MASS MURDER FINAL

Linneman have suggested that Capote's in Cold Blood inspired an infamous killer to follow his ambitions of killing. That serial killer is

Dennis Rader

The Kalish article points out that the cases in their study were "gay baited" -- that is, they were targeted for humiliation because they were gay.

False

There was no armed guard at Columbine

False

Though Kansas is known as the site of several serial killers, there has been no mass murder within its borders since 1959 (the Clutter family, of In Cold Blood)

False

While male mass killers overwhelmingly use guns, most female mass killers use arson

False

about 80% of killers don't leave the scene alive

False

according to altheide, the redefinition of school shootings as terrorism has made a significant impact on reducing shootings.

False

according to criminological imagination perspective, social facts are paramount, and "truth is reflected in precision"

False

fewer than 20% of mass killing victims knew their attacker

False

most adults and teen shooters who are involved in mass murder suddenly "snap"

False

most of the shootings included in the Newman case studies took place in urban settings

False

nearly 3 out of 4 of the guns involved in mass killings were high-powered rifles

False

school shootings and workplace shootings make up about 90% of all mass murders in the U.S.

False

the three boys on whom the Newman book focuses were known troublemakers

False

The homicide by firearms rate in Australia is _____ while the same statistic in the U.S. is _____ a.) high; low b.) 29.7; 1.4 c.) 1.4; 29.7 d.) 6.8; 10.7

c.) 1.4; 29.7

In the PBS report on mental illness, it is reported that ____ of society believe that mass killings signify broader social problems. a.) 22% b.) 32% c.) 52% d.) 82%

c.) 52%

According to the PBS report on mental illness, ____ of boys and ____ of girls who are incarcerated suffer from mental illness. a.) 75%, 65% b.) 75%, 35% c.) 65%, 75% d.) 35%, 75%

c.) 65%, 75%

Buckholtz, a neuroscientist at Harvard University, finds that the connection between the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex a.) goes into overdrive when a threat is perceived b.) helps calm the amygdala when the threat subsides c.) may be faulty and exacerbate the emotional arousal d.) is partly genetic e.) can definitively predict a violent reaction f.) all except e g.) all of the above

f.) all except e

A steady stream of explanations came forth when rampage school shootings emerged, including: a.) bullying b.) southern culture of violence c.) mental illness d.) lack of discipline e.) violent media and availability of guns f.) all of the above

f.) all of the above

Mitchel Johnson's mother was a correctional officer

True

Mitchell Johnson had made a "hit list" that included teachers, students, and administrators at his school. He showed this list to one of his closest friends

True

School shootings can happen anywhere

True

Since 2006, there have been more than 200 mass killings in the U.S.

True

The Heath research in Newman is based on 76 interviews conducted in 2001 with more than 100 individuals and participant observation in the school and community

True

The forensic psychologist reporting in "Pathway to Violence" studied many school shootings and concluded that the school shootings were well planned and orchestrated, well in advance.

True

The majority of people who kill adolescents are adults, and most victims of adolescent killers are adults.

True

breakups are involved in about 1 in 4 non-stranger mass murders

True

overall violent crime in the U.S. has been decreasing since the 1990's

True

the majority of the 27 individuals included in the book's case studies fall showed evidence of suicidality

True

According to Dr. Sue _____ murder involves multiple victims in separate places occurring in a relatively quick sequence, while ______ murder includes multiple victims, occurring in one location at approximately the same time

spree, mass

In the USA Today study of mass killings from 200 to 2010, approx. 1/6 of the victims were under the age of 18

False

Mass murderers distinguish themselves from other killers in that they often do not seek to avoid detection once an event has been initiated

True

In the charlie rose report one of the experts emphasized that locating blame is paramount to solving the problem and establishing preventive measures

False

Mass murders account for approx. 15% of all murders in the U.S.

False

More than 3/4 of deaths in mass murders are due to bombings

False

According to the video "Pathway to Violence," experts agree that the shooters primarily "just snap" shortly before the event.

False

Most experts agree that cutting down on illegal gun sales would help alleviate incidents of mass murder

False

By most estimates, approximately 50% of mass shootings involved rifles and/or shotguns

False

On Average, communities come together after a mass shooting, building stronger, long-lasting ties

False

Only one female mass murderer has been identified

False

FBI homicide data concerning mass murder is estimated to be about 98%, primarily because all police departments are required to report to the Uniform Crime Report

False

Overwhelmingly, one characteristic that sets mass murderers from other killers is a diagnosis of mental health or behavior disorder prior to the attack

False

how many included in the 27 case studies in Newman were either teased or physically bullied?

19

one of the graphs in the Bill Moyers and Big Media video demonstrated that _____ of a local half hour of news programming was actually devoted to local business

22 seconds

The agree upon class definition for mass murder includes

4+ fatalities, single event, typically public

In Newman's book, how many offenders were socially marginalized in to the group categorized as "loner"?

7

In "Pathway to Violence" a student named Megan reported to the school that one of her friends might be planing a school shooting or bombing. This story, while powerful is atypical; in most cases of mass murder, no one sees it coming

False

The school mass killing with the most fatalities AND injuries occurred at

Bath Michigan

Michael Carneal use what outlet to express the shame and remorse he felt over his crime?

Bible Verses

In the DSTY Module 1 video, one of the graphs vividly illustrates that most weapons used in mass shootings are obtained illegally

False

As defined by Newman, rampage school shootings must: A.) take place on school-rleated public stage before an audience B.) involve one or more shooters who are students or former students of the school C.) the shooter(s) commit(s) suicide after the shooting D.) involve multiple victims, some of who are shot simply for their symbolic significance or at random E.) A, B, and D F.) A, B, and C G.) all of the above

E.) A, B, and D

A shooter's loved ones have seen it coming

False

According to experts in the documentaries, Adam Lanza, an avid gamer, seemed to imitate some of the weapons use as incorporated in the shooting games. This is strong proof that violent video games cause violence in the real world.

False

According to the "Mind of a Killer" report, about 90% of mass murderers commit suicide.

False

From what peer group did Michael Carneal seek attention and approval?

Goths

Mass murder is a relatively rare and catastrophic phenomenon

True

A gossip column in the school newspaper alleged that Michael Carneal was in a homosexual relationship with another boy, which led students to tease him and call him "gay" and "******."

True

A string of six rampage school shootings in the late 1990s created a sense that an epidemic was under way.

True

Around 42% of mass murder victims involve strangers

True

By all reports, men make up from approx. 94% to 98% of mass murderers

True

Cho, the shooter at the Virginia Tech mass murder, was over 18 years of age. This adult status prevented much needed treatment and allowed Cho to purchase assault weapons. Further, privacy laws and policies prevented the sharing of relevant records across various offices and agencies.

True

Columbine was planned two years in advance

True

what is the predominant race/ethnicity of the offenders included in the case studies in Newman?

White

according to a quote from an incarcerated women in the MI overview, all violence is

a way of being heard

In the year following Columbine, the fifty largest newspapers in the U.S. printed ___ stories related to the event and its aftermath. a.) 10,000 b.) 7,000 c.) 1,000 d.) 70,000

a.) 10,000

The US imprisons its juveniles at a rate approximately ____ times that of most European countries. a.) 10-15 b.) 20-30 c.) 2-3 d.) 5-6

a.) 10-15

The annual number of homicides by firearms in the U.S. is about ____ times that of the same statistic in England and Wales a.) 3 b.) 10 c.) 100 d.) 243

a.) 3

Generally speaking, Linneman expresses concern about the ___ of fear, paranoia, an insecurities a.) cultural production b.) cultural capital c.) haunting suspicion d.) reporting

a.) cultural production

According to Green, ____ interpretations are from the point of view of the people being studied. Correct! a.) first order b.) second order c.) third order d.) pubic order

a.) first order

In the DSTY MI video, Dr. Sue suggest that it is helpful to analyze violence as a ______ model a.) public health b.) comprehensive multicide c.) multiple domain d.) identity-mesa

a.) public health

The concept that refers to a false association between two variables is ________ a.) spuriousness b.) correlationism c.) type II error d.) type I error

a.) spuriousness

Linneman argues that works such as true crime accounts serves to reinforce a.) state definitions of normality b.) ghost sightings c.) media power mongers d.) the urgency of solving mass murders

a.) state definitions of normality

The "lethal equation" put forth by the Kalish study consists of a.) weakness and explosive rage b.) mental illness and low IQ c.) mental illness and high IQ d.) justification for identity

a.) weakness and explosive rage

Lawrence and Kirkland suggests that media frames may be less influenced by what members of Congress say and do on the floor of that arena than by_____ a.) what political leaders actually tell reporters b.) what the public seems to want to hear c.) what criminal justice agencies recommend d.) what parents are asking for consideration

a.) what political leaders actually tell reporters

What is the rate of out-of-school homicides compared to the chance of dying in a school from homicide or suicide? a.) 2 times higher b.) 40 times higher c.) the chance of dying in a school is higher by 25% d.) the chance of dying in a school is higher by 10%

b.) 40 times higher

david alteheide's work, including his research methods and book Creating Fear, is cited in a.) Stephe Kings, Misery b.) Michael Crichton's, State of Fear c.) James Foley's Fear d.) Quentin Tarantino's Django

b.) Michael Crichton's State of Fear

One of the points that the "Raising Adam" emphasized are the many changes in his life. A sociological concept that captures the idea of significant change and resulting "normlessness" is _____. a.) subculture b.) anomie c.) imitation d.) disassociation

b.) anomie

In the Kalish article, a phenomena called _____ occurs when an individual arranges for ahigh chance to have himself killed by others while performing an act that is culturally approved. a.) esteemed suicide b.) masked suicide c.) ritualized suicide d.) ideal suicide

b.) masked suicide

According to the DSTY MI video, the ____ of mass murder has not increased significantly, but the _____ has. a.) rate, number b.) rate, lethality c.) number, rate d.) lethality, rate

b.) rate, lethality

In general, this course is organized around a ____ perspective a.) psychological b.) social constructionist c.) fundamentalist d.) liberal

b.) social constructionist

A theory of knowledge positing that a social system is produced and codified through an interactive process -- ie, reality is produced through interaction. a.) social interception perpective b.) social constructionist perspective c.) dramaturgical perspective d.) marxist perspective

b.) social constructionist perspective

The suggestion that the South has evolved a distinctive culture that legitimates violence as a way of solving disputes or of guarding and gaining social status is referred to as: a.) southern justice b.) southern culture of violence c.) how the south will rise again d.) southern hospitality

b.) southern culture of violence

As shown in Lanza I and Lanza II, Adam Lanza had his windows covered by

black garbage bags

The PBS report on mental illness identifies certain risk factors associated with rampage mass killers, which include all of the following EXCEPT a.) youthful male b.) preoccupation with weapons c.) Asperger's d.) substance abuse e.) desire for fame f.) paranoia and hostility

c.) Asperger's

the authors in the Newman book used all of the following data sets, EXCEPT: a.) their own dataset of rampage school shootings b.) CDC dataset of school-associated violent deaths c.) FBI's central dataset of mass murder d.) Secret Service report on targeted school shootings

c.) FBI's central dataset of mass murder

How did Andrew Golden and Mitchell Johnson get to school the day of the Jonesboro shooting? a.) their parents drove them b.) schoolbus c.) Mitchell, who didn't know how to drive, stole his dad's van and picked up Andrew d.) Andrew, who had a license, drove them both to school

c.) Mitchell, who didn't know how to drive, stole his dad's van and picked up Andrew

_____ refers to the inability of a society to regulate its populations wants and needs a.) malaise b.) epistemology c.) anomie d.) sharyland

c.) anomie

though experts on the Charlie Rose report disagreed somewhat on certain issues, they both mentioned the idea that____ plays a role or provides one tool in the toolkit in the school shootings a.) bombs b.) terrorism c.) contagion effect d.) censorship

c.) contagion effect

In the DSTY MI video, Dr.Sue introduced a way of looking at the intersection of biography and history, known as the ____ _____ a.) philosophical criminology b.) abstracted empiricism c.) criminological imagination d.) young empiricism

c.) criminological imagination

In the Kalish article, a concept known as ______, describes a cultural encouragement toward violence as part of a masculine identity. a.) violent ideation b.) leveled masculinity c.) hegemonic masculinity d.) aggressive gendering

c.) hegemonic masculinity

Claims makers that advance their own agenda and present themselves as "right-fighters" are known as _____. a.) power rapists b.) moral barricades c.) moral entrepreneurs d.) media entrepreneurs

c.) moral entrepreneurs

Linneman points out that spectators often use the killers' ______ to reinforce their identities as "the other" with a killer identity a.) prior conviction records b.) handles or monikers c.) physical oddities d.) outsider status

c.) physical oddities

"Adam Lanza was diagnosed with ADD and also suffered fro mental illness. He committed mass murder. The combination of ADD and mental illness creates persons prone to violence and possibly mass murder." This statement represents a.) tautology b.) ecological fallacy c.) reductionism d.) scientific explanation

c.) reductionism

Garbarino relies on ____________, which views violence as a health problem among the nation's youth in assuming that all types of youth homicide have similar causes and that urban youths who turn violent experience problems similar to those of suburban and rural rampage school shooters. a.) social conceptual model b.) school house hype model c.) social epidemic model d) epidemiological model

c.) social epidemic model

How many of the 27 case studies included in Newman obtained guns from the home of a relative? a.) 27 b.) 12 c.) 16 d.) 18

d.) 18

Amidst the aftermath of a moral panic about "superpredator" youth, ____ states have made it easier to try juveniles as adults. a.) 24 b.) 35 c.) all d.) 47

d.) 47

___ percent of high school students who know of someone bringing a gun to school do NOT report it. a.) 17% b.) 54% c.) 82% d.) 61%

d.) 61%

In the PBS report on Mental Illness (video), they describe the "9/11 of mental illness", referring to a.) Holmes and Aurora b.) Columbine c.) Lanza and Newtown d.) Cho and Virginia Tech

d.) Cho and Virginia Tech

According to the PBS report on mental illness, _____ of psychiatric illnesses have their origins in childhood development. a.) 50% b.) 70% c.) 25% d.) almost all

d.) almost all

According to Newman, contextualizing means: a.) attempting to ascertain the ultimate motivator behind an event b.) attempting to ascertain the social factors surrounding a catastrophic event c.) attempting to ascertain the context of a traumatic event d.) attempting to ascertain not only what a responded knows, but how he or she knows it e.) none of the above

d.) attempting to ascertain not only what a respondent knows, but how he or she knows it

____ are more likely than ____ to use _____ to remake their image and the way the world sees them. a.) girls, boys, violence b.) boys, men, guns c.) girls, boys, drastic measures d.) boys, girls, violence

d.) boys, girls, violence

According to Kalish, suicide behaviors as enacted by females are seen as an ____ behavior, while those utilised by men are seen as ____. a.) feminizing, emasculating b.) unsuccessful, successful c.) instrumental, expressive d.) expressive, instrumental

d.) expressive, instrumental

Kalish described the "Guy Code" as one that must prove one's masculinity and one's _____. a.) strength b.) man-power c.) honor d.) heterosexuality e.) sexual accomplishments

d.) heterosexuality

In your rampage semester project, you are expected to conduct some research. According to Dr. Sue you may use any/all of these methods EXCEPT: a.) review of literature b.) interviews of experts and authors c.) social media polls/surveys d.) interviews with victims and/or offenders

d.) interviews with victims and/or offenders

Prize winning journalist Bill Moyers reported, with Marty Kaplan, on the interconnections between big money and big____ a.) business b.) wall street c.)banks d.) media

d.) media

In "Mind of a Rampage Killer," the youth who are in a psychiatric treatment facility have a recidivism rate ____ that of youth in a conventional prison. a.) two times b.) three times c.) slightly lower d.) one-half e.) one-third

d.) one-half

"Mass murder is a crazy act and therefore mass murderers must be crazy." This statement is an example of _____. a.) tacit explanation b.) spuriousness c.) common sense d.) tautology

d.) tautology

Dr. Smith, a well-known researcher, links mass murder to a culture of violence, including glorified weaponry, hyper-masculinity, and anomic conditions in society. The resulting interpretation is best described as _____. a.) biased b.) first order c.) second order d.) third order e.) both a and b

d.) third order

What were some of the challenges faced by the Newman authors in conducting their research? a.) the events in question had occurred several years prior to their arrival and there were conflicting stories from people with different vantage points b.) the communities were not overly welcoming and didn't particularly want to be put under the research microscope c.) they had very little funding to conduct their research and depended on the charity of the victims' and shooters' families d.) A and C e.) A and B

e.) A and B

What answers do the Newman authors specifically point to in trying to explain what was behind the seemingly peaceful teenagers? a.) physical abuse b.) brewing psychological troubles c.) sociological bruises d.) drug addiction e.) B and C

e.) B and C

According to Dr. Gerber in the PBS report on mental illness, _____ of those with mental illness go on to violent behavior, while ____ of those who engage in violent behavior are mentally ill. a.) 50%, 20% b.) 20%, 50% c.) 40%, 40% d.) almost all, almost all e.) a very small proportion, a very small proportion

e.) a very small proportion, a very small proportion

One of the families in "Pathway to Violence" report on their mentally ill son (over 18); their experiences included a.) exclusion from his medical records b.) getting a protective order against their son c.) having their lives threatened by their son d.) being forced to institutionalize their son e.) all except d f.) all of the above

e.) all except d

In "Mind of a Rampage Killer," it was found that the prefrontal cortex -- the location of higher-level thinking -- can be stunted by stress and abuse in the fast-changing period of adolescence. In turn, this can cause a.) anxiety b.) depression c.) antisocial behavior d.) violence e.) all of the above f.) none of the above; the prefrontal cortex is unchanged

e.) all of the above

The Newman authors identified which factor(s) as the usual signs of impending disaster when it comes to rampage shootings? a.) high levels of background violence b.) dysfunctional families c.) chaotic schools d.) distracted adults too busy with their own lives to pay attention to the local teens e.) all of the above

e.) all of the above

Which of the following did Michale Carneal experience when he first arrived to prison? a.) delusions in his mind got louder and louder b.) he suffered from severe depression c.) he was sure evil demons were trying to get at him through every window and floorboard d.) he heard ants crawling at night e.) all of the above

e.) all the above

Dr. Gerber, in the PBS report on mental illness, lists several recommendations concerning mental illness and potential violence; he includes all of the following EXCEPT: a.) greater access to mental health care b.) reduce the stigma of mental illness c.) parent/family education d.) public education and psychological awareness e.) diagnostic tools in school

e.) diagnostic tools in school

According to DSTY MII, several trends are important to understanding the socio-political context of mass murder. She lists all of the following EXCEPT: a.) culture of weaponry b.) entertainment trends c.) individualism v. collectivism d.) narcissism e.) lax immigration regulations

e.) lax immigration regulations

Dr. Dewey Cornell is a defense psychiatrist who was hired to assess Michael Corneal's psychological condition. How did he describe Michael? a.) as a young mag who couldn't function socially b.) as someone who attracted aggressive bullies because he was awkward and never fought back c.) as someone who tried to curry favor with kids whos attention he craved d.) as someone who imploded in school because his social failures deppened his clinical depression e.) none of the above f.) all of the above

f.) all of the above

According to Dr. Gerber in the PBS report on mental illness, he emphasizes that the story we HAVE NOT heard enough about is a.) accessibility of guns b.) child abuse c.) complexity of the phenomena d.) mental health system access e.) all of the above f.) c and d

f.) c and d

The Kalish article claims that "young American males live in a culture that condones violence as a way to enact _____."

masculinity