Deck 13: Interpreting Motive

Question 1

refers to the end aim that guides behavior.
a. Motive
b. Goal-directed behavior
c. Administrative behavior
d. Intent

Answer 1

Intent

Question 2

Use of the scientific method is necessary when establishing crime scene motivation.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What motivation does not reflect emotional or psychological needs of the offender?
a. Power reassurance
b. Power assertive
c. Anger retaliatory
d. Administrative

Answer 3

Administrative

Question 4

Which of the following is not a motive of sexual assault?
a. Profit
b. Goal-directed
c. Power reassurance
d. Sadistic

Question 5

An administrative motivation includes behaviors that service what type of gain?
a. Financial
b. Material
c. Personal
d. All of the above

Question 6

The main goal of behavior is to service the offender's cumulative aggression.
a. Power assertive
b. Anger retaliatory
c. Sadistic
d. Administrative

Question 7

The belief/rationalization that the offense is consensual or that the victim is somehow a willing or culpable participant is an example of what motivation?
a. Power reassurance
b. Power assertive
c. Anger retaliatory
d. Administrative

Question 8

The behavioral motivational typology shifts the emphasis from classifying crime scene behavior to classifying offender.

Question 9

Which of the following must be present in a sadistically motivated crime?
a. A female victim
b. A conscious victim who is able to respond to the injuries inflicted by the offender
c. Post mortem injuries to sexual areas of the victim
d. All of the above

Question 10

Crime scene motive is synonymous with offender motivation.

Question 11

Administrative crime scene behaviors can be broken down into what 2 categories?
a. Profit-oriented and goal-directed
b. Power reassurance and power assertive
c. MO and signature
d. Sadistic and torture

Question 12

Which of the following is not an example of a contributing motivational factor?
a. Mental illness
b. Stress
c. Sexual gratification
d. All of the above may be considered contributing motivational factors

Question 13

What motivation is also referred to as entitlement?
a. Power reassurance
b. Power assertive
c. Anger retaliatory
d. Administrative

Question 14

An offender who contacts a victim after an attack evidences what motivation?
a. Power reassurance
b. Power assertive
c. Administrative
d. Profit

Question 15

What type of crime scene behavior is engaged in for a specific functional purpose?
a. Profit-oriented
b. Administrative
c. Anger retaliatory
d. Goal-directed

Question 16

The behavioral motivational typology is only used to classify the behavior of rapists.

Question 17

The behavioral motivational typology is useful for classifying what type of criminal behavior?
a. Sexual assault
b. Burglary
c. Kidnapping
d. All of the above

Question 18

Which of the following is not an advantage of determining the motivation behind a crime?
a. It reduces the suspect pool
b. It assists with case linkage analysis
c. It can provide circumstantial bearing on offender state of mind
d. All of the above are advantages of determining motive

Question 19

Cumulative rage is evidenced by what behavior?
a. Overkill
b. Sadism
c. Planning
d. Intent

Question 20

Crime scene motives are fixed in time, in relation to a particular event.

Question 21

Define sadism. Explain the difference between torture and sadism.

Question 22

A planned attack that results from an emotional reaction on the part of the offender evidences a sadistic motivation.

Question 23

Explain the difference between power reassurance and power assertive crime scene behaviors.

Question 24

A contributing motivation factor in one crime may be the primary motivation in another crime.

Question 25

Contributing motivational factors are often primary to the offense.

Question 26

An offender may evidence behaviors that reflect a change in motivation during a single offense.

Question 27

Short offense duration with a single method of injury evidences a goal-directed motivation.

Question 28

Case Study
?Administrative behaviors include those that service financial, material, or personal gain. Administrative behaviors are the exceptions that prove the rule of signature aspects, as they do not necessarily satisfy psychological or emotional needs.
Administrative behaviors can further be broken down into profit-oriented behavior and goal-directed behavior.
Examples of profit-oriented behavior include:
i. Torture for money or information
ii. Theft of valuables
iii. Addiction-directed drug-seeking behaviors
Examples of goal-directed behavior include:
i. Eliminating a living witness
ii. Eliminating a threat
Review the following paragraph and answer the questions below.
A woman becomes angry with her husband for cheating on her with another woman. She takes out a large insurance policy on him. Then she waits until he falls asleep one night and shoots him. She proceeds to stage the crime scene to make it look like a stranger burglary gone wrong.
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What are the primary motivations of this woman's behavior?

Question 29

Case Study
?Administrative behaviors include those that service financial, material, or personal gain. Administrative behaviors are the exceptions that prove the rule of signature aspects, as they do not necessarily satisfy psychological or emotional needs.
Administrative behaviors can further be broken down into profit-oriented behavior and goal-directed behavior.
Examples of profit-oriented behavior include:
i. Torture for money or information
ii. Theft of valuables
iii. Addiction-directed drug-seeking behaviors
Examples of goal-directed behavior include:
i. Eliminating a living witness
ii. Eliminating a threat
Review the following paragraph and answer the questions below.
A woman becomes angry with her husband for cheating on her with another woman. She takes out a large insurance policy on him. Then she waits until he falls asleep one night and shoots him. She proceeds to stage the crime scene to make it look like a stranger burglary gone wrong.
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Explain the difference between motive and intent.