Deck 10: Victims of Serial Murder

Question 1

In one case in which 11 children had been abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered, the government made a deal with the captured killer and paid him $10,000 for each body he had buried in order to recover the victims.The killer produced 10 bodies.When an outraged public became aware of this transaction the government was forced to recover the money.

A)Robert Pickton
B)Clifford Olson
C)Juan Corona
D)Arthur Shawcross

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Of all children who are murdered each year in the United States, which of the following currently represent the greatest percentage of victims?

A)American Indians
B)Hispanics
C)whites
D)blacks

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Of Hickey's 2004 study, nearly _____ percent of the 367 cases (431 offenders) appeared since 1975.

A)50%
B)60%
C)70%
D)80%

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following statements is correct?

A)The FBI claim that instead of several thousands of children being abducted by strangers in the U.S.each year, the actual figures are no more than 150 stranger abductions per year by predators who sexually assault and/or kill their child victims.
B)Evidence now strongly indicates that murders by strangers in the U.S.are on a sharp rise.
C)Male children being abducted and killed by strangers are at greater risk than female children.
D)Less than 10 percent of offenders in the author's research killed one or more children.

Question 5

Dr.Wayne Lord, former director of the FBI's child abduction unit, found that of the 3,200 to 4,600 annual occurrences of non-familial child abductions, _____ were by predators who sexually assaulted and/or killed their child victims.

A)25-35
B)40-50
C)100-150
D)1000-1500

Question 6

Murders represent less than _____ percent of all violent crimes in the United States.

A)10
B)25
C)35
D)1

Question 7

African Americans constitute approximately _____ percent of offenders in the 2004 serial murder study.

A)10
B)20
C)30
D)40

Question 8

Single-homicide offenders kill _____.

A)men and women with equal frequency
B)more men than women
C)more women than men
D)more children than either women or men

Question 9

Which of the following classifications describe children who are murdered by their parent(s) or legal guardians?

A)murdered children
B)disposable children
C)unwanted children
D)discarded children

Question 10

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which types of abductions accounted for the greatest percentage of children found dead?

A)parental
B)stranger
C)non-parental relatives
D)acquaintance

Question 11

Regarding missing children in the United States _____ account for the greatest percentage of children found alive whereas _____ account for the greatest percentage of children found dead.

A)runaways/parental abductions
B)discarded children/abbreviated abductions
C)runaways/relative abductions
D)runaways/stranger abductions

Question 12

Who first examined victim precipitation in the noted Philadelphia study?

A)Hirschi
B)McDonald
C)Doerner and Lab
D)Wolfgang

Question 13

This group is referred to by Quinet as the "_____," or missing persons who were never reported as missing and some of whom could easily be victims of serial murder.

A)permanently missing
B)long gone
C)bozzios
D)missing missing

Question 14

Between 1995 and 2004 the cases of serial murder _____.

A)sharply inclined
B)sharply declined
C)stayed the same as before 1975
D)rose only a little

Question 15

Nearly 75 percent of child abduction murder victims are killed within _____ hours.

A)2-3 hours
B)6-12 hours
C)24-48 hours
D)3 days
E)1 week

Question 16

The face of serial victimization is changing gradually.Today there are _____.

A)greater number of victims per offender
B)more cases of only female victims
C)a decrease in males being targeted
D)fewer strangers and more family members being targeted

Question 17

African Americans are responsible for over ______ percent of homicides.

A)20
B)10
C)5
D)50

Question 18

Which of the following mobility groups was least common but was responsible for the greatest average number of victims per offender and the greatest average number of victims per case?

A)traveling
B)place-specific
C)local
D)semi-local

Question 19

Which of the following statements is correct regarding victim facilitation in serial murder cases according to Hickey's research?

A)Less than 25 percent of victims were categorized as low facilitation.
B)Most victims were found to be both high and low facilitation.
C)Over two-thirds of all victims were generally in the right place at the wrong time.
D)Most victims were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Question 20

Who is at greatest risk of victimization in cases of serial murder?

A)young women
B)young men and young women
C)the elderly
D)young women and children

Question 21

In any given year it has been estimated that 100-200 serial killers may be active.

Question 22

Operation Police Lure revealed that which lure was most often used by child abductors/molesters?

A)offering a ride home in their car
B)offering candy or treats
C)inviting the child to have his/her picture taken
D)asking for help

Question 23

Most missing children are returned home alive or are located.Of the .2 percent not located or returned home, most were _____.

A)killed
B)taken from the country
C)runaways from institutions
D)sold into slavery

Question 24

In the case of the Prostitute Murders in California, (2000- 2001), what was the reason given for the killer to stab the youngest victim nearly 150 times and mutilate her face?

A)He wanted to make her ugly like all prostitutes he killed.
B)She had cheated him out of drugs.
C)She had cheated him out of money.
D)She laughed at him because he was impotent.

Question 25

What is the primary motive reported by female serial offenders for killing children?

A)thrills
B)revenge
C)sexual gratification
D)monetary gain

Question 26

Hewitt examined demographic characteristics of victims and offenders in the often-publicized community of "Middletown, U.S.A." (_____) and found the victim-offender relationships to be similar to those in larger cities.

Question 27

Most serial offenders who are white usually are also lower middle class or middle class, and their homicides tend to be _____.

A)intraracial
B)interracial
C)of any race
D)of a specific race chosen by the offender

Question 28

This was the primary motive for killing children reported by male serial offenders.

A)thrills
B)revenge
C)sexual gratification
D)mental illness

Question 29

Most serial murderers operate in a specific place or general urbanized area.

Question 30

This offender became known by the media as the "Scorecard Killer."

A)John Wayne Gacy
B)Randy Kraft
C)Herb Baumeister
D)Dean Corll

Question 31

_____ was also known as "The Killer Clown," and read passages from the Bible as he killed his victims.

Question 32

Heterosexual serial killers target gay men how often?

A)rarely
B)all the time
C)the same as they target heterosexual men
D)sometimes

Question 33

The percentage of victims killed by local offenders between 1975 and 2004 has increased noticeably.

Question 34

Of the 420 serial killers examined in the Hickey study, approximately what percent killed at least one child?

A)10
B)24
C)40
D)65

Question 35

Serial murderers rarely have distinctive victim-selection criteria, motivations, and sexual interests.

Question 36

One of the several aliases of _____ was "Bluebeard." He was married to at least 18 women and possibly as many as 26.

Question 37

Female serial murderers killed for shorter periods than their male counterparts.

Question 38

Another factor influencing victim selection is the degree of _____ and _____ the offender is able to exert.