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
Who is at greatest risk of victimization in cases of serial murder?
a. young women
b. young men and young women
c. the elderly
d. young women and children
When family members are the victims of female serial killers _____ are the primary
targets.
a. children
b. siblings
c. parents
d. husbands
Which is not one of the three interlinked areas of profiling research that Salfati
summarized?
a. place-specific behavior
b. individual differentiation
c. behavioral consistency
d. inferences about offender characteristics
Responsible for the Port Arthur massacre, this offender took approximately nine
minutes to kill 35 men, women, and children. Most of the victims were tourists and
local residents.
a. Joachim Kroll
b. Gerhard Schroeder
c. Richard Doney
d. Martin Bryant
In one case in which 11 children had been abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered,
the government made a deal with the captured killer and paid him $10,000 for each
body he had buried in order to recover the victims. The killer produced 10 bodies.
When an outraged public became aware of this transaction the government was forced
to recover the money.
a. Robert Pickton
b. Clifford Olson
c. Juan Corona
d. Arthur Shawcross
Harbort found that these German serial killers were apprehended at a faster rate.
a. females
b. younger
c. less intelligent
d. more intelligent
This offender was a military man who became one of the most prolific sexual predators
and murderers in Canadian history.
a. Jay Healey
b. Emil Kostov
c. Jean Baptiste
d. Russell Williams
The following method used by team offenders to kill their victims is the least chosen.
a. poison
b. drowning
c. bludgeoning
d. stabbing
“Trephining” refers to _____.
a. a medical operation on the skull
b. dissecting a corpse
c. removal of fingers as a form of punishment
d. transforming oneself from a witch into an animal
Sexual sadism is to sexual masochism as _____ is to _____.
a. the punisher / the punished
b. observing / exposing
c. alive / dead
d. children / animals
What is true regarding “place-specific” killers?
a. Nearly half are male offenders.
b. They are not stay-at-home killers.
c. Nearly one third have dumpsites for bodies.
d. Nearly all have dumpsites for bodies.
Dr. Wayne Lord, former director of the FBI’s child abduction unit, found that of the
3,200 to 4,600 annual occurrences of non-familial child abductions, _____ were by
predators who sexually assaulted and/or killed their child victims.
a. 25-35
b. 40-50
c. 100-150
d. 1000-1500
A primary difference between vampires and werewolves was believed to be that
vampires _____.
a. could never really be destroyed
b. were sexually involved with their victims
c. killed only women
d. usually kill in groups whereas werewolves hunt alone
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.
Female serial killers were most likely to be _____ in their mobility.
a. traveling
b. local
c. place-specific
d. regional
In some cases of _____ team killing, offenders were easier to detect because bodies of
victims were discovered quickly.
a. local
b. place-specific
c. traveling
d. foreign
This research effort aims to scientifically standardize the definition of legal terms such
as “heinous,” “atrocious,” “evil,” and “depraved.”
a. the Body Farm
b. the Hare Checklist
c. the Thesaurus of Evil
d. the Depravity Standard
Also referred to as criminal investigation analysis, this form of profiling is based upon
the FBI model developed by their Behavioral Science Unit. Psychosocial data are
compared to other similar cases and investigators engage in an
experiential/informational guessing technique to reconstruct the offenders’ personality.
a. offender profiling
b. geographic profiling
c. equivocal death profiling
d. crime scene profiling
What are the four types of juvenile killers that Myers identified in his study?
a. explosive, predatory, revenge, displaced matricide
b. explosive, predatory, revenge, displaced patricide
c. calm, predatory, revenge, displaced matricide
d. explosive, rational, revenge, displaced matricide
This is often critical to the outcome of criminal cases.
a. academic research
b. intangible evidence
c. physical forensics
d. hearsay
How long does a paraphilia last, according to the DSM-V?
a. over a period of at least six months
b. over a period of at least two months
c. over a period of at least a month
d. a paraphilia may last only an instant
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
Law enforcement agencies collect data, often using case studies or anecdotal
information, which then is transformed into general descriptions of the types of persons
most commonly associated with a certain type of criminal activity.
a. offender profiling
b. geographic profiling
c. equivocal death profiling
d. crime scene profiling
What is one of the weaknesses of psychopaths?
a. energy
b. charm
c. lust
d. narcissism
The “compliant victim” categorized by the FBI refers to _____ perpetrators of serial
murder:
a. female
b. child
c. mentally ill
d. teenagers
Gunn, in her research on social class and serial murder, found that adult male victims
are selected by social-class standing, whereas adult female victims are selected on the
basis of their _____.
a. sexuality
b. financial standing
c. gender
d. race
According to Eysenck, who is more likely to be involved in antisocial behavior?
a. extroverts
b. subverts
c. introverts
d. perverts
Which serial killer was known as the “Green Man?”
a. Albert DeSalvo
b. Edmund Kemper
c. David Carpenter
d. Donald Harvey
In their studies of homicide offenders, Virkkunen, et al., and Linnoila, et al., found that:
a. The non-impulsive group reported higher levels of dopamine.
b. The impulsive group reported lower levels of dopamine.
c. The impulsive group reported lower levels of serotonin.
d. The non-impulsive group reported lower levels of serotonin.
Who were the “poison eaters?”
a. Victims who were given poison by females serial killers.
b. People who deliberately ingested arsenic.
c. People who ingested potassium chloride to improve their physical appearance.
d. Nurses who over time fed poison to their patients and some to themselves to conceal
their crimes.
Which of the following serial killers claimed that he had multiple personalities as his
defense for his murders?
a. Edmund Kemper
b. Charles Albright
c. Kenneth Bianchi
d. Ted Bundy
Between 1995 and 2004, what percentage of serial killers in the United States has been
black?
a. 0
b. 15
c. 25
d. 44
African Americans constitute approximately _____ percent of offenders in the 2004
serial murder study.
a. 10
b. 20
c. 30
d. 40
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.
Nearly all serial killers are black.
Women who kill rarely do so as a result of domestic conflicts and tend to kill multiple
times.
Media impact, management of departmental resources, and unusual complexity of any
given case are rare problems associated with serial murder cases.
Another factor influencing victim selection is the degree of _____ and _____ the
offender is able to exert.
For the most part, team offenders who held jobs were employed in blue-collar work that
required limited training.
According to the Yorker study, nurse’s aides were more likely to suffocate, use poisons,
or administer oral medications.
Most female serial murderers hold skilled occupations.
In any given year it has been estimated that 100-200 serial killers may be active.
Classical control theory contends that punishment deters prospective murderers.
_____ identification is known to produce specific biases.
The primary catalyst for serial-murder victimization stems from a perceived need to
acquire _____ and _____ over others.
Satanic cults in the United States appear to have attracted a growing number of
followers interested in the worship of _____.