Deck 13: Stalking and Homicide

Question 1

What is defined as the killing of a human being by the act, procurement, or omission of another human being?

A) Homicide
B) Parricide
C) Murder
D) Patricide

Answer 1

Homicide

Question 2

________ is a pattern of repeated and unwanted attention, harassment, contact, or any other course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear.

A) Criminal Harassment
B) Relationship abuse
C) Anti-stalking
D) Stalking

Answer 2

Stalking

Question 3

The groups that are most likely to be violent and stalk others are:

A) Those that hated being noticed by the victim.
B) Those that have had an intimate relationship with the victim.
C) Those are jealous of the victim because they are in a different relationship.
D) Those that wish they had a relationship with the victim.

Answer 3

Those that have had an intimate relationship with the victim.

Question 4

Stalking is a crime that is perpetrated by:

A) Teenagers.
B) Any demographic - stalking has no specific perpetrators.
C) Women.
D) Men.

Question 5

Stalking is a distinctive form of criminal activity because it:

A) Is intended to cause harm or instill fear in a person.
B) Characterized by following or harassing someone.
C) Is a pattern of behavior.
D) all of the above

Question 6

Experts suggest that stalking behaviors are closely related to intimate partner violence, research confirms:

A) That more than half of stalkers frequently experienced a breakup of a relationship or rejection prior to the beginning of their stalking behaviors.
B) That the prevalence of a previous intimate relationship ranges from 50 to 90 percent of cases.
C) That many victims have had a previous intimate relationship with their target.
D) all of the above

Question 7

The term ________ has been used to describe a variety of behaviors (a) that involve repeated threats and/or harassment, (b) that involve the use of electronic mail or other computer-based communication, and (c) that would make a reasonable person afraid or concerned for his or her safety.

A) Cyberstalking
B) Cyberharassment
C) Stalking
D) none of the above

Question 8

The term ________ includes behaviors associated with cyberstalking yet is different from cyberstalking because it is defined as not involving a credible threat.

A) Cyberstalking
B) Cyberharassment
C) Stalking
D) none of the above

Question 9

The one trait all stalkers have in common is that:

A) They were stalked themselves previously in their lives.
B) They suffer from a personality or mental disorder.
C) They will never stalk someone just once.
D) none of the above

Question 10

Contrary to popular belief, the majority of stalking incidents begin before an intimate relationship has:

A) actually ended.
B) become abusive.
C) gone bad.
D) none of the above

Question 11

According to the Stalking Resource Center, ________ of states have statutes establishing a civil order specific for the protection of stalking victims.

A) one-third
B) the majority
C) one-quarter
D) all of the above

Question 12

Violation of a stalking protection order is typically a ________ offense that carries with it the possibility of some amount of incarceration and fines.

A) Misdemeanor criminal
B) Civil
C) Felony criminal
D) none of the above

Question 13

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, ________ of states have statutes establishing a civil order specific for the protection of cyberstalking or cyberharassment, or both.

A) the majority
B) one-third
C) one-quarter
D) all of the above

Question 14

Which homicide is the intentional taking of another's life that is lawful, such as police officers responding to the commission of a felony with deadly force that could not be avoided?

A) Excusable
B) Justifiable
C) Felonious
D) none of the above

Question 15

________ by former intimate partners have been closely linked as a risk factor for both murder and attempted murder.

A) IPV
B) Cyberstalking
C) Cyberharassment
D) Stalking

Question 16

An example of ________ homicide is the defense referred to as battered women's syndrome.

A) Excusable
B) Justifiable
C) Inexcusable
D) Felonious

Question 17

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the most frequent victims of family homicides are:

A) spouses and ex-spouses.
B) children.
C) step-children.
D) parents.

Question 18

Intimate partner homicide victims make up approximately ________ percent of all murders nationwide.

A) 41
B) 21
C) 6
D) 11

Question 19

The majority of intimate partner homicide victims is:

A) male.
B) dating partners.
C) female.
D) none of the above

Question 20

The search to identify the ________ of the murder also begins in the circle immediately surrounding the victim.

A) core
B) witness
C) identity
D) perpetrator

Question 21

The collection of evidence in a death investigation begins within the ________ and moves outward. The victim tells a story: The place where the body is found, its gender, injury, and even the positioning of the body speak to the circumstances surrounding the death.

A) perpetrator
B) circle
C) witnesses
D) none of the above

Question 22

For violent or sudden deaths that were not witnessed by another person, a(n) ________ is often a standard procedure.

A) medical examiner
B) search warrant
C) prosecutor
D) autopsy

Question 23

A common misconception is that police officers do not need a warrant to search and seize evidence if they are investigating a:

A) homicide.
B) cold case.
C) rape.
D) crime involving a family member.

Question 24

Without a Mincey warrant, a police officer may be on the premises legally to conduct a(n) ________ response, such as a search for other victims and the killer when the body of a dead person is found.

A) first
B) cold case
C) emergency
D) wellness

Question 25

Death review ________ have been established to review cases involving child deaths in all 50 states.

A) investigations
B) interrogation methods
C) teams
D) protocols

Question 26

Intentionally causing death to another may be homicide, but not necessarily murder.

Question 27

Guidelines have been established to assist police officers and to assure that the rights inherent under the Chapman v. Arizona decision are protected.

Question 28

A significant factor is the stalker's desire to keep the victim within a personal relationship, since more than half of stalkers begin before the legitimate relationship has actually ended.

Question 29

A stalker who breaks into (by key or force) the victim's home and leaves evidence that someone was in the house may also be guilty of harassment.

Question 30

In response to the murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer, California became the fifth state to pass an anti-stalking law in 1998.

Question 31

False victimization syndrome is believed to be involved in a majority of stalking complaints that are encountered by law enforcement.

Question 32

Three general categories are recognized to describe the forms of homicide: justifiable, excusable, and inexcusable.

Question 33

An example of excusable homicide is the defense referred to as battered women's syndrome.

Question 34

An extremely rare form of domestic and lethal violence, familicide, is defined as a multi-victim homicide incident in which the killer's spouse or ex-spouse and one or more children are slain.

Question 35

Deaths within the gay and lesbian community that are relationship-related are typically documented through traditional methods.

Question 36

Approximately ________ % of all homicides in the United States are classified as a murder-suicide.

Question 37

________ is defined as a multiple-victim homicide incident in which the killer's spouse or ex-spouse and one or more children are slain.

Question 38

An example of ________ homicide is the defense of battered women's syndrome.

Question 39

In response to the murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer, ________ became the first state to pass an anti-stalking law in 1998.

Question 40

In Mincey v. Arizona (1978), the U.S. Supreme Court expressly stated that an exception to the warrant requirement was inconsistent with both the Fourth and the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in cases involving ________.

Question 41

________ death review teams examine child deaths from various causes, often with an emphasis on reviewing child deaths involving caretaker abuse and or neglect.

Question 42

________ are at the core of the death investigation and should quickly be excluded as potential perpetrators before other relationships to the victim are considered.

Question 43

The most common type of stalker is the ________ or simple obsessional stalker.

Question 44

The term ________ is usually associated with a stalker who has severe mental problems, including delusions.

Question 45

On July 25, 1996, the United States Senate passed the Interstate Stalking Punishment and Prevention Act of 1996 (Title 18 U.S.C. Section 2261), making it a federal crime to ________ to injure or harass another person.

Question 46

Select the correct term with the corresponding statement.

-This term has been used to describe a variety of behaviors, including repeated threats involving the use of email or computer-based communication that would make a reasonable person fear for their safety

A) Excusable homicide
B) Justifiable homicide
C) Cyber harassment
D) Cyber stalking

Question 47

Select the correct term with the corresponding statement.

-Killing without evil or criminal intent, for which there can be no blame

A) Excusable homicide
B) Justifiable homicide
C) Cyber harassment
D) Cyber stalking

Question 48

Select the correct term with the corresponding statement.

-Battered women's syndrome is an example of a defense

A) Excusable homicide
B) Justifiable homicide
C) Cyber harassment
D) Cyber stalking

Question 49

Select the correct term with the corresponding statement.

-Behaviors similar to cyber stalking but do not involve a credible threat

A) Excusable homicide
B) Justifiable homicide
C) Cyber harassment
D) Cyber stalking

Question 50

Describe some common stalking behaviors.

Question 51

How common are stalking protection orders?

Question 52

Discuss the different legal categories of homicide as it relates to IPV.

Question 53

Discuss the circle of death that surrounds the body of homicide victims.

Question 54

When the death of an older adult is committed by family members who are the most likely categories of persons to commit these homicides?

Question 55

What are the possible negative implications of battered women's syndrome being an example of excusable homicide as a defense?

Question 56

Why did the Supreme Court in Mincey v. Arizona (1978) 437 U.S. 385 rule against an exception to the search warrant requirement when police are investigating a possible homicide case?