PSY 368 / PSY368 FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 2
A defendant’s age at first violent offense is an example of a factor in risk
assessments.
You are an
... [Show More] attorney appointed to represent a poor client accused of rape who has a history of mental illness. During your meetings with the defendant, the man is coherent and can work with you. But he describes himself as having “gone crazy” around the time of the rape and he tells you he was “not in [his] right mind” when it happened. Which of the following issues should you address?
Which of the following influences mock jurors’ verdicts in insanity cases?
A TV reporter is interviewing students about the insanity plea. If these students are similar to about 90 percent of the population, they will agree with which of the following statements?
Lilienfeld and colleagues suggest that may be the expression of
psychopathy in women.
All of the following terms are used interchangeably with “psychopath,” except
the term “ ”.
Which of the following is true about the biological basis of psychopathy?
Which insanity standard has also been referred to as the product test?
What reason did John Hinckley give for his attempted assassination of
President Reagan in 1981?
Which insanity standard is generally considered to be the most conservative in
its original form?
The most commonly-used violence risk assessment tool is the .
Which of the following is not a valid criticism of the cross-cultural extension of
the PCL-R?
Competency differs from insanity in that, .
An accused is “not criminally responsible if the act was the product of a mental
disease or defect” is:
The 4th-most frequently occurring mental health question in criminal law is
Which statement most accurately describes the state of the risk assessment
literature?
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The Historical-Clinical-Risk Management-20 (HCR-20) is a tool.
The Rogers Criminal Responsibility Assessment Scale (R-CRAS) is for
John has committed a nonviolent crime and was found NGRI. It is likely that he
will be spending:
The term “mental illness” is considered a legal concept and is defined:
Selected
Which standard for insanity has both a cognitive and volitional element?
Which insanity standard has included a volitional prong (“irresistible impulse”)
The PCL-R is best described as a .
uses a standard framework or list of risk factors but allows
for clinical judgment.
In Barefoot v. Estelle, the American Psychiatric Association filed an amicus curiae regarding the validity and reliability of predictions of future dangerousness, stating an accuracy rate of about .
violence is purposeful and planned.
Which of the following is NOT a common public misconception about the
insanity defense?
Another name that is commonly used for insanity is .
Upon hearing the accuracy of future dangerousness predictions, the Supreme
Court .
One criticism of antisocial personality disorder is that .
According to the literature, score higher in psychopathy than .
Which of the following is true of the ALI rule?
What is the distinction between insanity and competency to stand trial?
Why was the decision in Barefoot v. Estelle important for forensic psychology?
Which diagnosis is the most frequent among individuals who plead insanity?
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What approximate percentage of felony cases involves a plea of insanity?
Dr. James Grigson, a.k.a., “Dr. Death” testified in several capital sentencing hearings regarding future dangerousness in Texas that defendants were on a scale from 1 to 10 for “sociopathy” (another word for psychopathy).
Although the public estimates the insanity defense is used in about 37% of cases, the actual figure is about %.
Selected
Which of following statements most accurately describes psychopaths’ ability to learn from mistakes?
Which of the following statements about psychopathic violence is true?
is a principle that suggests a person must have committed an unlawful act willfully or purposely.
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Dr. Jameson, a psychologist, has a client who recently went through a break-up with his girlfriend. The client told Dr. Jameson that he was angry and depressed because of what happened and he was afraid he might hurt his girlfriend.
Specifically, he indicated he had a gun collection and he frequently thinks about using one of his guns to “teach his girlfriend” a lesson. In following up with these thoughts, Dr. Jameson discovers that his client has been stalking his ex- girlfriend and has gone to her house with one of the guns. According to Tarasoff
v. Regents of the University of California (1976), what must Dr. Jameson do with this information?
Which of the following is the earliest formalized standard of insanity?
Which statement is true of psychopathy in regard to women?
The focus of an insanity evaluation is .
was a case that confronted the Supreme Court with denying or imposing a constitutional right to the insanity defense, which it failed to address directly.
Insanity is a .
Which statement is true regarding psychopathy?
In risk assessment, the variables that are more likely to change with time are
.
Insanity is a concept. [Show Less]