Chapter 9

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24.8% of victims were killed by ________.

Family members

There is a 75% greater risk of being killed when a intimate violence victim _____.

Leaves

Ted Bundy is an example of a psychopathic _____ _____.

Serial killer

Being abused during childhood increases the risk of becoming an _____ in adulthood.

Victim

Most restraining orders are _____.

Violated

The _______ _______ massacre would be considered a spree murder.

Virginia Tech

The presence of a weapon eliciting aggressive behaviors refers to the ______.

Weapons effect

While 2nd degree murder involves less obvious forms of premeditation, it is similar to 1st degree murder in that it is _____.

intentional

Non-negligent manslaughter lacks _________ and the offender may not have originally intended to kill the victim.

malice aforethought

4 or more murders occurring in one location at one time are considered...

mass murders

Also known as involuntary manslaughter; killing another as a result of recklessness or culpable negligence

negligent manslaughter

Malice aforethought means...

premeditation

Most victims are murdered by...

someone they know

A combination of mass and serial murder; includes 2+ murder locations but lacks the emotional "cooling off" period seen in serial killers

spree murder

The lower the ______ the higher the risk for being a murder victim or offender.

Class

Of all crimes, murder accounts for less than _____%.

0.5%

Murder accounts for _____% of all violent crime.

1-2%

the "Vicious, willful, deliberate, and premeditated intent" of killing another person

1st degree murder

1/3 of murder victims and 1/2 of offenders are under age ____.

25

Robbery accounts for ____% of all violent crimes.

29.6%

Men are _____ more likely to be killed by a stranger than are women.

2x

Households with guns are _____ more likely to have a death of a family member by guns than households without guns.

3x

African Americans make up ______ of homicide arrests but only ____ of the population.

54%...13%

____% of victims were killed by someone they know.

59.9%

_____ of murders are committed with firearms.

69%

African Americans are _____ times more likely to commit murder compared to white males of the same age.

8

Males constitute ____% of violent crimes.

80%

Individuals who are heavy drinkers are ____ more likely to engage in violence than non-drinkers.

8x

The arrest rate for murder is ______ for males v. females.

9 to 1

Most homicides and those arrested for murder include ______ offenders.

African American

_______ account for 62.2% of all violent crimes.

Aggravated assaults

Intensive, long-term, and voluntary _________ may be effective in treating intimate violence offenders.

Anger-management therapies

The generational repeating of interpersonal violence is known as the _____.

Cycle of violence.

Intimate violence has ______ since the mid 1990s.

Decreased

Most juvenile homicide offenders suffered from some form of severe mental disorder, had a history of severe ________ and a lack of parental monitoring.

Educational deficits

Causing the death of another person without legal justification or excuse

Homicide

Perpetrators of general altercation homicides usually have a ________ and lack self-regualtion.

Hostile attribution bias

Felony Commission homicides are the result of _____ aggression.

Instrumental

Most murders are _______, however stranger homicides are more likely to be _______.

Intra-racial...interracial

______ is also a strong predictor of marital violence.

Marital distress

______ is known for his abusive treatment of his wives.

Mel Gibson

In intimate partner violence, 75% of the time ____ are the offenders.

Men

______ are more likely to be murdered with a 78% rate of victimization.

Men

Family mass murders are typically committed by a _________ individual.

Mentally unstable

_______ committed intimate violence against his wife R. Givens.

Mike Tyson

The unlawful killing of one human being by another with malice aforethought, either expressed or implied.

Murder

Murder and _____ are considered forms of criminal homicide.

Non-negligent manslaughter

The holding of ______ is a risk factor for intimate violence.

Patriarchal values

_____ is the number one reason for death of woman by man.

Possessiveness

Police are able to make arrests during intimate violence cases if there is _______.

Probable cause

General altercation homicides are the result of _____ violence.

Reactive

_______ homicides are oftentimes acts of passion, and the perpetrator feels sorry for what they've done and try to "undo" their crime.

Spontaneous domestic

A ________ homicide is planned out and the crime scene is organized and controlled.

Staged domestic

Toran Meyer killed his mother with the help of two others in a _______.

Staged domestic homicide

Only 15.2% of murder victims were killed by a _____.

Stranger

32% of murders were ________ or _____ of the perpetrators.

Wives or girlfriends

a typology of criminal homicide that is typically the result of DUI.

after an accident

There are 2x as many _____ as there are women's shelters

animal

a typology of criminal homicide that relates to intimate partners; the second largest group (25%) of total homicides

domestic violence-related homicides

There are _____ of verbal aggression in men and women.

equal

Aggravated assaults have previously been called "______"

failed homicide attempts

a typology of criminal homicide that results in an escalation of argument; the largest group (45%) of total homicides

general altercation or argument

a typology of criminal homicide that coincides with another crime; offenders typically have a criminal past

homicide during the commission of a felony


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