Exam 10: Victims

African Americans are responsible for over ______ percent of homicides.

Of the 420 serial killers examined in the Hickey study, approximately what percent killed at least one child?

Although California reports the most serial killers, which state has the highest rates per capita of serial killers?

Single-homicide offenders kill _____.

_____ was also known as "The Killer Clown," and read passages from the Bible as he killed his victims.

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which types of abductions accounted for the greatest percentage of children found dead?

Female serial murderers killed for shorter periods than their male counterparts.

This offender became known by the media as the "Scorecard Killer."

Victim precipitation was first examined in the noted Philadelphia study conducted by:

Most serial offenders who kill children are _____ and their victims _____.

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.

Murders represent less than _____ percent of all violent crimes in the United States.

Between 1995 and 2004 the cases of serial murder _____.

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.

In the case of the Prostitute Murders in California, (2000- 2001), what was the reason given for the killer to stab the youngest victim nearly 150 times and mutilate her face?

Operation Police Lure revealed that the lure most often used by child abductors/molesters was _____.

Most serial murderers operate in a specific place or generalized urbanized area.

Hewitt examined demographic characteristics of victims and offenders in the often-publicized community of "Middletown, U.S.A." (_____)and found the victim-offender relationships to be similar to those in larger cities.

The primary motive reported by female serial offenders for killing children was:

In regards to all children who are murdered each year in the U.S., which of the following currently represent the greatest percentage of victims?