Deck 11: Serial Murder: a Global Perspective

Question 1

He murdered 11 children and teens with a hammer because he "did not want them to suffer as he had suffered." He contended that his killings were "mercy killings" that would never have happened had those children been raised in loving homes.

A)Ottis Toole
B)Clifford Olson
C)Arthur Shawcross
D)Andrei Chikatilo

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In the Harbort study, many of the German serial killers were found to be affected by this.

A)brain abnormalities
B)mental illnesses
C)mental disorders
D)Klinefelter's Syndrome

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, this offender was believed to be delusional when he bombed government office buildings in Oslo, Norway, killing eight and then traveling to the island of Otoya where he attacked a youth summer camp killing 69.

A)Joachim Kroll
B)Richard Doney
C)Gerhard Schroeder
D)Anders Breivik

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Where was the VICLAS system developed?

A)United States
B)England
C)Canada
D)South Africa

Question 5

Who was Europe's most prolific modern serial killer?

A)Uri Zakotnova
B)Andrei Chikatilo
C)Stepan Valnophsky
D)Igor Makarov

Question 6

According to Hickey, which of the following is NOT a key issue in exploring serial murder from a global perspective?

A)Serial murder is defined or viewed differently in other cultures.
B)Motives and methods for serial murder are influenced by cultural differences.
C)U.S.serial murderer profiles are often contradicted by serial murderer profiles created by law enforcement agencies in other countries.
D)Understanding religion as a cultural factor in serial murder.

Question 7

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

Question 8

Harbort noted that these German serial killers had the longest killing careers.

A)female offenders
B)less intelligent offenders
C)offenders with high IQs
D)immigrants to Germany

Question 9

Harbort found that these German serial killers were apprehended at a faster rate.

A)females
B)younger
C)less intelligent
D)more intelligent

Question 10

This country executed a man, now referred to as the Tehran Vampire, for raping and murdering nine women.

A)Iraq
B)Afghanistan
C)Iran
D)Egypt

Question 11

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

Question 12

He entertained prostitutes at his "Piggy Palace Good Times Society." Thirty trace remains of victims were found but most of the corpses were fed to his pigs that were frequently bought and sold at local markets.

A)Robert Pickton
B)Clifford Olson
C)Jay Healey
D)Jean Baptiste

Question 13

Since the end of World War II, how many cases of serial murder has Canada documented?

A)over 50
B)none
C)10
D)187

Question 14

What is the "Highway of Tears?"

A)a stretch of two-lane highway from Prince Rupert, B.C., to Prince George, B.C., and on to Edmonton, Alberta
B)There is no actual highway; it is a metaphor.
C)the stretch of Route 66 from Tucumcari, New Mexico, to Los Angeles, California
D)Clinton Road in West Milford, New Jersey

Question 15

This offender was raised in a physically and sexually abusive home where he witnessed his alcoholic father raping his mother and sisters.He also engaged in sexually abusing his sisters and eventually ran away from home.He used hammers, knives, and scissors to kill both young girls and women.Eventually he was apprehended and sent to the guillotine.

A)Donald Harvey
B)Orville Majors
C)Michael Swango
D)Peter Kurten

Question 16

Why did German serial killer Gerhard Schroeder kill prostitutes?

A)They were attractive.
B)He was a lust killer.
C)They were easy targets.
D)He thought they had money.

Question 17

What is a "superkiller?"

A)Someone who has claimed or been accused of murdering hundreds of victims.
B)Someone who has actually murdered hundreds of victims.
C)Someone who travels the world.
D)Someone who kills large numbers of victims and is never caught.

Question 18

Why is Joachim Georg Kroll, the Laundry Room Killer, of particular interest to German profilers?

A)He had a low IQ.
B)He killed babies left unattended.
C)He was unemployed but had an extremely high IQ.
D)He wore underwear stolen from people he had killed.

Question 19

Whom did Jack the Ripper particularly enjoy targeting?

A)children
B)elderly
C)rich women
D)prostitutes

Question 20

What did an examination of German serial killers by the German police find?

A)Homicide from robberies was as frequent as homicide with sexual motivations.
B)More of the killers were likely to have deep childhood trauma when compared to U.S.serial killers.
C)About 70 percent of all homicides involving robberies and homicides were committed by serial murderers.
D)More of the European killers targeted the affluent.

Question 21

Which of the following statements is true of the Gorby study?

A)South American, Central American and Middle Eastern countries combined accounted for the largest percentage of serial killers in his data analysis.
B)Since 1900 the percentage of European cases has declined steadily while just the opposite is occurring in non-European countries.
C)There were fewer female serial killers in the Gorby study than in the Hickey study.
D)Compared to the Hickey study, there were far fewer cases of serial murder in the Gorby study where offenders had an accomplice.

Question 22

Few countries appear to have a problem of certain offenders being defined as "superkillers," meaning offenders who claim outrageous victim counts.

Question 23

Which of the following statements is true?

A)The term "psychopath" has never been officially used in Japanese psychiatry.
B)Psychopath is a current, popular term in Japanese psychiatry.
C)The term "psychopath" was often used in Japan between 1955 and 1965 but gradually faded from usage in Japanese psychiatry.
D)The term "psychopath" became popular in Japan following the rape of Nanking.

Question 24

German serial murderers are less prone than American serial murderers to take trophies and travel large distances to find victims.

Question 25

Which of the following showed the greatest variance between the Hickey and Gorby studies?

A)percentage of accomplices
B)percentage of victims per case
C)percentage using firearms
D)percentage of males strangling their victims

Question 26

Born in 1966 east of Johannesburg, South Africa, this offender became a prime example of cases that do not fit traditional profiles of violent offenders.

A)Stewart Wilken
B)Anders Breivik
C)Martin Bryant
D)Fritz Haarmann

Question 27

American serial killers were slightly more likely to be involved in postmortem activities including mutilation.

Question 28

The United States' murder rate is _____ times higher than Japan's.

A)5
B)11
C)16
D)21

Question 29

Aki notes that the 95 percent homogeneity of Japan fosters a sense of _____.

A)honor
B)competition
C)despair
D)individualism

Question 30

Few serial murderers are found to be insane in the eyes of the law.

Question 31

Which of the following is NOT one of Raj's types of mutilation?

A)defensive
B)offensive
C)aggressive
D)torture

Question 32

Which of the following statements is true?

A)Serial murder in Japan has decreased due to the decrease in sex crimes.
B)Serial murder in Japan has increased due to the increase in sex crimes.
C)As Japan's pornography industry expands the number of sex crimes has markedly decreased.
D)As Japan's pornography industry expands the number of sex crimes has markedly increased.

Question 33

Japan is among countries with high rates of serial murder.

Question 34

A man of low self-esteem, this offender killed children and young women in and around train stations.A paraphilic killer with a history of scopophilia and pedophilia, he routinely stabbed out the eyes of his victims to avoid their stare and frequently practiced anthropophagy.

A)Jeffery Dahmer
B)Andrei Chikatilo
C)Charles Albright
D)Douglas Clark

Question 35

Japanese male offenders were more likely than their American male counterparts to murder using this method.

A)guns
B)poisons
C)stabbing
D)strangulation