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Forensic Psychology
Exam 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| No programs accredited by APA, relies on data collected from similar crimes, identify personality traits, behavioral patterns, demographic descriptors | profiling |
| Is criminal profiling a forensic psychology activity | it is more of an art than a science |
| employment scarce, uncommon activity, training primarily in the FBI, eligibility for law enforcement | careers in profiling |
| used by medical examiners, military, self-defense cases, used in cases of questionable deaths, reconstructive psychological evaluation or equivocal death analysis,first used in 1958 by L.A. medical examiner | psychological autopsy |
| why is expert testimony on profiling not likely to be admitted into court? | Fails to meet Daubert Standard |
| What are the two methods of polygraph | relevant/irrelevant question technique, Control question technique |
| What are some examples of psychological autopsy | police sued for wrongful death, the warden's wife (Bobbi Parker case), decendent signing over possessions |
| What are three approaches to criminal profiling | Distinguishing the evil person, determining common characteristics, extracting specific characteristics |
| Used for hundreds of years in some form, records heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate & skin response, thought to measure physiological reactions of emotion | polygraph |
| false positives, incorrectly identifying someone as guilty; false negatives, incorrectly identifying someone innocent when guilty; somewhat accurate for identifying guilty 70-80%; inaccurate for identifying innocent 50-60% | polygraph research |
| What is the bogus pipeline | lie detector used in sex offender treatment |
| Licensure through CLEET, must complete 35 examinations, pass an exam, complete 2-month training program, internship up to 18 months | Oklahoma polygraph examiner licensure requirements |
| Produced by procedures for relaxation, calmness, well-being, serious caution with repressed memories, suspects can become convinced of their memories | forensic hypnosis |
| what are two theories how forensic hypnosis works | cognitive behavioral therapy, hypnotic trance theory |
| not allowed in court; 2/3 of states follow this rule; prohibit hypnotically assisted testimony | per se exclusionary rule |
| may be admintted if proper safeguards followed; used by 1/3 of states and federal government; independent from police department, document prehypnosis memory, electronic recordings of all parties, avoids introducing new facts | totality of circumstances test |
| Consists of 10 questions that deal with issue at hand, deal with past behaviors, | control question technique |
| the present ability of a person arrested for or charged with a crime to understand the nature of the charges & proceedings brought against him or her & to effectively & rationally assist in his or her defense. | competent or competency |
| As an element of criminal responsibility, a guilty mind; a guilty or wrongful purpose; a criminal intent. Guilty knowledge and wilfulness. A fundamental principle of Criminal Law is that a crime consists of both a mental and a physical element. | mens rea |
| the maximum sentence specified for the most serious offense with which the defendant is charged or maximum period of 2 years. | Oklahoma statute reasonable period of time for competency treatment |
| SIRS-2, TOMM, MMPI-2 | malingering measures |
| MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-criminal adjudication, MacCAT-CA | competency test |
| Competence assessment for standing trial for defendants with mental retardation; CAST-MR | Competency test for intellectual disability |
| outlines criteria to be met to justify medicating an incompetent defendant | sell decision |
| defect of reason from disease of the mind, nature and quality of the act he was doing, did not know what he was doing was wrong | M'Naghten rule |
| NGRI-not guilty by reason of insanity is a type of | plea |
| legal term not a diganosis | insanity |
| mental state at the time of alleged offense is a type of | evaluation |
| guilty mind, element of crime | mens rea |
| the greater weight of credible evidence; more likely than not | preponderance |
| combined the M'Naghten and the irresistible impulse test, understand the quality and wrongfulness, incapable of conforming behavior to standards of law | ALI test |
| person could not avoid the act due to mental disease or defect | irresistable impulse test |
| resulted from Hinkley shooting, shifted burden of proof to defense, required clear & convincing evidence, severe mental disease or defect, eliminated volitional or control from definition, small number of states abolished defense | insanity defense reform act |
| verdict not a defense, first treatment then prison, used by 13 states, | guilty but mentally ill |
| incorrectly identifying someone as guilty on polygraph | false positive |
| incorrectly identifying the guilty as innocent on polygraph | false negative |
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