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Crimes of Violence MCQ

Is voluntary Manslaughter the intentional killing of another human being without malice and aforethought, often in response to the mistaken belief that self-defense required the use of deadly force or to adequate provocation while in the heat of passion?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is a killer who feels impelled to commit murder by visions or “voices in my head.”

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Correct Answer: Visionary Serial Killer

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Is violent Crime the use of force exercised without excuse or justification to achieve a goal at the expense of a victim?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as a part of a larger culture in which the norms, attitudes, and values of its people legitimize the use of violence.

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Correct Answer: Subculture of Violence

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_____ is defined as the killing of several people at different locations over several days.

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Correct Answer: Spree Murder

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_____ is the killing of three or more victims over an extended period of time.

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Correct Answer: Serial Murder

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Is second-Degree Murder the intentional killing of another human being without premeditation and deliberation?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the taking or attempted taking of anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or putting the victim in fear.

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Correct Answer: Robbery

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_____ is a killer who gains most satisfaction from exercising complete power over his victims.

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Correct Answer: Power/Control Serial Killer

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Is negligent Manslaughter an unintentional homicide charged when a death or deaths arise from some negligent act that carries a substantial risk of death to others?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another.

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Correct Answer: Murder

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_____ is defined as a killer who feels it to be a mission in life to kill certain kinds of people.

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Correct Answer: Mission-Oriented Serial Killer

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_____ is the killing of several people at one location within minutes or hours.

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Correct Answer: Mass Murder

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Is involuntary Manslaughter a criminal homicide where an unintentional killing results from a reckless act?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as communities in which young men are hypersensitive to insult, rushing to defend their reputation in dominance contests.

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Correct Answer: Honor Subcultures

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_____ is defined as A killer who kills for the pure thrill and joy of it.

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Correct Answer: Hedonistic Serial Killer

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_____ is the most serious kind of murder that requires the act be committed with malice and aforethought, deliberation, and premeditation.

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Correct Answer: Aggravated or First-Degree Murder

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Is aggravated Assault an unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury?

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Correct Answer: True

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When one individual intentionally takes the life of another, but without premeditation and deliberation, it is considered which of the following?

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Correct Answer: Voluntary Manslaughter

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The FBI’s ______ Unit is known for developing methods that are used to profile serial killers.

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Correct Answer: Behavioral Science

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The U.S. murder rate is much lower than it was in 1990.

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Correct Answer: True

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The sniper team of Lee Malvo and John Muhammad serve as an example of ______ murderers.

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Correct Answer: Spree

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______ argue that rape is a learned behavior, but that the men who commit rape are part of a psychologically unhealthy category of males.

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Correct Answer: Social learning theorists

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Most robberies are impulsive crimes.

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Correct Answer: True

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A person is stopped on the sidewalk, and told to “give me your wallet or I’ll kill you!” The person hands over their wallet. They have just been the victim of a(n) ______.

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Correct Answer: Robbery

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Which of the following would be most likely to attribute violent offending to personality features, situations, and developmental experiences?

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Correct Answer: Psychologists

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A ______ serial killer feels it is their goal in life to kill certain kinds of people.

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Correct Answer: Mission-oriented

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______ is defined as an unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe bodily injury.

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Correct Answer: Aggravated Assault

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Robbery provides offenders with a low-risk mechanism for obtaining desired material goods.

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Correct Answer: False

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About half of all rapes are committed by someone known to the victim.

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Correct Answer: True

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The diathesis-stress model presents an interdisciplinary explanation of ______.

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Correct Answer: Serial Killing

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Aggravated assault is distinguished from simple assault based on whether the offense took place in public, or on private property.

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Correct Answer: False

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Which of the following is true of murder in the United States?

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Correct Answer: The vast majority of murders are committed by males

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