Deck 11: Homicide

Question 1

Much of Charles Manson's philosophy was influenced by which Beatles album?

A) Abbey Road
B) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
C) The White Album
D) Let It Be
E) Magical Mystery Tour

Answer 1

C

Question 2

According to Charles Manson, what did "helter skelter" refer to?

A) A race war between black and white Americans
B) A civilization without poverty or war
C) The return of our alien creators
D) The transitioning of the human race to a new state of being
E) The second coming of the Messiah

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Charles Manson began recruiting members for his Family from which popular hippie locale in the late 1960s?

A) Greenwich Village
B) Denver, Colorado
C) Woodstock
D) Death Valley
E) Haight-Ashbury

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Statistical patterns of homicide are most consistent with which of the following?

A) Reactive violence
B) Methodical violence
C) Instrumental violence
D) Passive aggression
E) Hollywood portrayals of homicide

Question 5

Which of the statements below about statistical patterns of homicide is NOT true?

A) Substance use plays a prominent role in most homicides.
B) Most victims of homicide are males under the age of 25.
C) Most homicides occur in remote areas like campgrounds.
D) Most homicides occur in a private residence.
E) Most victims of homicide are murdered by someone they know.

Question 6

Megargee (1966) speculated that people exhibiting a personality characterized by over-controlled hostility would do which of the following?

A) Rarely act aggressively even when provoked
B) Eventually "snap" and act violently in response to a relatively trivial provocation
C) Engage in extreme and excessive violence
D) Both B and C
E) All of the above

Question 7

After years of torment and abuse from his neighbour, Ned finally snaps and violently murders his neighbour during a backyard argument. Ned's behaviour is considered shocking by his neighbours, as he is largely a quiet and polite individual. According to Edwin Megargee, Ned is which of the following?

A) Narcissistic offender
B) Hedonistic offender
C) Under-controlled offender
D) Over-controlled offender
E) Borderline offender

Question 8

What is the killing of a newborn infant in the first 24 hours following childbirth called?

A) Matricide
B) Parricide
C) Infanticide
D) Neonaticide
E) Filicide

Question 9

Research suggests that neonaticidal women are more likely to be which of the following?

A) Mentally ill at the time of the offence
B) Poor
C) Unemployed
D) Both B and C
E) All of the above

Question 10

In the film Psycho and the television show Bates Motel, Norman Bates murders his mother. What is Bates guilty of?

A) Filicide
B) Patricide
C) Matricide
D) Manslaughter
E) Neonaticide

Question 11

Which of the following is more likely of adult parricide offenders?

A) Murder a parent to protect their other parent from abuse
B) Have a serious mental illness
C) Have ongoing financial problems
D) Both B and C
E) All of the above

Question 12

Between December 1957 and January 1958, 19-year-old Charles Starkweather murdered 11 people as he drove across Nebraska and Wyoming with his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate. Starkweather would most accurately be classified as which of the following?

A) Serial killer
B) Neonaticidal offender
C) Spree killer
D) Patricide offender
E) Mass murderer

Question 13

Eric believes he suffers from lycanthropy-he believes that he turns into a werewolf during the full moon. Eric begins killing people, a new victim for each full moon, while living a normal life when the moon is not full. Eric would most accurately be classified as which of the following?

A) Sociopathic killer
B) Serial killer
C) Spree killer
D) Mass murderer
E) Universal monster

Question 14

Erotophonophilia refers to a paraphilia that involves which of the following?

A) Sexual arousal to the expelling of feces
B) Exposure of genitals to unsuspecting passerby
C) Secretly watching someone undressing or engaging in sexual activity
D) Murder of an unsuspecting sexual partner
E) Sexual arousal to feet and/or footwear

Question 15

In contrast to male serial killers, female serial killers are more likely to do which of the following?

A) Use poison as a weapon
B) Murder strangers
C) Operate for shorter periods of time
D) Both A and B
E) All of the above

Question 16

The MacDonald triad includes which of the following?

A) Cruelty to animals
B) Fire-setting
C) Bedwetting
D) Both A and B
E) All of the above

Question 17

The MacDonald triad suggests that serial killers will demonstrate several early childhood warning signs, including which of the following?

A) Lead exposure
B) Running away
C) Cruelty to animals
D) Truancy
E) Swearing

Question 18

Police investigating a murder note that the killer brought restraints to confine their victim, cleaned the crime scene, and most likely arrived and left the crime scene in their own vehicle. The suspect is most likely which of the following?

A) Organized killer
B) Visionary serial killer
C) Mission-oriented serial killer
D) Disorganized killer
E) School shooter

Question 19

How is the disorganized killer typically characterized?

A) Highly intelligent
B) Glib and superficial
C) Highly self-regulated
D) Sexually capable
E) Sexually inhibited

Question 20

David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" killer, shot thirteen people between 1976 and 1977, stating in letters to the police that he was ordered to murder by Satan. Berkowitz best exemplifies which of the following types of serial killers?

A) Visionary serial killer
B) Hedonistic serial killer
C) Power-oriented serial killer
D) Black Widow serial killer
E) Mission-oriented serial killer

Question 21

Which of the following is NOT a phase in the addiction model of serial homicide?

A) Depression phase
B) Wooing phase
C) Totem phase
D) Contrition phase
E) Aura phase

Question 22

A serial killer who targets young urban professional males has selected a potential victim. He follows his potential victim to work on public transit for a couple of weeks while also scanning his Facebook and Instagram profiles. At which phase of the addiction model of serial homicide is this hypothetical serial killer?

A) Wooing phase
B) Trolling phase
C) Totem phase
D) Capture and murder phase
E) Aura phase

Question 23

In the trauma-control model, which of the following plays an influential role in the etiology of serial murder?

A) Addiction
B) Poor content on Canadian Netflix
C) Poor Wi-Fi accessibility
D) Socialization
E) Fantasy

Question 24

In the 1980s horror film Silent Night, Deadly Night, Billy sees his parents murdered by a man dressed as Santa Claus. Years later, an adult Billy works at a toy store and is forced by his boss to dress as Santa Claus on Christmas Eve for the store. This triggers Billy, who subsequently engages in a murder spree. According to Hickey's (2013) trauma-control model, being forced to dress as Santa would be an example of which of the following?

A) Dissociation
B) Trauma reinforcement
C) Facilitator
D) Trolling
E) Violent fantasies

Question 25

You are a cult leader and want to ensure compliance and loyalty among your membership. You should do which of the following?

A) Have recruits participate in a public and embarrassing initiation ritual
B) Ignore your members
C) Use a graduated points system
D) Offer small monetary rewards
E) Offer a great deal of praise

Question 26

Canadian researchers suggest that there are two distinct causal pathways where self-regulation is linked with homicide. The pathological pathways model of homicide suggests that criminal violence results from which of the following?

A) Dysfunctional schemas
B) Fixation
C) Neuropsychological difficulties
D) Psychopathic personality traits
E) Underregulation

Question 27

Many cults will offer instant affection and companionship to new members to facilitate recruitment. What is this technique is called?

A) Reciprocity norm
B) Love-bombing
C) Parallel social networking
D) Social accommodation
E) Serial position effect

Question 28

Vulnerability factors that increase the likelihood of being recruited by cults include which of the following?

A) Having conservative or right-wing political views
B) Having strong religious beliefs
C) Being in between important affiliations
D) Both A and C
E) All of the above

Question 29

Research on school shootings has found out which of the following statements to be true about peer rejection?

A) It is the strongest correlate of school violence.
B) It is an immediate precursor to most incidents.
C) It is a distal risk factor.
D) It is correlated with violent video game playing.
E) It plays no role.

Question 30

The traumatized school shooter typically demonstrates which of the following developmental risk factors?

A) Parental substance use
B) High levels of narcissism
C) Psychotic symptoms
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 31

Compare and contrast the undercontrolled and overcontrolled offender types.

Question 32

Identify and describe major differences between neonaticidal and infanticidal offenders.

Question 33

Compare and contrast the three major categories of multiple murder.

Question 34

Identify three major crime scene differences between organized and disorganized killers.

Question 35

Identify three major differences in the characteristics of organized and disorganized killers.

Question 36

Using the trauma-control model, explain how an individual might become a serial killer.

Question 37

Explain how cult leaders use psychological theories of influence and attitudinal change to recruit and indoctrinate members. In your answer, identify and describe three examples of psychological theories often employed by cult leaders.

Question 38

According to the addiction model, how does an individual become a serial killer? Discuss the various stages or phases and how they contribute to this process.