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FORSCI FINAL
Serial Killers
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Personality Characteristics of Serial Killers | Smart, Good Looking, Charming, No Conscience, Need for Control, Enjoy Victims' Terror, Able to Tell Right from Wrong |
| Does something to evade detection | Modus Operandi |
| Does something out of enjoyment or anger | Signature/Trademark |
| Time of Offense, Description Used to Gain Entrance to Victims, Vehicle Type (if used in crime) | Modus Operandi |
| Unusual Characteristics of a murder repeated @ several crime scenes | Signature/Trademark |
| Behaviors unnecessary for the kill | Signature/Trademark |
| Rape, binding, overkill, posing, mutilation, trophies/souvenirs, foreign object insertion, biting, gagging, torture, necrophilia | Signature/Trademark |
| A typical serial killer is a ____ male | white |
| A typical serial killer is age ___-____ | 18-32 |
| A typical serial killer is a victim of ________ | child abuse |
| a typical serial killer shows signs of __________ | McDonald Triad |
| Profile of a "typical" serial killer | white male, 18-32, victim of child abuse, signs of McDonald Triad |
| 1/few vs. many limited number of times | Mass Murder |
| Perpetrator is a stranger or known to the victim | Mass Murder |
| Non-repetitive homicides | Mass Murder |
| Motivated politically or by anger | Mass Murder |
| 1 vs. 1/few many times | Serial Killer |
| Sexual or Aggressive Motivation | Serial Killer |
| Repetitive homicides | Serial Killer |
| Perpetrator is a stranger or acquaintance to victim/s | Serial Killer |
| In neuroimaging studies of psychopaths there is _____ activity in the frontal cortex | less |
| in neuroimaging studies of psychopaths there is less activity in the ___________ | frontal cortex |
| In neuroimaging studies of psychopaths there is _____ heart rates, glucose use, and perspiration. | decreased |
| _______ studies of psychopaths show less frontal cortex activity, lower heart rates, lower glucose use, and lower perspiration. | Neuroimaging |
| plan months or years in advance | organized killer |
| married, good job, good member of society | organized killer |
| bring instruments of crime with to the scene | organized killer |
| smart, knowledgeable of forensic evidence and law enforcement's investigative capabilities | organized killer |
| don't plan committing a murder, its spontaneous | disorganized killer |
| unemployed, no car | disorganized killer |
| psychotic or not smart | disorganized killer |
| Role of fantasy in serial murder | compulsive masturbation, indecent exposure, voyeurism, fetishism, cross-dressing, fantasies of rape/murder or both |
| Reality is as good as fantasy so they ______ it | repeat |
| Reality isn't as good as fantasy so they _______ | try again |
| enjoy watching terror | Power Oriented |
| they are "improving" the world by killing the undesirable | Mission oriented |
| kill because they were directed by hallucinations | Visionary |
| Gain sexual satisfaction from raping, killing, mutilating, & sometimes eating the victim | Hedonistic |
| bedwetting after 12, setting fires, killing small animals | McDonald Triad |
| 60% of serial killers ______ past age 12 | wet the bed |
| ViCAP | Violent Criminal Apprehension Program |
| eliminates problems preventing the apprehension of serial killers | ViCAP |
| ViCAP eliminates lack of _______ between police agencies | cooperation |
| ViCAP eliminates lack of _______ between local, state and federal agencies | communicaton |
| ViCAP eliminates _______ of serial killers | mobility |
| ViCAP eliminates lack of prior _______ between victims and assailant | association |
| ViCAP eliminates _____ bodies | unidentified |
| ViCAP eliminates lack of _____, _______, _______, ______ of serial killers, and ________ bodies | cooperation, communication, association, mobility, unidentified |
| ViCAP submission criteria for homicides | random, sexually oriented, lack motive, appear to be part of a series |
| ViCAP submission criteria for missing persons | strong likelihood of foul play or victim remains missing |
| ViCAP submission criteria for unidentified bodies | if manner of death appears to be criminal homicide |
| A case can be entered into ViCAP if a homicide is _________, _________, lacks _____, appears to be ________. | random, sexually oriented, motive, part of a series |
| A case can be entered into ViCAP if a missing person has a strong likelihood of _______ or victim ______________ | foul play, remains missing |
| A case can be entered into ViCAP if an unidentified body has a ___________ appearing to be criminal homicide | manner of death |
| An advantage of ViCAP is you can recognize serial killing in the ________ | early stages |
| An advantage of ViCAP is it may clear up __________ when the suspect is apprehended | unsolved murders |
| An advantage of ViCAP is that it creates a pooling of clues that may lead to a __________ and eliminate them quickly | list of suspects |
| 3 advantages of ViCAP | early stage recognition, clear unsolved murders, pools clues |
| A difficulty faced by investigators is that serial murders are very _____ between states | mobile |
| A difficulty faced by investigators is that there is a lack of __________ with victims | prior association |
| A difficulty faced by investigators is that serial killers tend to use _______ for deceased victims | remote burial sites |
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