Deck 7: The Male Serial Murderer

Question 1

Hickey has indicated that the degree of victim facilitation in being targeted/killed by male offenders since 1975 has:

A)stayed the same.
B)decreased slightly.
C)increased slightly.
D)increased significantly.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Society has failed to recognize poor blacks who kill poor blacks.This lack of recognition is rooted in minority status, socioeconomic status, and _____.

A)statistics
B)racism
C)research
D)gender

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The average age of male serial offenders has been identified as approximately:

A)early twenties.
B)late twenties.
C)early thirties.
D)late thirties.
E)forties.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true?

A)Frequently blacks and whites team up as accomplices in serial killing.
B)Most serial killers have killed or attempted to kill their mothers.
C)Most male offenders killed at least one female victim.
D)Overall, most victims of male offenders rank high in facilitation.

Question 5

Between 1977 and 1978, seven females in Georgia, most of whom were elderly, were sexually assaulted and strangled to death.The offender was referred to as the "Stocking Strangler."

A)Robert Joe Long
B)Albert DeSalvo
C)Calvin Jackson
D)Carlton Gary

Question 6

What we can say with absolute certainty about serial killers?

A)We cannot fit them into one single behavioral profile.
B)With few exceptions, they all act alike.
C)They all fit into one single behavioral profile.
D)We can fit them into three behavioral profiles.

Question 7

This African-American media and police groupie who hated his own race became a prolific killer of teenage boys and young men.Posing as a self-employed talent scout he searched for his victims in the Atlanta, GA area.

A)Calvin Jackson
B)Derrick Todd Lee
C)Carleton Gary
D)Wayne Williams

Question 8

This is a transient attraction to corpses rather than a preference for them.

A)necrophilia
B)paraphilia
C)pseudo-necrophilia
D)coprophilia

Question 9

Who was convicted of crimes as the "Green Man"?

A)Albert DeSalvo
B)Edmund Kemper
C)David Carpenter
D)Donald Harvey

Question 10

We can safely acknowledge that serial murderers' disposition toward serial murder is developed through _____.

A)abuse
B)divine inspiration
C)a learning process
D)the media

Question 11

He preyed upon young, attractive African-American women with whom he was close friends or an acquaintance.He charmed his way into their homes and killed them using double-ligature strangulation.They died slowly while he sexually assaulted them and engaged in necrophilia.He did not seem to investigators to fit serial-murder profiles because he exhibited both organized and disorganized characteristics.

A)Henry Wallace
B)Alton Coleman
C)Wayne Williams
D)Eddie Moseley

Question 12

Melton found that stalking was more likely to occur when the victims were _____, the abusers had drug or alcohol problems, offenders were controlling in their behavior, and the victims had been stalked before by the abuser.

A)in relationships with the abuser
B)no longer in relationships with the abuser
C)drug-dependent
D)easily controlled

Question 13

Since 1995, about _____ percent of serial killers in the United States have been black.

A)0
B)15
C)25
D)44

Question 14

This young man raped and strangled elderly women who lived in the Park Plaza Hotel where he worked as a porter:

A)Paul John Knowles
B)Robert Joe Long
C)Calvin Jackson
D)James Watson

Question 15

According to your author, half of all serial killers in the United States have emerged since:

A)1925
B)1950
C)1975
D)2000

Question 16

Underwood found in his study of siblicide (the killing of one sibling by another)that most often the primary catalyst was _____.

A)sexual advances
B)alcohol
C)an argument
D)betrayal

Question 17

Which of the following types of victims are more likely to be killed by male serial killers?

A)children
B)the elderly
C)teenagers
D)young women

Question 18

Albert DeSalvo, the Boston Strangler, often raped and murdered females.Over _____ percent were older women.

A)60
B)10
C)5
D)35

Question 19

Since 1975 among male offenders, which of the following mobility types killed the greatest number of victims per offender?

A)place specific
B)local
C)traveling
D)global

Question 20

The "Zebra Murders" involved the killing of _________ by _________.

A)White males by black males
B)Black males by white males
C)White females by black females
D)Black females by white females

Question 21

Which of the following offenders liked to take his female victims to his mountain retreat in Alaska, have sex with them, give them a head start, and then hunt them down and shoot them?

A)Robert Hansen
B)Paul John Knowles
C)Jerry Brudos
D)James P.Watson

Question 22

As of 2012, how many states currently impose the death penalty?

A)23
B)45
C)34
D)They all impose the death penalty.

Question 23

Females who have solitary, secluded lifestyles appear to have the highest risk of becoming victimized by a male serial killer.

Question 24

Serial killers generally don't kill strangers.

Question 25

Which of the following is the least likely occurrence for male serial killers once they have been apprehended?

A)death row/execution
B)sentence to years/ life in prison
C)confined to a mental institution
D)escape

Question 26

Of all types of traumatization reported by male serial offenders which of the following was most likely to be found in their histories?

A)corporal punishment
B)rejection
C)divorce
D)sexual abuse

Question 27

Most serial killers are found to be legally insane.

Question 28

Serial killers tend to be:

A)college graduates
B)some college
C)highly intelligent
D)not highly educated

Question 29

This killer had a history of criminal behavior long before he started his killing spree.He decided to make his mark on society and began a 4-month killing rampage that would cover seven states and include at least 18 victims.

A)Eddie Moseley
B)Alton Coleman
C)Robert Hansen
D)John Paul Knowles

Question 30

The act of _____ did not become a crime until 1990.

Question 31

_____ cases often receive limited press coverage unless they involve high body counts and the victims died violently.

Question 32

Which of the following is most likely to occur to male serial killers once they have been apprehended?

A)confined to a mental institution
B)suicide
C)death penalty sentences
D)prison sentences

Question 33

Male offenders reported which of the following as the most frequent motive for killing at least one or more of their victims?

A)enjoyment
B)revenge
C)money
D)sex

Question 34

Few male serial killers travel outside their home city to find victims.

Question 35

Nearly all serial killers are black.

Question 36

Many male serial killers use a combination of methods in killing their victims.This is in contrast to typical homicides, domestic or otherwise, in which what method is most likely to be used as the only method to kill their victims?

A)firearms
B)poison
C)bludgeoning
D)mutilation
E)strangulation

Question 37

Which is the least form of traumatization experienced by male offenders?

A)sexual abuse
B)parents deceased
C)prostitute mother
D)poverty

Question 38

Overall, the greatest percentage of victims were killed by _____ offenders.