Chapter 5 Flashcards
How many killings constitute “multiple”?
at least 2
How many killings constitute “series”?
3 or more
Many women who killed serially in earlier historical periods used ________ as the lethal weapon
poisons
When women kill multiple people over time, it often involves either:
(1)
(2)
(1) the “angel of death”
(2) the “black widow”
A ______ _______ is the illegal killing of 3 or more people over a period of time that involves a significant cooling-off period between the offenses
serial murder
What is multicide?
killings with multiple victims
What are the 3 primary forms of multicides?
1) mass murders
2) spree murders
3) serial murders
Is this Mass Murder, Spree Killers, and/or Serial Killers:
has 3 or more victims
Mass Murder
Spree Killers
Serial Killers
Is this Mass Murder, Spree Killers, and/or Serial Killers:
Only 1 event
Mass Murder
Is this Mass Murder, Spree Killers, and/or Serial Killers:
3 or more events
Spree Killers
Serial Killers
Is this Mass Murder, Spree Killers, and/or Serial Killers:
only in 1 location
Mass Murder
Is this Mass Murder, Spree Killers, and/or Serial Killers:
3 or more locations
Spree Killers
Serial Killers
Is this Mass Murder, Spree Killers, and/or Serial Killers:
the killer has no cooling-off period
Mass Murder
Spree Killers
Is this Mass Murder, Spree Killers, and/or Serial Killers:
the killer has a cooling-off period
Serial Killers
The vast majority of mass murderers are _______ _____
white males
Most incidents of mass murder include how many people?
3-5
________ ________ are the single most common category of victims of mass murderers. ___-________ are the next most frequent victims in these murders.
family members
co-workers
Which type of weapons are used in the vast majority of mass murders?
Guns
Most mass murders involve how many offenders?
single-offenders
The Quantrill raiders killers are what type of multicide?
Spree killing
Bonnie and Clyde were what type of multicide?
Spree killing
Andrew Cunan, who killed Versace, is what type of multicide?
Spree killing
Charlie Starkweather and Carol Ann Fugate, are what type of multicide?
Spree killing
Spree killers are similar to other multicides in that the murderer is usually a ______ _____ and these offenders view their killings as a means of ________ _______ over their lives
white male
gaining control
Spree killers and mass murders; where are they arrested or killed at?
the scene of the crime
Both ______ killers and _____ killers often travel across physical locations to select their victims
spree
serial
Serial murder is distinct from other types of multicide due to what 5 elements?
1) repetitive homicide
2) one-on-one killings
3) stranger killings
4) motivated to kill
5) diverse/complex motivations
The following attributes are about equally common among serial killings and traditional homicides: 1) 2) 3) 4)
1) male offenders
2) victims of lower socio-economic status
3) intra-racial attacks
4) one-on-one incidents
The following traits are more common among serial killers: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
1) white males as offenders
2) older offenders
3) female victims
4) strangers as victims
5) “hands on” killing methods
True or False: there are 150+ movies in the 1990s, and countless TV storylines about serial
True
How did Dickson (1958) describe serial killers?
- perversion
- profit
- charmer, socially adept
How did Lunde (1979) describe serial killers?
- insane
- white males
- mesomorphic body type
- mass murders
- drug users
How did Levin and Fox (1985) describe serial killers?
- white males
- dominant parent
- “hands on” methods
How did Ressler and Douglass (FBI) (1985) describe serial killers?
- white male adults (30-40s)
- 2 parent households
- above average intelligence
- pleasant appearance
How did Holmes and DeBurger (1988) describe serial killers?
- mission or motive for killing
- self accomplishment/esteem
How did Rappaport (1988) describe serial killers?
-internal conflict- inner demons or good vs evil
How did James (1991) describe serial killers?
- eldest son
- animal torture
How did Sears (1991) describe serial killers?
- self-absorption
- 13 traits
What are the 13 traits of a serial killer according to Sears (1991)?
1) raised in homes w/o stability and nurturing
2) often suffered physical injuries or handicaps
3) never developed a sense of self worth
4) dreaming and fantasies as a means of escaping their unpleasant
5) incapable of forming long lasting, meaningful relationships
6) adopts facade of normalcy
7) appears free of sever psychological disorders
8) quite intelligent and perceived as successful in school/job
9) self-centered, needs attention
10) started committing murder in 20s-30s
11) fascinated with the police
12) energetic, require little sleep
13) use alcohol and/or drugs prior to committing a crime
How did Hazelwood, Dietz, and Warren (1992) describe serial killers?
sadists
How did Segrave (1992) describe serial killers?
- studied 84 female serial killers
- tend to be older
- kill family
- more victims/more lethal
- kill in different locations
How did Hickey (2005) describe serial killers?
- constitutes in profile: white males, diverse family background
- hard to profile serial killers
What are the possible explanations for concentration of serial killers in Western Europe and U.S.?
- availability of accurate police data
- definitional differences in legal/illegal killings
- social construction of “epidemics”
- differences in pro-violence culture and criminal propositions across countries
Who were serial killers during the pre-industiral, early industrial, and modern time?
pre-industiral= aristocrats
early industrial= new bourgeois
modern time= failed bourgeois male who attacks those of similar ranks
When did we see a sharp rise in serial killers?
1970’s
What are some possible explanations for the sharp rise in serial killers since 1970’s?
1) inadequate data on serial killers in early times
2) increased desensitization and greater cultural acceptances of violence due to splatter/snuff movies
3) wider availability of violent/sudo-erotic pornography
4) increased economic inequality and relative deprivation
5) increased patriarchy and male dominance
6) emergence of “super predators”
What are the 10 major myths about serial killers?
1) U.S. epidemic
2) unique appearance and lifestyle
3) insane
4) sociopaths
5) inspired by pornography
6) bad childhoods
7) identified in advance
8) all are sexual sadists
9) victims resemble their mothers
10) want to get caught
