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am Violence test 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mass murders account for what percent of total homicides? | 1% |
| mass murder | the willful killing of a number of people at one time and in one place |
| updated definition of mass murder | murder of 3 or more victims during a single event at one or more associated locations |
| (4) mass murder definitional commonalities | # of victims (3), location, time of killings, possibility of distance in murders |
| characteristics of Mass muderers? (4) | commit killing in public, motive is retaliatory, offense is last attempt to gain control, give little concern to capture or death |
| community reponse to mass murder and serial killers? | mm- immediate state of panic, fear and vulnerability is short lived. SK- sense of dread over community knowing killer is on the loose |
| who is more likly to put on a mask of sanity and blend in? who is more likely to exhibit chnages in behavior before killing? | SK, MM |
| Psychotic Mass Murder | temporary state of break from reality |
| most mass murders are not? | psychotic |
| mass murders are usually? | narcissistic, need attention |
| typical Mass murder? (5) | male, 2/3 white, majoirty suffer from depression, recent loss, some had alcohol problem |
| 7 types of mass murders? | disciple, family annihilator, disgruntled employee, ideological, set and run, disgruntled citizen, psychotic |
| explain disciple mass murder | person belongs to group and kills to try and gain recognition from leader. extrinic motivation from leader, anticipated gain is acceptance, random selction and relationship, non speciifc traits, and geograpichally transient |
| example of disciple mass murderer? | charles manson |
| most common type of mass murderer/ | family annihilator |
| explain family annihilator | determined to kill victims known to them. intrinsic motivation, psychological gain, victim selection is nonrandom, victim relationship is known, geographically stable, non-specific traits |
| most visible/hinted at type of MM? | disgruntled employee |
| explain disgruntled employee MM? | intrinsic motivation, psychological gain that is relief from pain, random victim selection geographically stable, non specific traits |
| explain ideological mass murderer? | politcal, larger audience, further the cause. intrinsic motivation. mixture of gains, targeted audience (kills memebrrs of own group), affiliated with victim, transient, non-specific victim traits |
| explain set and run killer | usually left the scene and not present when killing happens, has no intention of being arrested or caught by police. intrinsic motivation, expresssive gain, victim selection and relationship is random, geographically transient, non-specific victim traits. |
| what is signigicant in a set and run killing? and a great example? | location, timothy mcveigh |
| explain disgruntled citizen | lashes out on strgrs who live near whre the person lives and works. turns violence toward people who remind them of people who treated them unjustly. intrinsic motiation, expressive ant gain, random select of victim and relationship to vic stable, non spc |
| explain psychotic MM? | only MM with break from reality. intrinsic motivation, expressive gain, random, stable, (result of disability of altered psycholigcal state), non-specific |
| repeated stabbing or wounding of another person for the purpose of sexual gratification | paraphilia |
| 3 basic traits of a psychotic person | grossly distorted perception of reality, moods or mood swings which aren't appropriate to current circumstance, significant inability to get along with others and take care of oneself |
| knowing victims top 3 kinds of Mass murderers? | 1. family annihilaotr, 2. disgruntled employee, 3. ideological mass murdereer |
| 30-60 days after a mass murder there is usualy an increas in? | gun sales, home security systems |
| Serial killer definition | killing of atleast 3 victims with a cooling off period in between |
| most popular victim of serial killer? | prostitute |
| statistically average serial killer? | white male, middle class, 20-30, likely abused in adolescense |
| early warning signs of serial killing? | fire setting, animal cruelty, bedwetting |
| Serial killers v. mass murderers in getting caught. | sk- go to great lengths not to get cuaght, MM- likely caught or apprenhnded right away |
| public perception of serial killers? | evil, diabolical, and know what they are doing |
| distinuishing elements of serial murder? (6) | repetitive homicide, one-on-one, no relatiosnhip between victim and killer, motivation is to kill, motive is difficult to detect, redundant violence |
| social killing is___? | learned |
| Dr holmes says that a person becomes a serial killer as a result of 3 things? | genetics, psycholgy, and social experience |
| Sk most likely to kill for finaicial gain? | females |
| most serial killers have what type of motivation? | intrinsic |
| example of geographically stable serial killer? | john wayne gacy |
| example geographically transient serial killer? | ted bundy |
| characteristics of organized SK? (8) | intelligent, only child, has job, charismatic, lives with signficant other, experienced harsh discipline, in control of emotions during crime, excited by response of crime, model inmate once captured |
| characteristics of disorganized SK? (9) | avg to below avg intell, socially awkward, 1 of many kids, no HS degree, parents underemployed, lives alone, low interest in media, high anxiety during crime, likely to return to crime scene. |
| 2 types f serial murder styles? | act focused- kills quickly, no overkill, no ejoyment in elongation of killing. process focused- process of contrliing/killing in important and pleasureable |
| 4 types of serial killers? | visionary, mission, hedonistic (lust, thrill, comfort), power/control |
| explain visionary serial killer? | compelled to kill because of voices or visions. instrinsic motive, psycholgical gain, random selection, random traits, victims are strangers, act focused kill, disorganized, geographically stable |
| only serial killer that is psychotic? | visionary |
| explain mission serial killer? | desire to kill a specific type of person predicated on some life experience. intrinsic motivation, victim traits are specific, selction is random, victim is stranger, act focused kill, organized, geographically stable |
| mission serial killer kills ina 3 window style? | fantasy, stalk, kill |
| explain lust serial killer? | connection between fatal violence and personal sexual gratification. intrinsic sexual motive, victims have specific traits, selection is nonrandom, sexual gratification is the gain, process focused kill, organized, geographically stable |
| person who recieves sexual gratification from stabbing or wounding another person? | picquerist |
| explain thrill serial killer? | connection between fatal violence and personal gratification. sex is not primary motivation though. intrinsic motivation of thrill and excitement, victims have specific traits, slection is nonrandom, strangers, process focused kill, organized, transient. |
| domination over victim is key factor in what type of hednoistic killer? | thrill |
| explan comfort serial killers? | seeking material extrinsic gain. females most likely fall into this category. extrinsic motivation, anticipated gain is financial, victims are nonrandom, but have non specific traits, act focused kill, organized, geograhically stable |
| explain power/control serial killers? | primary motive is domincance (intrinsic), victims have specific traits as a result of a built up fantasy world, selection is nonrandom (stalked), process focused, organized, transient |
| who is the most imfamous of all serial killers? | power/control |
| who is the most intelligent of all serial killer? | power/control |
| power/control serial killers kill in a 5 window style | fantasy, stalking, abduction, kill, disposal of body |
| overall serial killing has been? | increasing |
| act intended to harm another | aggression |
| dynamic of serial killers changed from? | upper class people trying to get rid of undesireables to middle class failures |
| 2 types of aggression? | impulsive-sole purpose of harming another (process focused). instrumental- done inorder to accomplish another goal (act focused) |
| a weakened sense of personal responsibility for aggressive acts caused by feelings of anonymity | deindividuation |
| psychopaths make up what % of the popuation? | 3-5% |
| common traits of psychopaths? (5) | loss of parent, lack of emotional parenting, lack of discipline/inconsistent, killing is emotionless, live in reality v. fantasy |
| robet heirs psychopathy checklist PERSONALITY column (8) | glibness, grandiose sense of self worth, pathological lying, manipulative, lack of remorse, lack of empathy, shallow effect, failure to accept resposibility of actions |
| robert heirs psychopathy checklist CASE HISTORY column (8) | need for stimulation, parasitic lifestyle, poor behavioral control, lack of realistic goals, impulsivity, irresponsibility, juvenile delinquency, early behavior probs |
| the repated use of a substance or a compelling involvement in behavior that directly or indirectly modifies the internal milieu is such a way as to produce immediate reinforcement, but whose longterm effects are personally or medically harmful or highly | addiction |
| 3 stages of addiction | precursor, onset, progression |
| % of serial killers that are female? | 8% |
| less than 1/3 of female serial killers ___? | kill a stranger |
| female v. male in terms of length of killing career? | female 8 year v. males 4 years |
| what is most popular and %? and second most popular method of kill for females? | poison 70%, shooting victim |
| 70% of female serial killers kill for? | financial gain |
| female serial killer profile? (3) | geographically stable, extrinsic motivation, no psychological gratification |
| what percent of team serial killers are white? | 74% |
| female will be the subserviant member with the exception of? | mother son team |
| m/m serial killer teams are most likely to be? | related |
| in what percent of teams are there no more than two people? | 90 |
| teechnique used by police to create an outline or profile of suspect bsed on information at crime scence | criminal profiling |
| most common type of criminal profiling? | offender |
| law enforcement agencies compile information into a general description of a perosn? | offender profiling |
| look at characteristics of people who fall victim to certain crimes | victim profiling |
| crime scene profiling doesn't look at___? | why, just finding objective facts |
| this type of profiling seeks to get into mind of perpetrator? | psychological |
| newest type of profiling that looks at demographics of crime? | geographical profiling |
| 4 types of hunting styles? | hunter-finds pers in comfort area. poacher- more seasoned trvl outsde comfort zone a lil. troller-opportunistic killer that kills at any time amongst daily life. trapper-organized, enjoys process of picking out right victim (stalking) |
| 7 step process for criminal profiling? | eval of criminal act, eval of crime scene, comp analysis of victim, eval of prelim police reports, autopsy, develop profile w/ critical offender characteristics, make invest suggests based on the profile. |
| any act of serial killing can be on two levels? | background, trigger |
| james rupert is an example of what type of MM? | family annihilator |
| anna marie hahn is an example of what type of SK? | comfort |
| manuel pardo the miami cop is an example of what type of SK? | mission SK |
| Jerry brudos is an example of what type of SK? | lust |
| ted bundy is an example of what type of SK? | power/control |
| some fundamental differences between MM and SK? (3) | MM usually die at scene and SK try to continue kill career and not get cuaght, com res to MM is immediate and short lived faer/panic, for SK it is a dread, MM often disp hints that they are killers while SK"s put on a mask of sanity and try to bend in. |
| process by which a person in early psychological development realizes they are independant from their environment. and cannnot psychologically tell the difference between an inaminmate object and human being |