Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. In 2015, the death penalty was authorized as punishment for capital murder in 31 states, by the federal government, and by the U.S. military.
2. John Douglas, who has studied the effects of childhood abuse, suggests that violent offending may arise in adolescence and adulthood because those victimized as children learn destructive coping mechanisms, including skills in manipulation and denial as well as violent behavior
3. Mass murder is generally understood to have taken place when someone kills four or more victims in one location at one general point in time.
4. John Douglas and Mark Olshaker define a serial murderer as one who kills on at least three occasions, with what can be called an emotional cooling-off period between the incidents. This cooling-off period can last days, weeks, months, or years.
1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
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