Mod 3

Females who were murdered by someone they knew accounted for _____ percent of female homicides.

• 42.7

• 68.3

• 12.1

• 98

One of the confounding myths of serial murder is that they are all, by definition _____

• violent

• cases of sane individuals who commit atrocities on society

• sexual

• committed by killers who report prior criminality and incarcerations

Stereotypes of serial murderers that have formed in the minds of American society include:

• the murderer is ruthless

• the murderer is blood-thirsty

• the murderer lives a Jekyll-and-Hyde existence

• All are correct

Homicide offenders are mostly _____

• the sex of homicide offenders is not recorded

• male

• female

• each sex equally

According to the FBI, what is killing four or more persons at one time considered to be?

• mass murder

• blanket homicide

• spree murder

• serial murder

Compared to a mass murderer, a serial murderer _____.

• kills groups of people

• makes his or her "final statement" in or about life through violence

• is the product of a stressful environment

• individualizes his or her murders

This is sometimes referred to as "no fault" homicide, and usually involves the killing of someone out of necessity or duty

• justifiable homicide

• homicide

• necessary murder

• mercy killing

Which of the following serial killers claimed that he had multiple personalities as his defense for his murders?

• Charles Albright

• Edmund Kemper

• Ted Bundy

• Kenneth Bianchi

The family of this 17th-century killer robbed, murdered, and ate unsuspecting travelers.

• Sawney Beane

• Peter Stubb

• Vlad Tepes

• Edmund Kemper

The family of this 17th-century killer robbed, murdered, and ate unsuspecting travelers.

• Sawney Beane

• Peter Stubb

• Gilles de Rais

• Vlad Tepes