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
16
Q
- What was most often the primary catalyst in Underwood’s study of siblicide?
a. sexual advances
b. alcohol
c. an argument
d. betrayal
A
b. alcohol
17
Q
- Which of the following statements is true?
a. Frequently blacks and whites team up as accomplices in serial killing.
b. Most serial killers have killed or attempted to kill their mothers.
c. Most male offenders killed at least one female victim.
d. Overall, most victims of male offenders rank high in facilitation.
A
c. Most male offenders killed at least one female victim.
18
Q
- Hickey has indicated that the degree of victim facilitation in being targeted/killed by male offenders since 1975 has _____.
a. stayed the same
b. decreased slightly
c. increased slightly
d. increased significantly
A
c. increased slightly
19
Q
- Which do serial killers tend to be?
a. college graduates
b. some college
c. highly intelligent
d. not highly educated
A
d. not highly educated
20
Q
- What percentage of Albert DeSalvo’s victims were older women?
a. 60
b. 10
c. 5
d. 35
A
a. 60
21
Q
- Which serial killer was known as the “Green Man?”
a. Albert DeSalvo
b. Edmund Kemper
c. David Carpenter
d. Donald Harvey
A
a. Albert DeSalvo
22
Q
- As of 2014, what percentage of serial killers used guns as their sole means of killing?
a. 46
b. 69
c. 10
d. 98
A
a. 46
23
Q
- What is one of the weaknesses of psychopaths?
a. energy
b. charm
c. lust
d. narcissism
A
d. narcissism
24
Q
- Male offenders reported which of the following as the most frequent motive for killing at least one or more of their victims?
a. enjoyment
b. revenge
c. money
d. sex
A
d. sex
25
Q
- Which of the following offenders liked to take his female victims to his mountain retreat in Alaska, have sex with them, give them a head start, and then hunt them down and shoot them?
a. Robert Hansen
b. Paul John Knowles
c. Jerry Brudos
d. James P. Watson
A
a. Robert Hansen
26
Q
- This killer began a 4-month killing rampage that would cover seven states and include at least 18 victims, including children, teenagers, adults, and elderly persons.
a. Eddie Moseley
b. Alton Coleman
c. Robert Hansen
d. John Paul Knowles
A
d. John Paul Knowles
27
Q
- Of all types of traumatization reported by male serial offenders which of the following was most likely to be found in their histories?
a. corporal punishment
b. rejection
c. divorce
d. sexual abuse
A
b. rejection
28
Q
- Which is the least-experienced form of traumatization experienced by male offenders?
a. sexual abuse
b. parents deceased
c. prostitute mother
d. poverty
A
c. prostitute mother
29
Q
- As of 2012, how many states currently impose the death penalty?
a. 23
b. 45
c. 34
d. 50
A
c. 34
30
Q
- Which of the following is most likely to occur to male serial killers once they have been apprehended?
a. confined to a mental institution
b. suicide
c. death sentences
d. prison sentences
A
d. prison sentences
31
Q
- Most serial killers are found to be legally insane.
A
FALSE
32
Q
- Nearly all serial killers are black.
A
FALSE
33
Q
Serial killers generally don’t kill strangers.
A
FALSE
34
Q
- Few male serial killers travel outside their home city to find victims.
A
TRUE
35
Q
- Females who have solitary, secluded lifestyles appear to have the highest risk of becoming victimized by a male serial killer.
A
FALSE
