Quiz Chapter 5: Murder
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The murder rate in the United States today is:
a. about 1.0 per 100,000
b. about 4.5 per 100,000
c. about 15.0 per 100,000
d. about 60.0 per 100,000
2. The distinction between murder and manslaughter depends on:
a. whether or not the killing was premeditated
b. whether or not the killer knew the victim
c. whether or not the killing was intentional
d. all of the above
e. “a” and “c” only
3. Approximately what percentage of murders in the U.S. today are by gunshot?
a. 25%
b. 50%
c. 70%
d. 92%
4. In the 1950s, following World War II, there were several changes in patterns of murder. These included which of the following:
a. an increase in domestic murders
b. a drop to the lowest murder rate ever recorded in American history
c. an increase in the rate of inter-racial murder (by individuals of different races)
d. all of the above
e. “a” and “b” only
5. In the U.S. males are how many times more likely than females to be victims of murder?
a. about the same number of males and females are murder victims
b. men are about three times more likely to be murder victims
c. men are about six times more likely to be murder victims
d. men are about eight times more likely to be murder victims
6. How many states in the U.S. currently outlaw capital punishment?
a. 30 states
b. 18 states
c. 5 states
d. capital punishment is legal in all states
7. The highest rates of White Americans murdering Black Americans occurred in:
a. the years between the end of the Civil War and the start of World War II
b. the early 1800s as slaves began to organize and revolt against their treatment
c. the Prohibition years as Black Americans moved massively into cities like Detroit and Chicago
d. the years immediately following World War II
e. during the 1960s as Blacks organized in the Civil Rights movement
8. David Luckenbill’s analysis of murder as a “situated transaction” argues that murder situations frequently involve which of the following:
a. a “character contest” in which offenders and victims respond to what they feel is offensive behavior
b. an audience that “eggs” on the offender
c. initial physical assault by the person who ends up being killed
d. all of the above
e. “a” and “b” only
9. In their study of convicted murderers’ accounts of their crimes, Melvin Ray and Ronald Simons found many people who explained their murderous acts by saying that they were high on drugs or alcohol at the time. Ray and Simons refer to this kind of account as:
a. a “justification”
b. a “plea for mercy”
c. a claim of “partial insanity”
d. an “excuse”
e. self-deception
10. Taken together, mass, spree, and serial murder represent approximately what percent of murder in the U.S.:
a. 2%
b. 10%
c. 20%
d. 30%
11. About what proportion of nations in the world today allow the death penalty?
a. 10%
b. 25%
c. 50%
d. 75%
e. 90%
12. In terms of the distinction between instrumental and expressive murder contexts, which is the most accurate statement:
a. most murders can be categorized as expressive rather than instrumental
b. most murders can be categorized as instrumental rather than expressive
c. the number of instrumental and expressive murders are about equal
d. virtually all murders are expressive
e. virtually all murders are instrumental
13. Approximately what percentage of people arrested for murder in the U.S. are convicted?
a. 10%
b. 33%
c. 50%
d. 70%
True/False Questions
14. Recent Gallup Polls have found that the majority of Americans believe in the death penalty.
15. In his research with a professional hit man in prison, sociologist Ken Levi was forced to turn over his interviews to law enforcement officers.
16. Recent Gallup Polls have found that the majority of Americans support expanded background checks for gun purchases.
17. Males are more likely than women to commit murder, but women are more likely than men to be victims of murder.
18. Fewer Americans support capital punishment today than twenty years ago.
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