Sociology of Murder
True or False: A terrorist act that occurs within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States is called regional terrorism?
False
True or False: All serial killers are psychopaths?
False
True or False: Being a recent immigrant has no effect on your chance of being more vulnerable to victimization?
False
True or False: Crime reporting in the United States is completely accurate because UCR reporting by agencies is mandatory?
False
True or False: Cult groups are frequently referred to as security threat groups?
False
True or False: Death at the hands of a known co-worker is statistically more likely then a lethal assault by a stranger or customer?
False
True or False: Domestic violence and intimate partner violence are the same thing?
False
True or False: Due to their age, the very young and the relatively old are more vulnerable to a physical assault by an offender and are also the most statistically likely to be murdered?
False
True or False: Extremist groups are simply following the dictates of mainstream religion?
False
True or False: Groups previously labelled as cults more commonly are now referred to by the broader and more value-neutral term new righteous mandate?
False
True or False: Internal restraints against violence may be weakened by the use of alcohol and the tone of the crowd, but not by the presence of peers or intimates?
False
True or False: Intimate partner violence does not include lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender relationship violence?
False
True or False: K-12 teachers and guidance counselors have more than enough time and resources to adequately identify and reach out to children and their families who have challenges in their lives?
False
True or False: Neighborhood social cohesion and socioeconomic disadvantage most often do no affect the homicide rate?
False
True or False: Physical violence and stalking are forms of intimate partner violence, but psychological aggression is not?
False
True or False: Social learning theory was the first to view deviance and criminal behavior as learned from others?
False
True or False: Strain theory describes the conditions in communities that degrade their cohesiveness?
False
True or False: Terrorist recruits never come from upper-class backgrounds?
False
True or False: The clearance rate of an agency is the ratio of reported cases to solved cases in some period of time?
False
True or False: The link or correlation between alcohol and aggressive behavior is not well established?
False
True or False: The lone wolf terrorist is integrated within a large and cohesive group?
False
True or False: The majority of homicides go unreported in the United States?
False
True or False: The majority of murders are interracial?
False
True or False: The power-control serial killer may regard their victims as useless and in need of removal from society?
False
True or False: The school shooter is frequently from a lower-class background and attends an urban-based school?
False
True or False: The typical school mass killing or attack shows the shooter snaps one day and goes on an impulsive shooting spree?
False
True or False: The young, the old, and the middle aged may all be the victims of murder. They are all equally at risk of violent assault or death?
False
True or False: To join a movement or cult, the recruited person must be the subject of mind control?
False
True or False: Unlike many other types of homicide, the most common method of killing for intimate partner homicide involves personal contact (hands, fists, and feet)?
False
True or False: Victim and offender in confrontational homicide rarely share backgrounds that include assaults and criminal charges?
False
True or False: Victim precipitation and victim blaming are the same?
False
True or False: Violence by cults is frequent and inevitable?
False
True or False: With conscientious and competent planning, the agency will know when the attacker plans to carry out their attack?
False
True or False: Confrontational homicide is overwhelmingly synonymous with men reacting only to perceived slights or insults in front of others and threats to honor?
True
True or False: Cult killings scare people because they can be harder to understand than other types of homicide?
True
True or False: Degrees and definitions of homicide vary somewhat from state to state?
True
True or False: Early criminologists were medical doctors trying to understand criminal behavior based on the physiological makeup of a known criminal?
True
True or False: Girls and women do participate in confrontational homicide?
True
True or False: Individuals may join gangs for reason similar to the motivation of cult followers?
True
True or False: Most homicides involve people known to each other, even if only briefly?
True
True or False: Overall, strangers have committed the greatest proportion of violence in the workplaces around the nation?
True
True or False: Revenge for being bullied, ignored, marginalized, or rejected figures prominently in the psychological autopsy conducted following a school shooting and other mass murders?
True
True or False: Serial-murder victims are typically strangers to their killers?
True
True or False: Terrorist acts are intended to strike fear into a civilian population?
True
True or False: The build-up of resentment and rage over time allows the potential shooter to fantasize about and plan for the eventual attack?
True
True or False: The goal of a terrorist, whether domestic or international, is to influence the views of people and the actions of governments?
True
True or False: The individuals targeted by an (ex)employee killer of a workplace mass murder are people the attacker blames for their most recent failures?
True
True or False: The largest category of murder is that involving a conflict or confrontation between non-intimates?
True
True or False: The more densely populated cities and areas have long been observed as having the highest crime rates?
True
True or False: The move to criminalize domestic violence was not met with universal enthusiasm?
True
True or False: The point at which an intimate partner violence victim finally leaves a relationship is often the most lethal?
True
True or False: The significant majority of family annihilators are male?
True
True or False: The terrorist is focused on the act being a message?
True
True or False: The use of violence in established religions down through recorded history has been responsible for more killing than any other cause?
True
True or False: The utilitarian tradition of considering human acts as rational choices basis for deterrence theory?
True
True or False: There are many types of mental disorder, and each brings challenges that may have little or nothing to do with the risk of mass violence?
True
True or False: There seems to be an overlap in the characteristics of homicide victims and perpetrators?
True
True or False: Two or more people working together commit serial murders is infrequent?
True
True or False: Workplace violence not only includes physical assault and other threatening behavior, but also includes verbal abuse?
True
Government deterrence of terrorist group violence is pursued though all except which of the following?
increasing the earned income credit
Each of the following has been identified as significant motivation in serial killing except _________?
jealousy
In violent crime, with the exception of rape, both victims and offenders are mostly _______?
male
Most victims of workplace homicide are __________?
male
The most frequently documented mass workplace killer is a ________?
middle-aged white male
The news media makes it seem that certain rare crimes, e.g. school killings, are ____________?
more prevalent than what they are
The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) has participation from _________?
most law enforcement agencies
________ and _________ are components of how we label serial killers for the purpose of studying them?
motive, method
Of those cases where the relationship between a victim and offender in homicide is known, intimate partner homicide is _________?
one of the most prevalent
The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is a self-report study that provides information on ____________?
other unreported crimes of violence
The most commonly identified motive of women who commit serial homicide is for _____________?
personal gain
Under the categories of mass murderers by Diez, which category would most school shooters fall under?
pseudocommandos
Rampage-style killings at work are the ________ homicides in that setting?
rarest
Monetary costs of intimate partner violence are attributed to each of the following except __________?
social awkwardness
The idea that people learn by observing others and imitating them is posited by ________?
social learning theory
Which theory states that stressors in a person's life may lead them to act in many ways considered deviant or criminal?
strain theory
Studies clearly indicate that many workplace killers are also __________?
suicidal
School shootings, in particular, have been committed predominantly by ________?
teenage males
The UCR shows that the region accounting for the most crime is ___________?
the South
In _________, the victim contributes in some significant way to their eventual death?
victim perception
The __________ serial killer may be psychotic, hear voices, or experience hallucinations?
visionary
Funding for terrorist groups comes from all except which of the following?
401(k) contributions
True or False: Among challenges to self-report data, respondents can lie about their criminal or delinquent involvement by saying they committed less or more than what they actually have?
True
True or False: Cases may be classified as cleared with no one actually being in custody?
True
Intimate partner violence that may lead to intimate partner homicide has been found to be more prevalent when it involves _________?
a man with a history of violence toward women
General motivations, as defined by Fox and Levin, in mass killings include all except which of the following?
acceptance
In Luckenbill's situated transaction, both parties tacitly __________ fight?
agree to
_________ is seen to have an amplifying effect on the emotions of an individual?
audience
Social psychological researchers examine all except except which of the following?
biology
Gangs, like other organized crime groups, often use violence to do all except which of the following?
boost ratings
The well-known image of a cult leader typically involves _______, which results in the ability to get people to follow them?
charisma
The main thrust of what was termed the classical school of thought was that people make _________ about their behavior and are therefore responsible for their actions?
choices
Terrorist violence is typically aimed at which of the following?
civilians
Over the last several decades, homicide clearance rates have ___________?
dropped
Many researchers see __________ as a leading factor in a person's potential of being a homicide victim?
economic deprivation
_________ are used in the overwhelming number of murders?
firearms
There are various circumstances, including all except which of the following, to explain the victimization of people in different countries or regions of the world?
geographical
A serial killer having fun in the commission of their acts is considered the __________?
hedonistic
The medical serial killer has often escaped detection because __________?
their victims were expected to die or it was not a suprise
A common definition of cults is a religious group that meets all except which of the following criteria?
transparent
___________ is/are the leading cause of death in the workplace?
transportation incidents
