Chapter 7: Homicide Victimization

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. What type of homicides are accidental or unintentional killings?

A. justifiable homicides

B. excusable homicides

C. criminal homicides

D. none of these

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Excusable Homicide

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Stand your ground laws and the castle doctrine are related to what type of homicide?

A. excusable homicide

B. criminal homicide

C. justifiable homicide

D. intimate partner homicide

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Justifiable Homicide

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. According to the UCR, which scenarios do not fall under justifiable homicides?

A. the killing of a felon by a peace officer in the line of duty

B. the killing of a felon by a private citizen during the commission of a crime

C. the killing of felon by a private citizen during the court proceedings

D. none of these

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Justifiable Homicide

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Criminal homicide includes all of the following except ______.

A. first-degree murder

B. second-degree murder

C. attempted murder

D. felony murder

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Criminal Homicide

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. What are the three elements of first-degree murder?

A. premeditation, deliberation, and malice

B. deliberation, collaboration, and malice

C. premeditation, malice, and deception

D. premeditation, deliberation, and deception

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: First Degree Murder

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Which of the following is an example of implied malice?

A. leaving a child in a hot car with the intention to kill

B. shooting someone in a fight

C. leaving a child home alone due to unavailable childcare and child dies from an accident

D. running over someone with one’s car

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: First Degree Murder

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Ellen wakes up in the middle of the night to find her teenage daughter with a boy in her room. Without thinking, Ellen grabs a handgun from the hall closet, shoots, and kills the boy. This is an example of what kind of homicide?

A. criminal homicide

B. second-degree murder

C. felony murder

D. manslaughter

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Second Degree Murder

Difficulty Level: Hard

8. Using excessive force in self-defense is an example of what type of homicide?

A. criminal homicide

B. second-degree murder

C. voluntary manslaughter

D. involuntary manslaughter

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Manslaughter

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Which data set provides case-specific information for each murder reported in the UCR?

A. Supplementary Homicide Reports

B. National Crime and Victimization Survey

C. Supplemental Uniform Crime Report

D. National Center for Health Statistics

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR)

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Which of the following is not a source of international homicide victimization data?

A. National Crime and Victimization Survey

B. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

C. World Health Organization

D. all of these

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. In terms of race, homicide is an overwhelmingly ______ event.

A. interracial

B. nonracial

C. intraracial

D. none of these

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Race

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. Which of the following are the most common firearms used in homicides?

A. rifles

B. machine guns

C. handguns

D. muskets

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Weapon Usage

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. Which of the following is a type of filicide?

A. parricide

B. child abuse

C. infanticide

D. eldercide

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Filicide

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. What is the most prevalent type of homicide–suicide?

A. females killing their children and then themselves

B. males killing their female intimate partners and then themselves

C. males killing their families and then themselves

D. females killing their parents then themselves

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Intimate Partner Homicide Followed by Suicide

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. Who is credited with having shaped the most commonly used definition of femicide?

A. Bonnie Fisher

B. Lenore Walker

C. Diana Russell

D. Michael Johnson

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Femicide

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. In India, which agency keeps detailed criminal justice data on the number of homicide victims by sex, age, and motive?

A. the National Criminal Records Bureau of India

B. the National Crime Survey of India

C. the Indian Homicide Bureau

D. Such data are not collected in India.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Focus on International Issues

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. The killing of 12 people in an Aurora, CO, movie theater is an example of which of the following?

A. spree murder

B. mass murder

C. serial murder

D. second-degree murder

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Homicides Involving Multiple Victims

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. Witnessing the murder of your mother at the hands of her husband is an example of what type of victimization?

A. homicide victimization

B. intimate partner homicide

C. indirect victimization

D. serial murder

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Indirect (Secondary) Victimization

Difficulty Level: Easy

19. The process by which family members of the deceased are notified of their loved one’s passing is called ______ notification.

A. casualty

B. victimization

C. justice

D. mortality

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Additional Stressors

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. What is the name of the police response in Boston that addressed gun-related gang violence?

A. Operation Ceasefire

B. CompStat

C. D.A.R.E.

D. Scared Straight

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Police Responses

Difficulty Level: Easy

21. As a whole, what kind of responses to gun- and gang-related homicides have been successful in decreasing homicide rates?

A. police

B. community

C. academic

D. court

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Court Responses

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. Community-based programs that seek to review the circumstances of the homicide to gain a better understanding of the cause of death are called ______.

A. violence reviews

B. fatality reviews

C. situational reviews

D. domestic reviews

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Community Responses

Difficulty Level: Easy

23. Victim–offender mediation efforts between the family members of a homicide victim and the offender(s) are an example of ______.

A. peace-making criminology

B. plea bargaining

C. legal deposition

D. restorative justice

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Restorative Justice Efforts

Difficulty Level: Easy

24. Eldercide refers to the killing of an individual over the age of ______.

A. 55

B. 65

C. 75

D. 85

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Eldercide

Difficulty Level: Easy

True/False

1. Express malice exists when death occurs due to negligence rather than intent.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: First Degree Murder

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. The UCR records data for accidental and excusable homicides.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Uniform Crime Report (UCR)

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Deliberation means the act was considered beforehand.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: First Degree Murder

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. First-degree murder is a killing committed with deliberate premeditation and malice.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: First Degree Murder

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Felony murder is usually considered first-degree murder.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Felony Murder

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Homicide victimization data are available through victimization surveys in the United States.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Homicide Victimization in the United States

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. The Supplementary Homicide Reports is a source of nationwide mortality data collected since the early 1930s.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR)

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Males are overrepresented as both homicide victims and offenders.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. According to the FBI, firearm use comprises about 71% of homicide cases known to the police.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Weapon Usage

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Honor violence against females is usually committed with the idea that the perpetrator is protecting or regaining his honor or that of the family or community.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Honor Killings

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. There are generally two types of homicide: justifiable and criminal homicide/murder.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Defining Homicide Victimization

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. Justifiable homicides are judged to be acceptable because they occur in defense of life only.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Justifiable Homicide

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. Stand your ground laws are laws stating that individuals are not required to retreat from their location prior to using force in self-defense.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Justifiable Homicide

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. Felony murder is the often unintentional killing during the commission of a misdemeanor.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Felony Murder

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. Manslaughter deems the degree of responsibility is greater than for murder.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Manslaughter

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. What are the similarities and differences between Operation Ceasefire and CompStat? Which is more effective in reducing homicide?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Police Responses

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Define intimate partner homicide? What are the risk factors for this type of homicide?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Intimate Partner Homicide

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Identify and compare the different types of homicides that involve multiple victims.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Homicides Involving Multiple Victims

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Describe the elements of first-degree murder.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: First Degree Murder

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. What are the different types of manslaughter?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Manslaughter

Difficulty Level: Medium