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ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY FINAL

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A judge finds that a defendant was mentally unstable at the time his crimes were committed. If the judge rules that the defendant is innocent of wrongdoing due to this mental instability, the defendant is found to be:
not guilty by reason of insanity.
Tucker was found mentally unstable at his trial. This means it was ruled that Tucker:
was not able to understand the trial procedures and defend himself in court.
_____ is a legal test for insanity that holds people to be insane at the time they committed a crime if their act was the product of a mental disease or defect.
The Durham test
Studies have shown that the largest category of crimes for which people were acquitted on grounds of insanity was:
physical assault.
Nadiya has Type I schizophrenia. She was arrested for a crime in Kansas. Before court proceedings began, her family spoke to her attorney, and asked that Nadiya be allowed to plead insanity. Is this approach likely to be successful in this situation?
Probably not, because Kansas has more or less eliminated the insanity plea.
What is a commonly cited criticism of the insanity defense?
Dangerous criminals use it to escape punishment.
What is the MOST accurate response to this statement: Pleading guilty by reason of insanity is just a way for criminals to avoid punishment by feigning mental illness. It is an overused defense.
Insanity pleas are relatively uncommon. Only about 1 percent use this defense, and most are found guilty.
Which defense allows the consideration of a defendant's mental dysfunction as an extenuating circumstance that may lead to conviction on a lesser crime?
guilty with diminished capacity
The primary difference between mentally disordered sex offender laws and sexually violent predator laws is that mentally disordered sex offender laws:
require offenders to receive treatment instead of imprisonment.
The _____ requirement is meant to ensure that defendants understand the charges they are facing and can work with their lawyers to prepare and conduct an adequate defense.
competence
Authorities cannot indefinitely commit a defendant who is mentally incompetent while they await a ruling of "competent to stand trial." The person must be tried, transferred to a mental health facility under civil commitment procedures within a reasonable period of time, or set free. This was established under which U.S. Supreme Court case ruling?
Jackson v. Indiana
People can be forced to undergo mental health treatment through a process known as:
civil commitment.
According to the case of Addington v. Texas (1979), the level of proof needed for civil commitment has to be:
clear and convincing.
Mary Ellen is placed in a hospital on an emergency commitment. What is the MOST likely limit of her commitment?
3 days
You are a health care provider in an emergency department. The police bring in a young man who is screaming, "Boffo told me to kill all of them, even the pretty ones." You determine that there is an underlying psychological disorder and that this young man is dangerous. Another health care provider agrees. The two of you have the man committed against his will. This is an example of:
emergency commitment.
Which of these was NOT mentioned as a criticism of civil commitments?
Civil commitments are unlawful under the U.S. Constitution.
Which statement is TRUE regarding trends in civil commitments?
Fewer people are institutionalized through civil commitment procedures today than in the past.
A clinician prescribes psychotropic medication for a patient committed to a state mental hospital. The patient is refusing treatment. In this case, how likely is a court to rule in favor of the patient's right to refuse treatment?
Somewhat likely. States may grant the patients the right to refuse medication, but if the patient's refusal is shown to be dangerous or irrational, states may allow the refusal to be overturned.
A psychologist has been asked to complete an assessment of a defendant and to testify about that assessment in court. However, the psychologist does not feel that an adequate examination of the defendant was possible. In this case, the psychologist must:
make clear the limitations of his or her testimony.
Which is NOT a concern among clinicians with regard to people's increasing use of social media sites?
that it can foster the development of poor coping mechanisms
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