Deck 7: Homicide Victimization

Question 1

Which of the following are the most common firearms used in homicides?

A) rifles
B) machine guns
C) handguns
D) muskets

Answer 1

C

Question 2

As a whole, what kind of responses to gun- and gang-related homicides have been successful in decreasing homicide rates?

A) police
B) community
C) academic
D) court

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Ellen wakes up in the middle of the night to find her teenage daughter with a boy in her room. Without thinking, Ellen grabs a handgun from the hall closet, shoots, and kills the boy. This is an example of what kind of homicide?

A) criminal homicide
B) second-degree murder
C) felony murder
D) manslaughter

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which data set provides case-specific information for each murder reported in the UCR?

A) Supplementary Homicide Reports
B) National Crime and Victimization Survey
C) Supplemental Uniform Crime Report
D) National Center for Health Statistics

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of implied malice?

A) leaving a child in a hot car with the intention to kill
B) shooting someone in a fight
C) leaving a child home alone due to unavailable childcare and child dies from an accident
D) running over someone with one's car

Question 6

Which of the following is a type of filicide?

A) parricide
B) child abuse
C) infanticide
D) eldercide

Question 7

Criminal homicide includes all of the following except ______.

A) first-degree murder
B) second-degree murder
C) attempted murder
D) felony murder

Question 8

Stand your ground laws and the castle doctrine are related to what type of homicide?

A) excusable homicide
B) criminal homicide
C) justifiable homicide
D) intimate partner homicide

Question 9

According to the UCR, which scenarios do not fall under justifiable homicides?

A) the killing of a felon by a peace officer in the line of duty
B) the killing of a felon by a private citizen during the commission of a crime
C) the killing of felon by a private citizen during the court proceedings
D) none of these

Question 10

In terms of race, homicide is an overwhelmingly ______ event.

A) interracial
B) nonracial
C) intraracial
D) none of these

Question 11

Witnessing the murder of your mother at the hands of her husband is an example of what type of victimization?

A) homicide victimization
B) intimate partner homicide
C) indirect victimization
D) serial murder

Question 12

Using excessive force in self-defense is an example of what type of homicide?

A) criminal homicide
B) second-degree murder
C) voluntary manslaughter
D) involuntary manslaughter

Question 13

What is the most prevalent type of homicide-suicide?

A) females killing their children and then themselves
B) males killing their female intimate partners and then themselves
C) males killing their families and then themselves
D) females killing their parents then themselves

Question 14

The killing of 12 people in an Aurora, CO, movie theater is an example of which of the following?

A) spree murder
B) mass murder
C) serial murder
D) second-degree murder

Question 15

Which of the following is not a source of international homicide victimization data?

A) National Crime and Victimization Survey
B) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
C) World Health Organization
D) all of these

Question 16

What are the three elements of first-degree murder?

A) premeditation, deliberation, and malice
B) deliberation, collaboration, and malice
C) premeditation, malice, and deception
D) premeditation, deliberation, and deception

Question 17

Who is credited with having shaped the most commonly used definition of femicide?

A) Bonnie Fisher
B) Lenore Walker
C) Diana Russell
D) Michael Johnson

Question 18

The process by which family members of the deceased are notified of their loved one's passing is called ______ notification.

A) casualty
B) victimization
C) justice
D) mortality

Question 19

What type of homicides are accidental or unintentional killings?

A) justifiable homicides
B) excusable homicides
C) criminal homicides
D) none of these

Question 20

In India, which agency keeps detailed criminal justice data on the number of homicide victims by sex, age, and motive?

A) the National Criminal Records Bureau of India
B) the National Crime Survey of India
C) the Indian Homicide Bureau
D) Such data are not collected in India.

Question 21

Homicide victimization data are available through victimization surveys in the United States.

Question 22

Manslaughter deems the degree of responsibility is greater than for murder.

Question 23

Victim-offender mediation efforts between the family members of a homicide victim and the offender(s) are an example of ______.

A) peace-making criminology
B) plea bargaining
C) legal deposition
D) restorative justice

Question 24

Stand your ground laws are laws stating that individuals are not required to retreat from their location prior to using force in self-defense.

Question 25

There are generally two types of homicide: justifiable and criminal homicide/murder.

Question 26

The Supplementary Homicide Reports is a source of nationwide mortality data collected since the early 1930s.

Question 27

According to the FBI, firearm use comprises about 71% of homicide cases known to the police.

Question 28

Males are overrepresented as both homicide victims and offenders.

Question 29

Honor violence against females is usually committed with the idea that the perpetrator is protecting or regaining his honor or that of the family or community.

Question 30

Community-based programs that seek to review the circumstances of the homicide to gain a better understanding of the cause of death are called ______.

A) violence reviews
B) fatality reviews
C) situational reviews
D) domestic reviews

Question 31

Justifiable homicides are judged to be acceptable because they occur in defense of life only.

Question 32

The UCR records data for accidental and excusable homicides.

Question 33

Felony murder is usually considered first-degree murder.

Question 34

Define intimate partner homicide? What are the risk factors for this type of homicide?

Question 35

Felony murder is the often unintentional killing during the commission of a misdemeanor.

Question 36

Deliberation means the act was considered beforehand.

Question 37

What are the similarities and differences between Operation Ceasefire and CompStat? Which is more effective in reducing homicide?

Question 38

Express malice exists when death occurs due to negligence rather than intent.

Question 39

Eldercide refers to the killing of an individual over the age of ______.

A) 55
B) 65
C) 75
D) 85

Question 40

First-degree murder is a killing committed with deliberate premeditation and malice.

Question 41

Describe the elements of first-degree murder.

Question 42

Identify and compare the different types of homicides that involve multiple victims.

Question 43

What are the different types of manslaughter?