Test 1 Flashcards
An addiction to mixing sexual pleasure and fatal violence. (Hit rock bottom. Can no longer stop their killing).
Serial Killer Syndrome
What were the 3 main schools of Criminological thought?
Classical (1764)
Positive (1820)
Chicago (1920)
VICAP stands for:
The violent criminal apprehension program
How many agents does VICAP have? Of these, about how many work on cases of unknown serial sex murders?
180 agents/violent crime
Of these, only about 10 work on cases of unknown serial sex murders.
What state has the highest frequency of serial murder?
California
Who came up with the term “Serial Killer Syndrome?
C. Everette Koop (US Surgeon General under President Regan) 1984 DSM III.
Research on serial murder lacks predictive quality because:
- only studying those who get caught
- constellation of factors/common characteristics
- made not born
Name the disciplines involved in the study of the causes of crime:
- biology
- sociology
- psychology
- anthropology
____________ was a poster child for serial murder.
Arthur Shawcross
In order to be found mentally ill, only partial insanity needs to be found
The Brawner Rule (U.S. V. Brawner 1972) AKA The Substantial Capacity Test
If you have these behaviors occurring in one child then that child has been through a lot of trauma and needs therapy.
The McDonald Triad
According to the McDonald Triad, these three are indicators of severe trauma:
- animal cruelty
- chronic bed wetting
- fire starting
4 Preconditions for serial killing
- they have to have feelings that mix with fatal violence and sexual pleasures.
- overcome internal inhibitions/the taboo
- overcome external inhibitions/avoid getting caught
- being able to overcome resistance by the victim
_________ started as a result of the case of Ted Bundy
VICAP
This organization is for repetitive offenders:
The national center for the analysis of violent crime (NCAVC)
Causation of serial killing:
Mixture of biological, psychological and sociological characteristics.
Which of Matza’s neutralizations was the most relevant for serial murder?
Denial of the victim
Anomie is a feature of the rapidly industrialized society itself
Durkeim
Durkeim believed that:
Anomie (societies who don’t regulate people’s desires) was the reason why people became normless.
7 phases of ritualistic behavior of serial murder
(1) aura (fantasy)
(2) trolling (elements, types, non-site/site)
(3) wooing
(4) capture
(5) murder
(6) totem
(7) depression
the intentional killing of another human being with premeditation and deliberation, including malice aforethought without regard for the law.
Murder 1
Killing occurs at one point in time without a cooling off period.
Mass murder
killing 3/4 people or more at different points in time with a cooling-off period in between; different time and different location.
Serial murder
Becoming a serial murder:
Murder is a _______ rather than an ______ ______.
Murder is a process rather than an abrupt occurrence.
erupting & going into a killing spree
Spree AKA Cluster Murder