Chapter 9
“The intentional inflicting of serious bodily injury on another” is a legal definition of which offense?
A) Simple assault
B) Misdemeanor assault
C) Aggravated assault
D) Arson
C) Aggravated assault
Negligent manslaughter is killing another person
A) as a result of uncontrollable passion.
B) as a result of recklessness.
C) with malice aforethought.
D) in self-defense when danger of serious bodily injury exists.
B) as a result of recklessness.
In which type of crime scene is there evidence that the offender used planning and premeditation?
In investigative psychology, any unusual pattern that goes beyond what is necessary to commit the crime is called
The majority of terrorist attacks in the United States have been carried out by
lone wolves.
The cognitive shortcuts people use to make quick inferences about their world is known as
availability heuristic.
The phenomenon that occurs when the mere presence of a gun or other weapon stimulates violence is called
weapons effect.
The tendency to gather evidence that confirms one’s pre-existing expectations, while failing to seek contradictory information is called
confirmation bias.
The primary difference between what qualifies as serial murders and what qualifies as mass murders is
a cooling-off period.
A process that reduces human beings to the level of nonhuman animals without individuality, dignity, or autonomy is known as
dehumanization.
Unlawful killing of another with malice aforethought (expressed or implied)
Murder
Unlawful killing of another person (e.g., heat of passion)
Non-negligent/voluntary manslaughter
The application of psychological research and principles to the investigation of criminal behavior
Investigative psychology
The process of identifying personality traits, behavioral patterns, geographic habits, cognitive tendencies, and demographic features of an unknown offender based on characteristics of the crime
Crime scene profiling
Posits that the motivation to engage in terrorism is the search to be meaningful and recognized
Quest for significance theory
Families characterized by continual cycles of intrafamilial physical aggression and violence are known as ________ families.
multiassaultive
General altercation homicide is a result of ________ aggression.
hostile
Serial murder is usually reserved for incidents in which an individual (or individuals) kills ____ or more victims in separate events with a cooling-off period in between.
2
Various forms of profiling rely on either an actuarial or a(n) ____ approach.
clinical
In the context of terrorism, _______ is defined as an individual’s indoctrination to fully embrace a terrorist group’s ideology and mission, and to gradually embrace the level of violence necessary to reach the group’s goals.
radicalization
List the four categories of homicide generated by Roberts, Zgoba, and Shahidullah (2007).
General Altercation
Felony Commision
Domestic Violence Related
Homicide After Accident
Describe the following terms:
Parricide
Matricide
Siblicide
Fratricide
Killing One's: Parents, Mother, Sibling, Brother
List the 5 forms of profiling
1.Psychological Profiling
2.Suspect-based Profiling
3.Geographical Profiling
4.Crime Scene Profiling
5.Equivocal Death Analysis
List four characteristics of perpetrators of classic mass murder.
Between the ages of 35 and 45
Frustrated, angry, helpless about their lives
Perceive life as failure
Suffered tragic or serious loss (e.g., loss of employment)
Socially isolated
Limited support network
Interest in guns
Convinced little chance things will get better
Plan to die at scene
List the three terrorist typologies from the lecture slides
•The rationally motivated terrorist
•The psychologically motivated terrorist
•The culturally motivated terrorist