Exam 1 Chapter 1-4

Question 1

What is murder?

Answer 1

requires illegal action of taking another’s life. Specifically formed around intent. Determined by provocation, cooling of periods and what a reasonable person would be expected to do under the circumstances that led to the killing.

Question 2

What is first degree murder?

Answer 2

often includes felony murder, or murder committed while in the course of committing another belong (ie, killing someone while robbing a bank.) May involve poisoning, lying in wait, torture, or use of explosives.

Question 3

Capital cases definition?

Answer 3

form a judicial point of view the most serious of murders are those that are capital cases involving premeditated murder, or the willful, intentional killing of another person(s).

Question 4

What are the three non capital types of killings?

Answer 4

Justifiable homicide, manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter

Question 5

What is justifiable homicide?

Answer 5

sometimes referred to as “no fault” homicide, and usually involves the killing of someone under necessity or duty. These killings lack criminal intent. This can include various forms of defense of family, self or others.

Question 6

What is manslaughter?

Answer 6

can be either voluntary manslaughter that involves the killing another person(s) in the heat of passion, in the commission of another felony or in self-defense.

Question 7

What is involuntary manslaughter?

Answer 7

sometimes referred to as negligent homicide and involves the killing of another person(s) while committing a non-felony offense such as reckless driving (also referred to as vehicular manslaughter).

Question 8

7 types of homicide?

Answer 8

Neonaticide, infantcide, siblicide, fraticide, prolicide, parricide, genocide.

Question 9

Definition of mass murder?

Answer 9

killing of four or more people at one time.

Question 10

What is bifurcation in mass murder?

Answer 10

some mass killings an offender begins his/her murders in one location and then moves to another building or address to continue the killing.

Question 11

What is serial murder?

Answer 11

the unlawful killing of two or more victims by the same offenders in separate events.

Question 12

What primary motives are in serial murder?

Answer 12

anger, criminal enterprise, financial gain, ideology, power thrill, sexual, psychosis.

Question 13

What are the 4 Holmes typologies of serial murderers?

Answer 13

Visionary, mission-oriented, hedonistic,power/ control oriented

Question 14

What are the tests for defining insanity?

Answer 14

1. The M’Naughten Rule
2. The Irresistible Impulse Test
3. The Brawner Rule, or Substantial Capacity Test
4. The Durham Rule, known also as the Products Test

Question 15

Mental illnesses & disorders?

Answer 15

1. Neurosis
2. Psychosis
3. Dissociative Disorders:
   • Dissociative Identity Disorder
   • Dissociative Amnesia
   • Dissociative Fugue
   • Depersonalization Disorder

Question 16

What is psychosis?

Answer 16

a state in which a person loses contact with reality in specific ways. An individual suffers from a severe break with reality and in some cases may exhibit dangerous behavior. According to the DSM-V (2013), psychotic disorders include one or more of the following symptoms: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, or grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior.

Question 17

What is dissociative identity disorder (did)?

Answer 17

the development of two or more distinct personalities, sometimes referred to as sub-personalities or alternate personalities that each have their own memories, thoughts and emotions. A primary sub-personality can suddenly dominate a person’s thinking and behavior. In sudden, dramatic fashion, referred to as switching a transition can occur from one sub-personality to another. Women are diagnosed with this disorder three times often as men

Question 18

What is dissociative identity disorder (did)?

Answer 18

the development of two or more distinct personalities, sometimes referred to as sub-personalities or alternate personalities that each have their own memories, thoughts and emotions. A primary sub-personality can suddenly dominate a person’s thinking and behavior. In sudden, dramatic fashion, referred to as switching a transition can occur from one sub-personality to another. Women are diagnosed with this disorder three times often as men

Question 19

10 types of personality disorders?

Answer 19

1. Paranoid
2. Schizoid
3. Schizotypal
4. Anti-social
5. Borderline
6. Histrionic
7. Narcissistic
8. Avoidant
9. Dependent
10. Obsessive - compulsive

Question 20

Six psychological factors in psychopathy?

Answer 20

1. Control/power
2. Loving and hating are similar forms of attachment
3. Frustration/aggression
4. Fantasy
5. Abandonment/rejection
6. Intimacy: the holy grail of being human

Question 21

Six psychological factors in psychopathy?

Answer 21

1. Control/power
2. Loving and hating are similar forms of attachment
3. Frustration/aggression
4. Fantasy
5. Abandonment/rejection
6. Intimacy: the holy grail of being human

Question 22

Hare’s PLCR: Factor 1 or “tools” of the psychopath:

Answer 22

1. Glibness/superficial charm
2. Grandiose sense of self-worth/narcissism
3. Pathological lying
4. Conning, manipulative behavior
5. Lack of remorse or guilt
6. Shallow affect
7. Callousness/lack of empathy
8. Failure to accept responsibility for actions

Question 23

Hare’s PLCR: Factor 1 or “tools” of the psychopath:

Answer 23

1. Glibness/superficial charm
2. Grandiose sense of self-worth/narcissism
3. Pathological lying
4. Conning, manipulative behavior
5. Lack of remorse or guilt
6. Shallow affect
7. Callousness/lack of empathy
8. Failure to accept responsibility for actions

Question 24

Hare’s PLCR factor 2 or “deficits” of the psychopath:

Answer 24

1. Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom
2. Parasitic lifestyle
3. Poor behavioral controls
4. Early behavioral problems
5. Lack of realistic, long-term goals
6. Impulsivity
7. Irresponsibility
8. Juvenile delinquency
9. Revocation of conditional release

Question 25

What are sociopaths & psychopaths distinguished by?

Answer 25

1. Skill levels
2. Intelligence
3. Experience

Question 26

6 theoretical frameworks to explain serial murder?

Answer 26

1. Social structure
2. Social class
3. Social process
4. Neutralization
5. Social control
6. Labeling

Question 27

Juvenile serial killers typologies: the Myers.

Answer 27

1. Explosive
2. Predatory
3. Revenge
4. Displaced Matricide

Question 28

Juvenile serial killer typologies: the Kirby

Answer 28

1. Primary Juvenile Offenders
2. Maturing Juvenile Offenders
3. Secondary Juvenile Offenders

Question 29

What is the MacDonald Triad?

Answer 29

Serial killers have been linked to childhood maladaptive behaviors such as
1. torturing animals;
2. enuresis, or chronic bed-wetting;
3. and fire-setting.

Question 30

What are the 9 reasons for animal abuse?

Answer 30

1. To control the animal
2. To retaliate against the animal
3. To satisfy a prejudice against a specific species or breed
4. To express aggression through an animal
5. To enhance one’s own aggressiveness
6. To shock people for amusement
7. To retaliate against another person
8. Displacement of hostility from a person to an animal
9. Nonspecific sadism

Question 31

What is the Cyclical nature of serial killing?

Answer 31

The trauma-control model of violent behavior describes, in effect, the cyclical experience of serial offenders. Fantasies, possibly fueled by pornography or alcohol, reinforced by “routine” traumatizations of day-to-day living, keep the serial killer caught up in a self-perpetuating cycle of fantasies, stalking, and violence.

Question 32

What is Dr. Victor cline’s four-factor pornography syndrome?

Answer 32

1. Addiction
2. Escalation
3. Desensitization
4. Acting Out