Quarter 1 Test

Question 1

Involuntary Manslaughter

Answer 1

~killing in which there’s no intent to kill at all

~unintentional killing as a result of reckless conduct

Question 2

Negligent Homicide

Answer 2

Causing a death through criminal negligence

Question 3

Criminal Negligence

Answer 3

The failure to exercise a reasonable or ordinary amount of reason in a situation

Question 4

Noncriminal Homicide

Answer 4

Homicides not considered crimes at all

Question 5

Organized Offenders

Answer 5

~a person who murders 3 or more people over a period of more than 30 days
~motivation for killing based on psychological gratification
~sexual element often involved with killings
~often lure victims with ploys appealing to their sense of sympathy
~maintain high degree of control over crime scene, usually have solid knowledge of forensic science
~organized killer usually socially adequate, has friends and lovers sometimes spouse and children

Question 6

Disorganized/asocial offenders

Answer 6

~often low intelligence, have below average IQ and commit their crimes impulsively
~often introverted, socially inadequate with few friends, and they my have a history of mental problems

Question 7

Motives for Serial Killers

Answer 7

~power/control
~mission oriented
~hedonistic
~visionary

Question 8

Motives for serial killers

Power/Control

Answer 8

~main objective for killing is to gain and exert power over victim
~such killers are sometimes abused as children leaving them with feelings of powerlessness and inadequacy as adults

Question 9

Motives for serial killers (Mission Oriented)

Answer 9

Typically justify their acts as “ridding the world” of a certain type of “undesirable” person

Question 10

Motives for serial killers (hedonistic)

Answer 10

~seeks thrills and derives pleasure from killing, seeing people as objects for their enjoyment
~subtypes of the hedonistic killer: “lust”, “thrill”, and “comfort”

Question 11

Motives for serial killers (Visionary)

Answer 11

~suffer from psychotic breaks with reality, sometimes believing they’re another person or compelled to murder by entities such as the devil or God
~most common subgroups: “demon mandated” and “God mandated”

Question 12

Suicide

Answer 12

~the deliberate taking of one’s own life (not a crime)

~attempted suicide - only regarded as a crime in 2 states

Question 13

Assisted Suicide

Answer 13

~someone aids another person in committing suicide
~highly controversial issue
~NY state regards this as a crime (2nd degree manslaughter)

Question 14

Assault

Answer 14

~Any attempt to carry out a physical attack on another person
^conviction depends on perceived level of intent
~can often be in conjunction with battery

Question 15

Voluntary manslaughter

Answer 15

~Killing that would otherwise be murder, but occurs after the victim has done something to the killer that would cause a reasonable person to lose control

~can’t be the result of words

~must happen immediately after provocation

~sentences shorter based on frailty of human character

Question 16

Robbery

Answer 16

•unlawful taking of property from a persons immediate possession by force or intimidation

Question 17

Burglary

Answer 17

• Unauthorized entry into any structure with the intent to commit a crime
• penalties differ based on dwelling (inhabited or not) and if committed carrying weapons

Question 18

Vandalism

Answer 18

• classified as malicious or criminal mischief
• is the willful damage to the property of another
• can be a felony or misdemeanor depending on the severity

Question 19

Larceny

Answer 19

• unlawful taking and carrying away of property of another person with intent to permanently deprive the owner of it
• divided into 2 classes- grand and petty theft

Question 20

Grand larceny

Answer 20

Theft of anything above 1,000

Question 21

Petty larceny

Answer 21

Theft of anything less than 1,000

Question 22

Sexual assault

Answer 22

• specific type of assault including rape or attempted rape
• ranges in severity from verbal threats of a sexual nature to rape
• grabbing and fondling without consent can classify as a low level sexual assault

Question 23

Crimes against property

Answer 23

Broken into 2 categories:

1) crimes in which property is destroyed
2) crimes in which property is stolen or otherwise taken against the will of the owner

Question 24

Arson

Answer 24

• the willful and malicious burning of a persons property

* if the person who burns the property owns it to defraud an insurance company

Question 25

Stalking

Answer 25

Occurs when a person repeatedly follows or harasses another person making threats, causing the victim to fear death or bodily injury

Question 26

HH Holmes

Answer 26

•intelligent
*financed education with a series of insurance scams
•made hotel with mazes called Murder castle
•27-200 victims
•death penalty

Question 27

Richard Ramirez

Answer 27

• epileptic
• satanist
• killed from 1984-1985
• impulsive killer
• 13 murder charges
• 23 years on death row
• died of B-cell lymphoma in 2013

Question 28

Herb Baumeister

Answer 28

• victims were gay males
• 11 murders
• committed suicide
• never sentenced or tried
• planned his killings

Question 29

Jeffery Dahmer

Answer 29

• knocked out and raped sexual partners
• alcoholic
• lured victims with money
• cannibal
• 15 murders
• murdered in prison

Question 30

John Wayne Gacy

Answer 30

• heart condition
• lured victims by promising money / sex
• killed 33 boys
• strangled victims to death
• death row for 10 years