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Question
Explain why, in your opinion, so much media, including film and television, is devoted to the depiction of serial killers.Answer
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Schneidman describes _____ as "a reconstruction of the motivations, philosophy, psychodynamics, and existential crises of the decedent."
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Media impact, management of departmental resources, and unusual complexity of any given case are rare problems associated with serial murder cases.
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According to Hickey, which of the following is the best response to reducing the number of serial murders?a. reduce violence in the homeb. reduce the number of appeals filed by serial offendersc. provide appropriate therapy for traumatized childrend. hire more law enforcement to investigate serial murder
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Which of the following is a false statement regarding the Body Farm in Tennessee?
a. There are currently five such facilities operating in the United States.
b. Bodies are observed decomposing under controlled conditions.
c. Remains are often skeletonized and added to the research collection.
d. Approximately 40-50 bodies of inmates who died in prison are donated yearly.
Q:
The following are types of forensic evidence inspection and analysis performed in crime labs except _____.
a. mental health diagnosis
b. glass and soil fragments
c. hair, fibers, and paint analysis
d. arson analysis including flammable residues and explosives.
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This profiling tool is used to prioritize a variety of homicides and other serious crimes. Also known as criminal personality assessment, it is applied to other forms of profiling. Profilers match the personality characteristics of a certain type of offender with those of a suspect.
a. offender profiling
b. geographic profiling
c. equivocal death profiling
d. psychological profiling
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
Q:
What is the approximate average age of male serial offenders?
a. early twenties
b. late twenties
c. early thirties
d. late thirties
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
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Every year in the United States, about 80,000 persons die in hospitals unrelated to the reasons for which they entered hospital care.
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This "angel of death" started killing when he/she turned 18 and began working as a nurse's aide at Mary Mount Hospital in Laurel County, Kentucky. He/she first killed an aunt, then committed what he/she referred to as "accidental homicides," followed by 10 or more patient deaths.
a. Kristen Gilbert
b. Dolores Claiborne
c. Filipina Narciso
d. Donald Harvey
Q:
This offender was a respiratory therapist for nine years. He confessed to killing dozens of terminally ill patients over 10 years. He claimed to be an "angel of death" who had killed as many as 200 victims.
a. Charles Cullen
b. Efren Saldivar
c. Donald Harvey
d. George Clooney
Q:
Charles Cullen confessed to the murders of how many patients over a period of 16 years?
a. 40
b. 13
c. 2
d. over 20
Q:
What are offenders who kill family or relatives called?
a. angels of death
b. black widows
c. demons of death
d. brown recluses
Q:
The Yorker study found that most healthcare providers who committed murders came from which states?
a. Illinois, Kentucky, and Florida
b. California, Hawaii, Florida, and Georgia
c. New York, Alabama, California, and Illinois
d. California, Texas, Michigan, and Florida
Q:
What was Heinrich Gross also known as?
a. Dr. Grotesque
b. Dr. Death
c. Dr. Golem
d. Dr. Vomit
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In their study of 90 cases of serial murder, Yorker, et al., found that 86 percent of their cases involved nursing personnel and that women were involved in ____ percent of the cases.
a. 82
b. Less than 30
c. 55
d. 49
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_____ is finding sexual gratification by substituting objects for the sexual partner.
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Serial murder now has multiple categories that include both _____ such as sexual killings or hate crimes and _____ or those more likely carried out for financial gain.
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The need to control is rarely present in primary paraphilia.
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Most serial murders are sexual in nature.
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What is a common fetish in Britain?
a. gas"mask fetish
b. women's underwear fetish.
c. sex organs of corpses fetish.
d. women's teeth fetish.
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This killer may have murdered over 100 victims. He was usually able to lure the intended victims to his car by asking them for assistance. He was always polite and friendly and sometimes wore his arm in a sling to appear as a harmless, well-bred young man simply in need of help. At other times he was known to lurk in dark shadows and attack women who were alone.
a. The Green River Killer
b. Charles Albright
c. Armin Meiwes
d. Ted Bundy
Q:
Which is not considered an attack paraphilia?
a. necrophilia
b. pedophilia
c. scopophilia
d. sadism
Q:
Sexual sadism is to sexual masochism as _____ is to _____.
a. the punisher / the punished
b. observing / exposing
c. alive / dead
d. children / animals
Q:
Why did Melvin Carter, the College Terrace Rapist, return to the apartment of his "date"?
a. He fell in love with her and couldn't bear to be without her.
b. He wanted to apologize for breaking into her apartment.
c. He felt terrible that he had forgotten her radio in his car, and he didn't want her to think him a thief.
d. He forgot his keys.
Q:
These people seldom marry, are not sexually attracted to other adults, and in their own twisted perspective do not harm children because they care about them.
a. female sex offenders
b. pedophiles
c. abusers
d. serial killers
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This killer placed Internet requests for young homosexual men interested in "slaughter and consumption" and received many serious responses. After meeting and rejecting four men because they were not suitable, he found a willing man in an Internet chat room. After the killing, the victim was butchered and kept in a refrigerator. By the time the homosexual paraphiliac was caught he had cannibalized most of the victim.
a. Charles Albright
b. Jeffrey Dahmer
c. Gary Heidnik
d. Armin Meiwes
Q:
Offenders may suppress traumatic event(s) to the point where he or she cannot consciously recall the experience(s). What may this be called?
a. causal overkill
b. psychodynamic violence
c. splitting off the experience
d. psychological trauma
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Female serial killers are most likely to be _____.
a. sent to death row/executed
b. given life in prison
c. never apprehended
d. confined to mental hospital