Test Bank For
Profiling and Serial Crime, Theoretical and Practical Issues Edition 3 By Wayne
Petherick
Chapters 1-18
Chapter 1: The Evolution of Criminal Profiling: From Whitechapel to Quantico and
Beyond
1. The terms offender profiling, behavioral profiling, offender analysis and
psychological profiling have all been used interchangeably over time.
a. True
b. False
ANS: a
2. David Canter developed the profiling method known as diagnostic evaluations.
a. True
b. False
ANS: b
3. A forensic psychiatrist‟s strengths, when it comes to profiling, lie in providing insight
into the more bizarre cases.
a. True
b. False
ANS: a
4. Traditionally police have almost always been open to the use of social scientists for
assistance in their investigations.
a. True
b. False
ANS: b
5. One of the earliest examples of criminal profiling was:
a. Peter Kurten (the Dusseldorf Vampire)
b. Jack the Ripper
c. Adolf Hitler
d. Woodrow Wilson
, e. None of the above
ANS: b
6. The criminal profiling program in the FBI was primarily started by:
a. John Douglas and Robert Ressler
b. Robert Ressler and Roy Hazelwood
c. Howard Teten and Pat Mullany
d. Jack Kirsch and Brent Turvey
e. Maurice Godwin and David Canter
ANS: c
7. The first main study undertaken by the FBI was published in what year?
a. 1970
b. 1975
c. 1985
d. 1987
e. 1990
ANS: c
8. _______________ theories provide a framework for assessing what are commonly
regarded as relatively consistent patterns of behavior present in an individual that
cause him or her to behave in certain ways under certain situations.
a. Inductive
b. Personality
c. Freudian
d. Investigative Psychological
e. Social
ANS: b
9. This person compiled on the of first instances of profiling ever, on a serial murderer
from Whitechapel in the 1800s:
a. David Canter
b. Brent Turvey
c. Thomas Bond
d. Walter Langer
e. Pat Mullany
ANS: c
,10. The level of detail and style of a profile will depend upon _________:
a. The technique being utilized
b. The individual writing it
c. The information available through the media
d. Both A and B
e. None of the above
ANS: d
11. George Metesky, when arrested by police, met James Brussel‟s profile by
a. Suffering from paranoia
b. Holding a grudge against Edison electrical company
c. Being an overseas immigrant
d. Living in Connecticut
e. All of the above
ANS: e
12. The first main study undertaken by the FBI involved how many sexual murderers?
a. 191
b. 163
c. 63
d. 91
e. 36
ANS: e
, Petherick: Profiling and Serial Crime, 3rd Edition
Chapter 2: Induction and Deduction in Criminal Profiling
Test Bank
1. Logic may be defined as the process of argumentation.
a. True
b. False
ANS: a
2. An inductive argument is one in which the conclusion is certain if the premises on
which it is based are certain.
a. True
b. False
ANS: b
3. In deductive arguments is not possible for its conclusion to be false if its premises are
true.
a. True
b. False
ANS: a
4. In deductive arguments it‟s customary to assert the premises, yet deny the conclusion.
a. True
b. False
ANS: b
5. A deductive process is where:
a. The conclusion is extremely likely if the premises are true.
b. The conclusion is likely to be true if the premises are true.
c. The conclusion must be true if the premises are true.
d. Careful consideration of the crime scene will yield results that are statistically
probable.
e. Sherlock Holmes announces, “It‟s elementary my dear Watson.”
ANS: c
Profiling and Serial Crime, Theoretical and Practical Issues Edition 3 By Wayne
Petherick
Chapters 1-18
Chapter 1: The Evolution of Criminal Profiling: From Whitechapel to Quantico and
Beyond
1. The terms offender profiling, behavioral profiling, offender analysis and
psychological profiling have all been used interchangeably over time.
a. True
b. False
ANS: a
2. David Canter developed the profiling method known as diagnostic evaluations.
a. True
b. False
ANS: b
3. A forensic psychiatrist‟s strengths, when it comes to profiling, lie in providing insight
into the more bizarre cases.
a. True
b. False
ANS: a
4. Traditionally police have almost always been open to the use of social scientists for
assistance in their investigations.
a. True
b. False
ANS: b
5. One of the earliest examples of criminal profiling was:
a. Peter Kurten (the Dusseldorf Vampire)
b. Jack the Ripper
c. Adolf Hitler
d. Woodrow Wilson
, e. None of the above
ANS: b
6. The criminal profiling program in the FBI was primarily started by:
a. John Douglas and Robert Ressler
b. Robert Ressler and Roy Hazelwood
c. Howard Teten and Pat Mullany
d. Jack Kirsch and Brent Turvey
e. Maurice Godwin and David Canter
ANS: c
7. The first main study undertaken by the FBI was published in what year?
a. 1970
b. 1975
c. 1985
d. 1987
e. 1990
ANS: c
8. _______________ theories provide a framework for assessing what are commonly
regarded as relatively consistent patterns of behavior present in an individual that
cause him or her to behave in certain ways under certain situations.
a. Inductive
b. Personality
c. Freudian
d. Investigative Psychological
e. Social
ANS: b
9. This person compiled on the of first instances of profiling ever, on a serial murderer
from Whitechapel in the 1800s:
a. David Canter
b. Brent Turvey
c. Thomas Bond
d. Walter Langer
e. Pat Mullany
ANS: c
,10. The level of detail and style of a profile will depend upon _________:
a. The technique being utilized
b. The individual writing it
c. The information available through the media
d. Both A and B
e. None of the above
ANS: d
11. George Metesky, when arrested by police, met James Brussel‟s profile by
a. Suffering from paranoia
b. Holding a grudge against Edison electrical company
c. Being an overseas immigrant
d. Living in Connecticut
e. All of the above
ANS: e
12. The first main study undertaken by the FBI involved how many sexual murderers?
a. 191
b. 163
c. 63
d. 91
e. 36
ANS: e
, Petherick: Profiling and Serial Crime, 3rd Edition
Chapter 2: Induction and Deduction in Criminal Profiling
Test Bank
1. Logic may be defined as the process of argumentation.
a. True
b. False
ANS: a
2. An inductive argument is one in which the conclusion is certain if the premises on
which it is based are certain.
a. True
b. False
ANS: b
3. In deductive arguments is not possible for its conclusion to be false if its premises are
true.
a. True
b. False
ANS: a
4. In deductive arguments it‟s customary to assert the premises, yet deny the conclusion.
a. True
b. False
ANS: b
5. A deductive process is where:
a. The conclusion is extremely likely if the premises are true.
b. The conclusion is likely to be true if the premises are true.
c. The conclusion must be true if the premises are true.
d. Careful consideration of the crime scene will yield results that are statistically
probable.
e. Sherlock Holmes announces, “It‟s elementary my dear Watson.”
ANS: c
