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Crim 102, Chapter 8 (PQ)

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Which of the following statements is most accurate?
​a) Most criminals are mentally ill.
​b) Most criminals have a mental disorder.
​c) Most mentally disordered individuals are not violent.
​d) Most murderers cannot help themselves because of mental illness.
​e) Most murderers are paranoid schizophrenics.
C
A developmental status attributable to a cognitive impairment is called:
​a) developmental readiness.
​b) developmental amblyopia.
​c) developmental dysfunction.
​d) developmental disability.
​e) cognitive dysphasia.
D
Disorganized, catatonic, paranoid, undifferentiated, and residual are all subtypes of:
​a) schizophrenia.
​b) paranoia.
​c) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
​d) delusional disorder.
​e) bipolar disorder.
A
According to the DSM, which one of the following features is not a symptom of antisocial personality disorder?
​a) Emotional intelligence
​b) Impulsivity
​c) Irritability
​d) Deceitfulness
​e) Failure to conform to social norms
A
Which one of the following clinical diagnoses is most frequently found in criminal offenders?
​a) Clinical depression
​b) Psychopath
​c) Delusional disorder
​d) Histrionic personality disorder
​e) Antisocial personality disorder
E
The research shows that violent people:
​a) fantasize more than nonviolent people.
​b) exhibit the violence triad more frequently than nonviolent people.
​c) have violent daydreams daily.
​d) usually have a history of violence.
​e) often have a history of mental disorder.
D
What is the most common type of forensic assessment conducted for the criminal courts?
​a) Assessment of sex offenders
​b) Assessment of sanity
​c) Assessment of dangerousness at sentencing
​d) Assessment of competency to stand trial
​e) Risk assessment
D
The insanity defense is used in approximately what percent of felony criminal offenses in the United States?
​a) About 1%
​b) 5% to 10%
​c) 11% to 15%
​d) About 20%
​e) Between 20% and 27%
A
Which well-known individual was found not guilty by reason of insanity?
​a) Ted Bundy
​b) Kenneth Bianchi
​c) Bonnie Elizabeth Parker
​d) John Dillinger
​e) Andrea Yates
E
What was the essential ruling in Jackson v. Indiana?
​a) Psychoactive medication could not be given to incompetent defendants.
​b) Psychoactive medication could not be given to defendants found insane.
​c) Incompetent defendants could not be hospitalized indefinitely if no progress was made ​ ​to restore them.
​d) Persons found insane could not be hospitalized indefinitely.
​e) The deinstitutionalization of all psychiatric patients.
C
Delusional disorders are also called:
​a) paranoid disorders.
​b) psychotic disorders.
​c) believe disorders.
​d) schizophrenia.
​e) paranoid schizophrenia.
A
If the court determines that an individual was robbed of her or his own free will at the time of a homicide because of mental disease or defect, the individuals would most likely be judged:
​a) IST.
​b) incompetent to stand trial
​c) mentally ill.
​d) guilty but insane.
​e) NGRI.
E
All of the following standards or rules to determine insanity are or have been represented in various state or federal legal systems except the:
​a) Dayton Rule.
​b) M'Naghten Rule.
​c) Brawner Rule.
​d) Product Test.
​e) Durham Rule.
A
When the M'Naghten Rule is applied, the essential inquiry is whether:
​a) the act was the result or product of a mental defect.
​b) the person was able to distinguish between right and wrong at the time of offense.
​c) the act was the result of an "irresistible impulse."
​d) the act was the result of an addiction.
​e) the person intentionally planned to do harm.
B
The core of the insanity defense involves which one of the following issues?
​a) Competency to stand trial
​b) Whether the person can be rehabilitated
​c) Criminal responsibility
​d) Past psychiatric history
​e) Current mental status
C
____ trial generated so much public outcry that Congress passed the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984.
​a) Ted Bundy's
​b) John Hinckley's
​c) The "Son of Sam"
​d) The BTK Killer
​e) O.J. Simpson's
B
DSM stands for:
​a) Dissociative Somatic Manual.
​b) Diagnoses of Serious Mentality.
​c) Douglas Simpson Marker.
​d) Diagnostic Statistical Manual.
​e) Developmental Symbolic Marker
D
Some states supplement the _____with the "irresistible impulse test."
​a) M'Naghten Rule
​b) Brawner Rule
​c) ALI Rule
​d) Durham Rule
​e) NGRI
A
In the Brawner Rule, the "caveat paragraph" intends to exclude _____ from using the insanity defense.
​a) defendants under the influence of alcohol at the time of the offense
​b) psychopaths
​c) defendants under the influence of drugs at the time of the offense
​d) defendants who refuse to undergo psychiatric evaluation
​e) developmentally disabled
B
In general, the U.S. federal court system currently uses what insanity standard?
​a) The Durham Rule
​b) The M'Naghten Rule
​c) ALI/Brawner Rule
​d) Insanity Defense Reform Act
​e) Amicus curiae
D
In Foucha v. Louisiana, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that defendants found NGRI could:
​a) not be retried once they were no longer insane.
​b) not remain hospitalized once they were no longer mentally disordered.
​c) be hospitalized for as long as they remain dangerous.
​d) be given medication to treat their disorder.
​e) not be given medication to treat their disorder.
B
A rare but severe mental disorder believed to be linked to childbirth and similar to serious bipolar depression is postpartum:
​a) blues.
​b) psychopathy.
​c) delusions.
​d) psychosis.
​e) depression.
D
IST stands for:
​a) invasive sexual treatment.
​b) intrusive sexual treatment.
​c) incompetent to stand trial.
​d) incentive system targets.
​e) intensive schizophrenic treatment.
C
The right and wrong test refers to which one of the following insanity defenses?
​a) Magna Carta
​b) The M'Naghten Rule
​c) ALI/Brawner Rule
​d) Insanity Defense Reform Act
​e) The Durham Rule
B
The most common result of a PTSD defense has been one of:
​a) diminished responsibility.
​b) guilty, but mentally ill.
​c) not guilty by reason of insanity.
​d) incompetent to stand trial.
​e) guilty
A
____ refers to the phenomenon that occurs when a mental disorder or syndrome is unintentionally caused by a clinician or practitioner.
​a) Iatrogenic
​b) Tautological fallacy
​c) Projection syndrome
​d) Symptom substitution
​e) Transference
A
Which diagnostic label has been associated with the iatrogenic phenomenon in recent years?
​a) Paranoid schizophrenia
​b) Histrionic personality disorder
​c) Post-traumatic stress disorder
​d) Delusional disorders
​e) Dissociative identity disorder
E
In the Supreme Court ruling Sell v. U.S. (2003), the Court ruled that:
​a) in cases that did not involve violence, courts should be very careful in ordering ​medication to treat mentally disordered offenders who refuse the medication.
​b) mentally disordered offenders should be sedated in the courtroom.
​c) psychoactive drugs should not be ordered by any court against the wishes of the ​defendant, even if the mentally disordered offender tends to be violent.
​d) mentally disordered offenders should be institutionalized until cured.
e) mentally disordered offenders cannot be given psychotropic medication during their trial.
A
Which disorder has been referred to as the "UFO of psychiatry" (Ondrovik & Hamilton, 1991)?
​a) Multiple Personality Disorder
​b) Postpartum Psychosis
​c) Dysthymic Disorder
​d) Bipolar II Disorder
​e) Borderline Personality Disorder
A
What form of amnesia is the most widely used justification for an insanity defense or mitigation of criminal responsibility in the U.S. courts today?
​a) Chronic organic amnesia
​b) Alcohol-Induced Persisting Amnestic Disorder
​c) Wernicke's amnesia
​d) Limited amnesia
​e) Anxiolytic-Induced Persisting Amnestic Disorder
D
Insanity is a legal term that refers to a defendant's state of mind at the time of the crime. T/f
T
MPD stands for Multiple Psychosis Disorder. T/f
F
Adjudicative competence is now the standard term for not guilty by reason of insanity. T/f
F
The use of amnesia as a defense has been largely unsuccessful in the United States. T/f
T
Ken Bianchi, the Hillside Strangler, was diagnosed as a psychopath. T/f
T
In Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California (1974), the Supreme Court of California held that a psychotherapist has an obligation to use reasonable care to protect potential victims of a patient. T/f
F
Statistics show that more than half of all prison and jail inmates might benefit from mental health treatment. T/f
F
According to the text, the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. T/f
T
Early research on prediction of dangerousness suggested that clinicians had a tendency to over predict dangerousness. T/f
T
Mental health courts are alternative, specialized courts that are designed to treat offenders with a history of substance abuse. T/f
F
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