for the greatest percentage of children found dead?
    a. parental
    b. stranger
    c. non-parental relatives
    d. acquaintance
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b. stranger

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  1. Which of the following statements is correct?
    a. The FBI claim that instead of several thousands of children being abducted by strangers in the U.S. each year, the actual figures are no more than 150 stranger abductions per year by predators who sexually assault and/or kill their child victims.
    b. Evidence now strongly indicates that murders by strangers in the U.S. are on a sharp rise.
    c. Male children being abducted and killed by strangers are at greater risk than female children.
    d. Less than 10 percent of offenders in the author’s research killed one or more children.
A

a. The FBI claim that instead of several thousands of children being abducted by strangers in the U.S. each year, the actual figures are no more than 150 stranger abductions per year by predators who sexually assault and/or kill their child victims

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  1. Regarding missing children in the United States _____ account for the greatest percentage of children found alive whereas _____ account for the greatest percentage of children found dead.
    a. runaways/parental abductions
    b. discarded children/abbreviated abductions
    c. runaways/relative abductions
    d. runaways/stranger abductions
A

d. runaways/stranger abductions

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  1. Nearly 75 percent of child abduction murder victims are killed within _____ hours.
    a. 2-3 hours
    b. 6-12 hours
    c. 24-48 hours
    d. 3 days
    e. 1 week
A

a. 2-3 hours

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  1. Of all children who are murdered each year in the United States, which of the following currently represent the greatest percentage of victims?
    a. American Indians
    b. Hispanics
    c. whites
    d. blacks
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d. blacks

21
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  1. Most missing children are returned home alive or are located. Of the .2 percent not located or returned home, most were _____.
    a. killed
    b. taken from the country
    c. runaways from institutions
    d. sold into slavery
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c. runaways from institutions

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  1. Of the 420 serial killers examined in the Hickey study, approximately what percent killed at least one child?
    a. 10
    b. 24
    c. 40
    d. 65
A

b. 24

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  1. Most serial offenders who are white usually are also lower middle class or middle class, and their homicides tend to be _____.
    a. intraracial
    b. interracial
    c. of any race
    d. of a specific race chosen by the offender
A

a. intraracial

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  1. What is the primary motive reported by female serial offenders for killing children?
    a. thrills
    b. revenge
    c. sexual gratification
    d. monetary gain
A

d. monetary gain

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  1. This was the primary motive for killing children reported by male serial offenders.
    a. thrills
    b. revenge
    c. sexual gratification
    d. mental illness
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c. sexual gratification

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  1. Operation Police Lure revealed that which lure was most often used by child abductors/molesters?
    a. offering a ride home in their car
    b. offering candy or treats
    c. inviting the child to have his/her picture taken
    d. asking for help
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d. asking for help

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  1. Which of the following was one of the findings of Operation Police Lure?
    a. Children ages 10-12 were the most likely targets.
    b. Children were approached most frequently between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.
    c. The most effective lure used by offenders was to offer the child a ride to or from school.
    d. Boys were seldom the primary target.
A

a. Children ages 10-12 were the most likely targets.

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  1. In the case of the Prostitute Murders in California, (2000- 2001), what was the reason given for the killer to stab the youngest victim nearly 150 times and mutilate her face?
    a. He wanted to make her ugly like all prostitutes he killed.
    b. She had cheated him out of drugs.
    c. She had cheated him out of money.
    d. She laughed at him because he was impotent.
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a. He wanted to make her ugly like all prostitutes he killed.

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  1. This offender became known by the media as the “Scorecard Killer.”
    a. John Wayne Gacy
    b. Randy Kraft
    c. Herb Baumeister
    d. Dean Corll
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b. Randy Kraft

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  1. Heterosexual serial killers target gay men how often?
    a. rarely
    b. all the time
    c. the same as they target heterosexual men
    d. sometimes
A

a. rarely

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. In any given year it has been estimated that 100-200 serial killers may be active.

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False

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Female serial murderers killed for shorter periods than their male counterparts.

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False

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  1. Serial murderers rarely have distinctive victim-selection criteria, motivations, and sexual interests.
A

False

34
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Most serial murderers operate in a specific place or general urbanized area.

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True

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The percentage of victims killed by local offenders between 1975 and 2004 has increased noticeably.

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True

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