serial homicide module 3 - CHAP 7 Flashcards
1
Q
- What we can say with absolute certainty about serial killers?
a. We cannot fit them into one single behavioral profile.
b. With few exceptions, they all act alike.
c. They all fit into one single behavioral profile.
d. We can fit them into three behavioral profiles.
A
a. We cannot fit them into one single behavioral profile.
2
Q
- We can safely acknowledge that serial murderers’ disposition toward serial murder is developed through _____.
a. abuse
b. divine inspiration
c. a learning process
d. the media
A
c. a learning process
3
Q
- According to Hickey, half of all serial killers in the United States have emerged since what year?
a. 1925
b. 1950
c. 1975
d. 2000
A
c. 1975
4
Q
- What is the approximate average age of male serial offenders?
a. early twenties
b. late twenties
c. early thirties
d. late thirties
A
b. late twenties
5
Q
- Society has failed to recognize poor blacks who kill poor blacks. This lack of recognition is rooted in minority status, socioeconomic status, and _____.
a. statistics
b. racism
c. research
d. gender
A
b. racism
6
Q
. The “Zebra Murders” involved the killing of _____ by _____.
a. white males by black males
b. black males by white males
c. white females by black females
d. black females by white females
A
a. white males by black males
7
Q
- Between 1995 and 2004, what percentage of serial killers in the United States has been black?
a. 0
b. 15
c. 25
d. 44
A
d. 44
8
Q
- This African-American male posed as a self-employed talent scout as he searched for his victims in the Atlanta, GA, area in the early 1980s.
a. Calvin Jackson
b. Derrick Todd Lee
c. Carleton Gary
d. Wayne Williams
A
d. Wayne Williams
9
Q
- Since 1975, among male offenders, which of the following mobility types killed the greatest number of victims per offender?
a. place-specific
b. local
c. traveling
d. global
A
b. local
10
Q
- He preyed upon young, attractive African-American women with whom he was close friends or an acquaintance. He charmed his way into their homes and killed them using double-ligature strangulation. They died slowly while he sexually assaulted them and engaged in necrophilia. He did not seem to investigators to fit serial-murder profiles because he exhibited both organized and disorganized characteristics.
a. Henry Wallace
b. Alton Coleman
c. Wayne Williams
d. Eddie Moseley
A
a. Henry Wallace
11
Q
- Between 1977 and 1978, seven females in Georgia, most of whom were elderly, were sexually assaulted and strangled to death. The offender was referred to as the “Stocking Strangler.”
a. Robert Joe Long
b. Albert DeSalvo
c. Calvin Jackson
d. Carlton Gary
A
d. Carlton Gary
12
Q
- This young man raped and strangled elderly women who lived in the Park Plaza Hotel where he worked as a porter.
a. Paul John Knowles
b. Robert Joe Long
c. Calvin Jackson
d. James Watson
A
c. Calvin Jackson
13
Q
- This is a transient attraction to corpses rather than a preference for them.
a. necrophilia
b. paraphilia
c. pseudo-necrophilia
d. coprophilia
A
c. pseudo-necrophilia
14
Q
- Melton found that stalking was more likely to occur when the victims were _____, the abusers had drug or alcohol problems, offenders were controlling in their behavior, and the victims had been stalked before by the abuser.
a. in relationships with the abuser
b. no longer in relationships with the abuser
c. drug-dependent
d. easily controlled
A
b. no longer in relationships with the abuser
15
Q
- Which of the following types of victims are more likely to be killed by male serial killers?
a. children
b. the elderly
c. teenagers
d. young women
A
d. young women
