Deck 15: Violent Economic Crime and Crimes of Initimidation

Question 1

In dealing with a barricade situation, which of the following is not recommended to hostage negotiators?

A) Denying the hostage taker's desired excitement or stimulation
B) Calm handling
C) Threatening to involve the hostage-taker's family in negotiations
D) Providing minimum media attention
E) Prolonging the negotiation if necessary as long as some progress is being made

Answer 1

C

Question 2

A major difference between robbery and other property crime is that:

A) robbery involves direct contact with a victim.
B) robbers are less likely to be apprehended.
C) robbers are more likely to rationalize their behavior.
D) on average, robbery brings in more money for the offender.
E) robbery rarely harms humans.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Refusal by hostages to do what captors expect during a hostage situation is called:

A) Stockholm syndrome.
B) Markov syndrome.
C) Paris syndrome.
D) London syndrome.
E) Korsakoff's syndrome.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Persistent, youthful firesetters tend to exhibit all of the following except:

A) hyperactivity.
B) impulsiveness.
C) conduct problems.
D) violence and destructiveness other than the firesetting.
E) cruelty to animals.

Question 5

Which psychiatrist mentioned in this Chapter contends that there is a bomber personality?

A) Miron
B) Bromberg
C) MacDonald
D) Lunde
E) Lindell

Question 6

.Which of the following is not one of the FBI's categories of hostage takers?

A) Prisoners
B) Criminals
C) Politicals
D) Terrorists
E) Mentally Disordered

Question 7

A serious mental disorder characterized by abnormal fascination with fire is called:

A) firesetting.
B) arson obsession.
C) anhedonia.
D) pyromania.
E) arson disorder.

Question 8

Research on repetitive arsonists has recently identified some common characteristics. Which of the following is not one of them?

A) They feel they have little control over their environments.
B) They are usually from a socially disadvantaged segment of the population.
C) Their educational achievement is below average.
D) They have a discernible pattern of sexual deviations.
E) They often began firesetting in childhood.

Question 9

In hostage-taking situations, those hostages who, after release, have considerable difficulty dealing with the after-effects of the incident are called:

A) survivors.
B) pseudo-victims.
C) masked depressed survivors.
D) Maslach burnouts.
E) succumbers.

Question 10

According to Miron and Goldstein's typology of hostage-taking offenses, a hostage taker who kidnaps a child and holds the child for ransom is demonstrating:

A) instrumental conduct
B) expressive aphasia.
C) receptive conduct.
D) expressive conduct.
E) none of the above.

Question 11

_____ stalkers do not seek a personal relationship with their targets.

A) Love obsession
B) Possessive
C) Vengeance
D) Erotomania
E) Simple obsession

Question 12

Approximately _____ percent of the known arson fires in the United States are set by juveniles.

A) 11
B) 27
C) 43
D) 59
E) 34

Question 13

What are the two favored targets for robbery?

A) Thespians and tourists
B) University professors and bankers
C) Fast-food restaurants and convenience stores
D) Convenience stores and liquor stores
E) Resorts and banks

Question 14

Which type of robbery occurs in urban areas and is less likely to be planned?

A) Commercial robbery
B) Bank robbery
C) Street robbery
D) Amateur robbery
E) Strong-arm robbery

Question 15

The primary motive for juvenile arsons appears to be:

A) parental revenge.
B) crime concealment.
C) financial gain.
D) vandalism.
E) fame.

Question 16

A hostage is most likely to survive a hostage situation if she:

A) plays the subordinate role and not attract attention to oneself.
B) attempst to reason with the hostage takers.
C) becomes assertive and argumentative.
D) pleads for mercy.
E) attempts to overtake the hostage taker(s).

Question 17

Which pattern of firesetting is often linked to the cover-up of other crimes?

A) Instrumental-object pattern
B) Expressive-object pattern
C) Intentional-expressive pattern
D) Expressive-person pattern
E) Instrumental-person

Question 18

The backgrounds of persistent firesetters reveal that they were often:

A) the target of punishment where fire was used as the painful stimulus.
B) from families with alcoholic parents.
C) sexually abused.
D) from broken homes.
E) the youngest child in the family.

Question 19

It is generally acknowledged that approximately ______ percent of the fires set by juveniles are reported.

A) 10
B) 20
C) 25
D) 30
E) 60

Question 20

The primary motive for adult arsons appears to be:

A) revenge.
B) crime concealment.
C) financial gain.
D) vandalism.
E) fame.

Question 21

From a psychological perspective, many arsonists have no intention of harming people.

Question 22

Current research has revealed that a large portion of the persistent firesetters are boys at a ratio of ___ to 1 to girls.

A) 10
B) 3
C) 9
D) 5
E) 34

Question 23

Research suggests hostage-taking incidents are rarely perpetrated by mentally disordered individuals.

Question 24

The FBI's Uniform Crime Reports considers arson a violent crime.

Question 25

The Stockholm syndrome is a rare occurrence.

Question 26

The most frequent and identifiable motive for bombings is financial gain.

Question 27

Compared to nonfiresetters, research has shown that persistent firesetters are more likely to demonstrate:

A) attention deficit hyperactivity disorders.
B) poor impulse control.
C) cruelty to animals and other children.
D) poor interpersonal skills.
E) all of the above.

Question 28

The impetus for California's 1990 antistalking legislation was:

A) the stalking of Steven Spielberg's seven children.
B) the murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer.
C) the stalking of actress Rebecca Schaeffer.
D) the murders of four Orange County women who were killed despite restraining orders against their assailants.
E) the stalking and homicide of two government officials, Peter Brown and Louise Cooke.

Question 29

A relatively new phenomenon in which students send via email harmful, threatening, or cruel text to another students is specifically called internet fraud.

Question 30

Doris Hall (1998) reports that the experience of being stalked for an extended period of time is akin to:

A) mind-game playing.
B) bullying.
C) rape.
D) psychological terrorism.
E) emotional abuse.

Question 31

This category of stalking accounts for the majority of stalking and is illustrated by the comment, "If I can't have you, nobody will."

A) Possessive stalking
B) Vengeance stalking
C) Love obsession stalking
D) Erotomania stalking
E) Simple obsession stalking

Question 32

Most bank robberies are carried out by a single offender.

Question 33

Which of the following is one of the developmental stages of persistent firesetting outlined by Gaynor (1996)?

A) Fire experimentation
B) Arson obsession
C) Fireplay
D) Pyromania
E) Extinction

Question 34

Next to deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents, fires are the leading cause of death among young children.

Question 35

Both criminal and prisoner hostage-taking situations are instrumental in nature.

Question 36

Compared with arsonists, bombers as a group seem to be more intent on:

A) making a political statement.
B) destruction and injury.
C) being caught.
D) justifying their actions.
E) social protest.

Question 37

A robbery in which the main weapon used is one's own body rather than guns, knives, or other weapons is called _____ robbery.

A) street
B) strong-arm
C) assault robbery
D) tertiary
E) kinesthetic

Question 38

The use of the Internet or other forms of online communications to threaten, frighten, or engage in unwanted advances toward another person is specifically called:

A) Internet crime.
B) Internet abuse.
C) cyberstalking.
D) cybernetics.
E) computer stalking.

Question 39

The fastest growing computer crime is:

A) child pornography.
B) hacking.
C) fraud.
D) cyberbullying.
E) theft.

Question 40

Cyberbullying is not considered a form of cybercrime.

Question 41

Choose any three crimes covered in this Chapter and discuss them from the perspective of the psychological effects on the victims.

Question 42

Compare and contrast cyberstalking and cyberbullying. How do both of these crimes differ from bullying and stalking?

Question 43

Describe the six primary motives for arson. What additional category was suggested by Douglas et al.?

Question 44

Define pyromania. Does research support pyromania? Explain.

Question 45

Explain the motivations and situational dynamics behind street robbery.

Question 46

Describe the differences between instrumental and expressive hostage taking.

Question 47

Who was George Metesky? What was he responsible for? What does he have in common with Theodore Kaczynski?

Question 48

Define Stockholm Syndrome and London Syndrome. Provide examples of each.

Question 49

Describe the psychological characteristics of repetitive fire setters and bombers.

Question 50

Choose any three crimes covered in this Chapter and discuss what research tells us about the offenders.