Exam 9: Violent Crime

The killing of several victims in three or more separate incidents over weeks, months, or even years is referred to as ______.

According to Davis and Gurr (1969), violence in the United States is rooted in all of the following historical events except ______.

A rapist who callously uses women as sex objects would be identified as which of the following?

Which of the following types of serial killers enjoy watching their victims suffer and beg for mercy?

A majority of violent offenders are not career criminals but reflect situational or subcultural reactions to interpersonal disputes.

Intimate personal violence usually involves physical assaults by men against women, although the reverse is not unheard of.

Which of the following occurs when killings take place at two or more locations with almost no time break between murders?

According to Davis and Gurr (1969), a prolonged frontier experience legitimized violence and vigilante justice.

Alcohol is a contributing factor in the majority of homicides, assaults, and rapes.

Which of the following types of rapists account for 5% of rapists?

Organized serial killers are usually socially and sexually incompetent.

List and describe the four robber typologies identified by Conklin.

______ violent offenders use violence as a means of accomplishing a criminal act, such as robbery.

One strategy of the Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment included patrolling gun crime "hot spots" to reduce rates of domestic violence by seizing illegally carried weapons.

Which of the following types of serial killers is believed to be suffering from some sort psychosis, where they kill in response to voices or visions?

Which of the following do most violent incidents in the workplace involve?

Most murders ______.

Identify possible elements that could help with the issue of school violence.

Identify and describe the three types of rape recognized by Groth and Birnbaum.

Which of the following types of molesters take advantage of a child living in the same household?