Deck 9: The Female Serial Murderer

Question 1

Which of the following is true of U.S.female serial killers?

A)Most killed children, not adults.
B)Most killed at least one elderly person.
C)Few killed from all age groups.
D)When adults were killed they were more likely to be female victims.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

According to the FBI, which of the following would best fit the definition of male serial killer?

A)Mary Beth Tinning
B)Kristen Gilbert
C)Marie Hilley
D)Aileen Wuornos

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Regardless of sex, homicide usually involves an offender and a victim who are _____ to each other.

A)strangers
B)acquainted or related
C)unknown
D)opposed

Answer 3

B

Question 4

She was a medical doctor in the Auschwitz death camps who killed children with oil and a surgical anesthetic.She removed organs and limbs from her victims.

A)Leni Riefenstahl
B)Terri Rachals
C)Herta Oberheuser
D)Christine Falling

Question 5

This offender admitted to having tried to kill two previous husbands in order to collect insurance.The day after she was sentenced to 20 years in prison, she married again in a ceremony performed by the same judge who sentenced her.

A)Linda Sue Jones
B)Betty J.Neumar
C)Mary Beth Tinning
D)Aileen Wuornos

Question 6

This offender, a Texas nurse, was continually employed in a hospital long after numerous complaints and charges that she was injuring the children in her ward.

A)Mary Beth Tinning
B)Genene Jones
C)Kathleen Heide
D)Herta Oberheuser

Question 7

Since 1975, female serial killers have been more likely to target which type of victim?

A)family
B)acquaintances
C)strangers
D)family and acquaintances

Question 8

In the Heckert and Ferraiolo study, most respondents imagined this of female serial killers.

A)They have prior criminal records.
B)They were brutal killers.
C)They used torture techniques.
D)They used guns to dispatch victims.

Question 9

According to the FBI, who was the first documented female serial killer?

A)Nannie Hazel Doss
B)Linda Sue Jones
C)Aileen Wuornos
D)Mary Beth Tinning

Question 10

Which of the following statements is correct?

A)Since the turn of the 20th century the number of victims per case killed by female serial offenders has fluctuated.
B)Most female offenders were employed outside the home during the course of their killings.
C)Unlike their male counterparts, about one third of female offenders were black.
D)Females tend to kill more for revenge than any other motive.

Question 11

Females represent what percentage of all serial killers in Hickey's study?

A)8
B)15
C)26
D)34

Question 12

Which of the following statements is correct?

A)Female serial killers tend to kill over a longer period of time than their male counterparts.
B)Serial killing is highly correlated to regional variations.
C)Most serial offenders kill in at least two or more states.
D)Most victims of serial killers are murdered in or very close to their homes.

Question 13

Which of the following statements is correct?

A)Female offenders generally target specific age groups.
B)The most common method used by female offenders to kill their victims is suffocation.
C)The most common motive reported by female offenders for killing victims was a combination of motives.
D)Most female offenders acted alone.

Question 14

In the case of _____ victims, some offenders took years to systematically kill each one.

A)husband
B)child
C)sibling
D)acquaintance

Question 15

Wolfgang noted a preponderance of killings among the _____, where interpersonal violence was more "acceptable."

A)lower socioeconomic classes
B)higher socioeconomic classes
C)middle classes
D)extremely wealthy

Question 16

Which of the following used rat poison laced with arsenic to kill at least four of her husbands, her mother, two children, and several other relatives?

A)Terry Rachals
B)Christine Falling
C)Nannie Doss
D)Genene Jones

Question 17

Which of the following is false of female serial killers?

A)Average age is 40.
B)Most never married.
C)Most of them were unemployed or listed no occupation.
D)They tend to be viewed as anomalies in female homicide patterns.

Question 18

Who are the "quiet killers"?

A)female serial killers
B)persons who kill with poisons
C)persons who kill family members
D)male hospital orderlies

Question 19

Female serial killers were most likely to be _____ in their mobility.

A)traveling
B)local
C)place-specific
D)regional

Question 20

Heckert and Ferraiolo (1996) conducted a study of college students to examine perceptions of female serial killers.What did they discover?

A)Students thought female serial killers would be in their 30s and slovenly.
B)Students thought female serial killers would be insane.
C)Students thought female serial killers would be quite attractive.
D)Students thought female serial killers would have a criminal record and be adept at using poisons.

Question 21

Lombroso considered the female offender to be _____.

A)insane
B)physically fairly similar to the male offender in facial appearance
C)psychologically similar to the male offender
D)psychologically more cruel and vicious than the male offender

Question 22

Obese, epileptic, and abused, this female serial killer experienced a traumatized childhood.She admitted to smothering to death five small children in her care so "no one would hear them scream."

A)Nancy Hazel Doss
B)Terri Rachals
C)Genene Jones
D)Christine Falling

Question 23

Among serial killers who had at least one partner and traveled from state to state, a _____ proportion involved female offenders.

A)significantly high
B)moderate
C)small
D)median

Question 24

Most female serial murderers hold skilled occupations.

Question 25

When family members are the victims of female serial killers _____ are the primary targets.

A)children
B)siblings
C)parents
D)husbands

Question 26

What is the most common motivation for female serial murderers?

A)sex
B)trauma
C)money
D)enjoyment

Question 27

Female serial killers tend to be typical in terms of female criminality.

Question 28

The orientation of criminological research focuses primarily on _____ criminality.

Question 29

As mentioned earlier, many victims play a prominent role in their own demise by _____ the encounter with the offender.

Question 30

Some underlying issues in understanding gender-based psychopathy regarding females may include a firm grasp on reality.

Question 31

Women who kill rarely do so as a result of domestic conflicts and tend to kill multiple times.

Question 32

According to some researchers, mothers who commit filicide also _____.

A)kill their husbands
B)kill their siblings
C)use psychotropic medications
D)attempt suicide

Question 33

In terms of psychopathy, Verona and Vitale note that females likely have differing norms for aggression that may require a higher level of this in order to for them to engage in violent behavior.

A)psychopathic traits
B)frustration
C)physical strength
D)testosterone

Question 34

Since 1975, the number of _____ female offenders has appeared to have dropped considerably, while their male counterparts have remained about the same.

A)traveling
B)local
C)place-specific
D)gender-specific

Question 35

_____ killers, common among female offenders, repeatedly murdered their victims in the same location.

Question 36

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.

Question 37

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

Question 38

Women who commit multiple murders typically use methods comparable to their male counterparts.