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1. In criminology, the fire caused by earthquake is defined as an accidental
fire.
T F
FALSE
1. change “accidental fire” to “natural fire”
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2. In terms of race, more than 70% of fire setters
arrested in America
were White.
T F
TRUE
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3. According to statistics, more than 50% of fire
setters arrested in America
were 18 or older.
T F
TRUE
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4. The following burglary-related arson aims to
destroy the victim:
Setting a house on fire
after stealing valuable things in it
T F
FALSE
4. change “the victim” to “the crime scene”
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5. The following murder-related arson aims to destroy the
crime scene:
Burning the victim’s body
in the woods after a homicide
T F
FALSE
5. change “the crime scene” to “the victim”
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6. The following murder-related arson aims to destroy
the evidentiary
material linking the offender to the victim:
Burning victim’s bloody
clothing or marriage license
T F
TRUE
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7. The following murder-related arson aims to destroy the
personal items linking the offender to the victim:
Burning gifts given to
the victim by the offender
T F
TRUE
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8. According to researches, extremist arsonists have
several mentalities in common. One of them is immorality.
T F
FALSE
8. change “immorality” to “morality”
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9. Generally speaking, competition-related arson is less
likely to take place when a certain product is monopolized by certain
companies.
T F
FALSE
9. change “less likely” to “more likely”
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10. Arson involved by people like volunteer fire
fighters usually is profit-motivated.
T F
FALSE
10. change “profit-motivated” to “emotion-motivated”
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11. According to definitions, commercial arson
is caused by negative emotions (i.e., commercial arson is an expressive crime).
T F
FALSE
- 11. change “negative emotions” to “economic benefits”;
- change “expressive crime” to “instrumental crime”
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12. In revenge-motivated arson, arsonists usually will stay at the crime scene for a period of time.
T F
TRUE
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13. According to studies, vandalism-motivated arson
usually is committed by teenagers.
T F
TRUE
-
14. If revenge-motivated
arson takes place at the personal
level, then the target usually is very specific.
T F
TRUE
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15. Generally speaking, insurance-related arson is more likely to take place
in times when the economic situation is prosperous.
T F
FALSE
15. change “prosperous” to “deteriorating”
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16. According to definitions, employment-related arson is
a crime.
T F
FALSE
16. change “is” to “is not”
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17. According to definitions, burglary-related arson is a crime-concealment arson.
T F
TRUE
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18. Excitement-motivated arson (e.g.,
vandalism-related arson) usually is sex-motivated.
T F
FALSE
18. change “sex-motivated” to “pleasure-motivated”
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19. In terms of motivation, excitement-motivated
arsonists usually have the intention to harm others.
T F
FALSE
19. change “usually have” to “usually do not have”
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20. In terms of frequency, revenge-motivated
arson usually is a multiple-time event.
T F
FALSE
20. change “multiple-time event” to “one-time event”
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21. One of the representative typologies of disorganized offense is vandalism-motivated arson.
T F
TRUE
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22. The targets chosen by Vandalism-motivated arsonists usually are well-protected.
T F
FALSE
22. change “well protected” to “not protected”
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23. Competition-related arson
usually involves a highly inclusive commodity or service.
T F
FALSE
23. change “inclusive” to “exclusive”
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24. Extremism-motivated
arsonists usually are supporters of a certain ideology.
T F
TRUE
-
25. According to statistics, survival-related
arson usually is perpetrated by people like illegal immigrants.
T F
TRUE
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26.Statistically, serial arsonists usually are
________.
a. White
b. Black
c. Hispanic
d. Asian Americans
e. Native Americans
A
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27. Which of the following is more likely to be an
occupation of revenge arsonists? (consider blue-collar workers)
a. gas station attendant
b. secretary
c. elementary school
teacher
d. medical doctor
e. civil engineer
A
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28. ________-motivated arsonists usually live with
parents.
a. profit
b. excitement
c. revenge
d. vandalism
e. crime concealment
D
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29. According to statistics, nearly 60% of serial arsonists use _______ as ignition
device.
a. candle
b. gunpowder
c. book matches
d. wooden matches
e. cigarette lighter
C
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30. Which of
the following is NOT a social characteristic of pyromaniacs?
a. alcoholism
b. psychotic disorder
c. skilled laborer
d. White
e. introversion
C
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31. Which of the following can be a target of revenge-motivated arson? (consider personal, group,
institutional, and societal levels)
a. federal government building
b. Lafayette municipal court
c. oil company
d. rival gang member’s house
e. all of the above
E
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32. Which of the following is instrumental arson?
a. serial arson
b. hero arson
c. survival-related arson
d. sexual perversion-caused
arson
e. none of the above
C
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33. Which of the following usually involves multiple
offenders?
a. extremist-motivated arson
b. excitement-motivated arson
c. serial arson
d. a and b
e. a, b and c
D
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34. Hero arsonists can be classified as
________-motivated fire-setters.
a. revenge
b. crime-concealment
c. profit
d. vandalism
e. reputation
E
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35. Comparatively, which of the
following cannot be prevented?
a. natural fire
b. accidental fire
c. vandalism-motivated fire
d. excitement-motivated fire
e. none of the above
A
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36. Which
of the following mindset is not shared by extremist arsonists?
a. dualism
b. moralism
c. criticism
d. particularism
e. monism
C
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