Forensic Psychology Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Forensic Psychology explores the intersection of psychology and the legal system, focusing on how psychological principles, practices, and expertise are applied within criminal and civil justice contexts. The course covers topics such as criminal behavior, psychological assessment of offenders, witness testimony, jury decision-making, risk assessment, mental health law, and ethical considerations. Students gain an understanding of the role of psychologists as expert witnesses, the treatment and evaluation of offenders, and the processes involved in criminal investigations from a psychological perspective. Through case studies and real-world examples, the course prepares students to critically analyze the contributions and challenges of psychological practice in legal settings.
Recommended Textbook
Criminal Violence Patterns Causes and Prevention 3rd Edition by Marc Riedel
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Chapter 1: As American as Apple Pie
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Q1) Which of the following is not a necessary element that needs to be considered when formulating a definition of violence?
A) the intent of the participants
B) the causes of and motivations and justifications for the behavior
C) the legality of the act
D) the degree and type of injury
Answer: C
Q2) How is the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS)different from the the Uniform Crime Report (UCR)?
A) Reports are based on voluntary participation of law enforcement agencies.
B) Information about both the victim and the offender are collected for homicides.
C) It includes detailed information on crime incidents, including the characteristics of the victim, such as age, gender, race, ethnicity, and resident status.
D) Only state law enforcement agencies participate in reporting.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Explaining Violence
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Q1) Edwin Sutherland articulated the general theory of crime based on the notion that individual criminality is the result of low self-control.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Merton believed that a state of "anomie" would result when individuals lived under conditions where legitimate means were not available to achieve societal goals.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Those who have ______ are often characterized as being very narcissistic,reckless,and emotionally shallow.
A) PTSD
B) antisocial personality disorder
C) eating disorders
D) none of the above
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Aiding and Abetting Violence
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Q1) The country with the highest number of guns per capita is ______.
A) Mexico
B) Iraq
C) South Africa
D) United States
Answer: D
Q2) In the wake of urban rioting and the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr.and Robert Kennedy,Congress once again turned its attention to gun control by passing the Gun Control Act of 1968.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The production of handguns has increasingly moved away from revolvers to ______,which can fire more rounds and that now account for 80% of all handguns produced.
A) knives
B) semiautomatic weapons
C) assault tanks
D) rifles
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Assault and Murder: A Continuum of Violence
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Q1) The theory known as ______ also contends that human behavior-including assaults and homicides-occurs in social situations,and that the meanings people attach to their behavior is an important element in understanding what takes place in a given circumstance.
A) social learning
B) rational choice
C) symbolic interactionism
D) deterrence
Q2) The ______ argument argues that people generally refrain from committing murder because they fear execution.
A) capital punishment deterrence
B) federal government deterrence
C) specific deterrence
D) general deterrence
Q3) ______ appears to be the least common of the three types of multicide.
A) mass murder
B) spree murder
C) homicide
D) mission killers
Q4) Discuss the characteristics of serial murderers.
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Chapter 5: Violence in the Home
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Q1) Family violence is an umbrella term that includes a wide range of behaviors,including physical,sexual,financial,and verbal or other emotional abuse between a number of dyadic relationships: intimates (e.g.,spouses and ex-spouses,boy/girl-friends and exes); parents and children; siblings; and the elderly and their caregivers,including their children.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Research conducted by Cupach and Spitzberg identified eight specific tactics commonly employed by stalkers.List all eights specific tactics along with a brief description of each.
Q3) ______ generally means that victims' rights and wishes are factored into the process of administering justice.
A) victimless crimes
B) victim empowerment
C) victim advocate
D) victim's rights
Q4) Discuss elder abuse and the United States and why these crimes go unreported to law enforcement authorities.
Q5) Discuss the risk factors associated with physical child abuse.
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Chapter 6: Rape and Sexual Assault
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Q1) In section 1631 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act,Congress mandated the ______ to provide an accounting of sexual assault in the military along with an overview of what DOD was doing to prevent it and ameliorate the consequences for victims.
A) Coast Guard
B) U.S. Armed Services Committee
C) Department of Defense
D) FBI
Q2) The _____,also known as the anger excitation rapist,is someone who displays extreme violence and cruelty in his attacks.
A) power reassurance rapist
B) power assertive rapist
C) anger retaliation rapist
D) sadistic rapist
Q3) Historically,the first time an international court successfully convicted someone for the crime of rape during a genocide was in 1998,when the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda convicted Jean Paul Akayesu.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Stranger Danger and Violence in the Streets
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Q1) Workplace violence happens mostly in the ______.
A) government sector
B) civilian sector
C) home of worker
D) on the streets
Q2) Discuss the characteristics of female robbery offenders.
Q3) In September 1994,Congress passed the ______,which amended the Hate Crime Statistics Act to include both physical and mental disabilities.
A) Sexual Assault Act
B) Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
C) Crime Prevention Act
D) Deterrent Prevention Act
Q4) The U.S.gang demographic age bracket is between what ages?
A) 13-23
B) 10-20
C) 16-24
D) 12-24
Q5) Discuss the trends related to workplace violence in America.
Q6) Discuss Wright and Decker' s "code of the streets" in relation to the Elijah Anderson definition.
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Chapter 8: Crowd Violence
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Q1) Mob violence has been a relatively ______ occurrence within most societies throughout history.
A) objective
B) subjective
C) common
D) conforming
Q2) Sex offender registries,which all states have available in some form,make convicted sex offenders particularly easy targets for individuals bent on delivering their own brand of justice.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The ______ of 1967 began with the arrest of an African American taxicab driver.
A) Miami riot
B) Detroit riot
C) Newark riot
D) Tampa riot
Q4) Sid Heal suggested that there are eight specific psychological factors that serve to lower or remove our prohibitions against violent behavior and thus facilitate individual participation in mob violence.Provide a brief description of three of the eight.
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Chapter 9: Terrorism
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Q1) Terrorism is a continuously evolving phenomenon.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Mujahideen means _____ who fight a Holy War for the people.
A) holy warriors
B) pathway to enlightenment
C) political allies
D) violent call to
Q3) In hindsight,pre 9/11 Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks-terrible as they were-were only the prelude to far worse violence.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The KKK is an example of a(n)______.
A) social revolutionary terrorist group
B) right-wing domestic terrorist group
C) nationalist-separatist terrorist group
D) none of the above
Q5) Discuss the differences between terrorism and guerrilla warfare.
Q6) What the reasons for the difficulty in defining the term terrorism?
Q7) Discuss the difference between hard targets and soft targets.
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Chapter 10: Genocide
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Q1) During the Armenian genocide,the first victims were ______.
A) the intelligentsia and leaders
B) students
C) international tourists
D) women and children
E) none of the above
Q2) The Armenian genocide was perpetrated during _____.
A) the civil war
B) the second world war
C) the Vietnam war
D) none of the above
Q3) The first concentration camp to be opened by the Nazis was ______.
A) Auschwitz
B) Sobibor
C) Dachau
D) Treblinka
Q4) Discuss genocide in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.Provide examples to support your work.
Q5) Why does genocide happen? What are some of the reasons for this type of violence?
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Chapter 11: Toward Violence Prevention
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Q1) The U.S.Department of Justice provides information on the programs that have been evaluated using RCTs and proven to be effective in reducing various types of violence and aggression on a website called CrimeSolutions.gov.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Prevention methods are aimed at intervening after something has already occurred or is at a high risk of occurring.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A number of scholars suggest that a fundamental preventative measure would involve reducing ______ in U.S.society to substantially reduce violence.
A) racial tensions
B) PTSD
C) homicide
D) inequality
Q4) What are the social costs of violence within a society?
Q5) Provide three specific examples of criminal justices responses to violence in the United States.
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