Deck 8: Serial Murder

Question 1

This is a killer who kills multiple victims at different times and often in different places with cooling off periods in between the killings.

A) Spree Killer
B) Mass murderer
C) Serial Killer
D) Sociopath

Answer 1

C

Question 2

When did the term serial killer start appearing commonly in the United States?

A) 1975
B) 1960s
C) 1980s
D) 1990s

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Countess Elizabeth Báthory is known as

A) One of Jack the Ripper's victims
B) But for a near miss, one of the victims of Gilles de Rais
C) The first woman to use the term serial killer
D) A serial killer who killed in 17th century Transylvania

Answer 3

D

Question 4

While serial killers may be any age, what age do they tend to be?

A) They tend to be in their twenties
B) They tend to be in their thirties
C) They tend to be in their forties
D) They tend to be in their fifties

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about serial killers

A) Males make up a larger percentage of the serial killer population than of the murderer population (89%)
B) For years, serial killing by African Americans has been underreported.
C) Serial killers tend to kill victims who are strangers to them
D) African Americans do not commit serial murder

Question 6

The average number of victims killed by each serial killer is estimated to be:

A) Seven to twelve
B) Seven to twelve for men and one to two for women
C) Eight
D) Fifteen

Question 7

Male serial killers tend to kill their victims by:

A) Shooting them to death
B) Blowing them up
C) Strangling them
D) Suffocating them

Question 8

Organized crime scenes suggest

A) The killer knew the victim
B) The killer carefully planned and executed the murder
C) The killer is a woman
D) The killer is a visionary killer

Question 9

Which of the following is not one of the four types of serial killers in Holmes and DeBurger's typology?

A) Organized
B) Visionary
C) Missionary
D) Hedonistic

Question 10

The MacDonald Triad includes all but the following:

A) Bedwetting
B) Abusing siblings
C) Fire setting
D) Torturing animals