Law and Psychology Practice Exam
Course Introduction
This course examines the intersection of law and psychology, exploring how psychological principles impact legal systems, behavior, and decision-making processes. Topics include the reliability of eyewitness testimony, the psychology of juries and judges, mental health issues in the context of criminal and civil law, competency and criminal responsibility, and the assessment of risk and profiling. Students will analyze real-world cases and empirical research to better understand how psychological insights can inform legal practices, policy making, and the administration of justice. The course is designed to enhance critical thinking and interdisciplinary skills relevant to careers in law, psychology, criminology, and public policy.
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Psychology of Criminal Behaviour A Canadian Perspective 2nd Edition by Shelley Brown
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Chapter 1: Crime in Canada Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) Variations in criminal conduct between individuals are called inter-group differences.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Which of the following accurately reflects government and public opinions of crime in Canada?
A)The government is getting tougher on crime,yet the public is becoming less concerned about it
B)The government is getting softer on crime,and the public is becoming less concerned about it
C)The government is getting tougher on crime,and the public is becoming more concerned about it
D)The government is getting softer on crime,yet the public is becoming more concerned about it
Answer: A
Q3) Crime rates from 1998-2012 show a general decline in crimes reported to police. A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Biological and Evolutionary Explanations
Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) Which neurotransmitter plays an important role in behavioural inhibition and mood regulation?
A)tryptophan
B)adrenaline
C)dopamine
D)serotonin
Answer: D
Q2) A study conducted by Mednick et al.(1984),examining the records of over 14 000 adoptions,found rates of criminal offending were highest for adopted children when:
A)both their biological and adoptive parents had a criminal record
B)their adoptive parents had a criminal record but their biological parents did not
C)their biological parents had a criminal record but their adoptive parents did not
D)neither their biological nor their adoptive parents had a criminal record
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Learning and Environment Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) Operant conditioning posits that criminal behaviour emerges and is maintained by its environmental consequences.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of the following statements summarizes the "general theory of crime" according to Gottfredson and Hirschi (1990)?
A)low self-control in the presence of criminal opportunities explains an individual's propensity to commit crimes
B)low self-control,regardless of opportunities,explains an individual's propensity to commit crimes
C)the presence of criminal opportunities,regardless of parenting style,explains an individual's propensity to commit crimes
D)socio-economic status explains an individual's propensity to commit crimes
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Canadian Corrections in Practice Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) Retribution,in terms of punishment,means that:
A)society is removing the offenders' ability to commit crimes by incarcerating them
B)the society has the right,when harmed,to harm the offender
C)punishment directly influences the behaviour
D)it is meant to address issues at the individual level
Q2) Compared to offenders who do not complete rehabilitation programs,offenders who complete such programs are more likely to receive a discretionary release and less likely to fail following release.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Outline the five types of restorative justice approaches..
Q4) Correctional programming that is ___________ and __________based is most likely to result in decreases in reoffending.
A)psychodynamic,theory
B)psychodynamic,case
C)cognitive-behavioural,therapy
D)cognitive-behavioural,skills
Q5) Explain the major themes of retribution,incapacitation,and deterrence.
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Q6) Describe the four generations of risk assessments as proposed by Bonta (1996).
Chapter 5: Adolescent Offenders Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) Research has found that antisocial adolescents have more frontal lobe inhibition than adolescents who do not engage in antisocial behaviour.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to Statistics Canada,the most common sentence imposed on adolescent offenders in 2011-2012 was:
A)probation
B)fines
C)jail time
D)community service
Q3) Proactive aggression is aggression in response to a perceived threat or frustration.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Researchers have investigated the brain region responsible for planning and inhibiting behaviour to explain why some youth engage in antisocial acts.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What community influences are factors in adolescent offending?
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Chapter 6: Economically Motivated Offenders Psychology
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Q1) Research on the characteristics of male clients of sex trade workers has found that clients tend to fall into one of two groups:
A)those who perpetrate violence against sex trade workers and those who do not perpetrate violence against sex trade workers
B)those who are married and those who are unmarried
C)those with high levels of sensation seeking who want sexual novelty/variety and those who are attracted romantically to sex trade workers
D)those with low social-sexual effectiveness who desire intimacy and those with high levels of sensation seeking who want sexual novelty/variety
Q2) Since 2009,Employment and Social Development Canada (2015) has revealed that victimization rates for personal property crimes have:
A)increased
B)remained stable
C)decreased
D)varied widely
Q3) Explain how organized crime networks function.
Q4) Define and briefly discuss the scope of organized crime in Canada.
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Chapter 7: Substance Abusing Offenders Psychology of
Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) The legislation that deals with the possession,production,trafficking,and importation of illicit drugs is the
A)Criminal Code of Canada
B)Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
C)Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
D)Corrections and Conditional Release Act
Q2) Describe the four circumstances where drug treatment courts could serve as an alternative to a traditional court.
Q3) In theories of substance abuse,social learning theory appears to explain _____________________________,while the disease model seems to explain
A)why substance abuse starts and stops; why substance abuse is maintained
B)why substance abuse is maintained; why substance abuse starts and stops
C)why substance abuse occurs with friends; why substance abuse occurs individually
D)why substance abuse occurs with friends; why addiction to prescription drugs occurs
Q4) Describe the prevalence of substance abuse among incarcerated populations in Canada.
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Chapter 8: Violent Offending Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) Overall,sanctions (prison) are more effective than treatment in reducing violent recidivism.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss the challenges to concluding,based on current research,that treatments for violent offenders are successful at decreasing recidivism.
Q3) Effect sizes for violent recidivism are highest for treatments where offenders are assigned homework and engage in role playing.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In their theory on general antisocial behaviour,what do Quinsey,Skilling,Lalumière,and Craig (2004) propose about evolutionary theory and different types of violent offenders?
Q5) Define "multiple murder" and describe the different types,including real life examples of each from Canada where possible.
Q6) Violent crime overall has increased in Canada over the last few decades.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Intimate Partner Violence Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) In the International Dating Violence Study (Chan et al.2008) it was found that:
A)almost 50 percent of Canadian university students reported having experienced physical assault by their dating partners in the previous 12 months
B)Canadian dating violence rates were in the upper half of the nations surveyed C)about one in five Canadian university students reported having experienced physical assault by their dating partners in the previous 12 months
D)the United States and Canada had relatively low rates of sexual coercion compared to other countries
Q2) What triggers a man to engage in physical violence and why is this important in understanding intimate partner violence?
Q3) Studies of mutual violence patterns indicate that the long-held belief that males are the primary instigators is true.
A)True
B)False
Q4) "Males are the primary instigators of intimate violence".How do the authors challenge this assumption?
Q5) What factors does the textbook say keep women in abusive relationships?
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Chapter 10: Mentally Disordered Offenders Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) The most common type of personality disorder found in female prison populations are antisocial and schizotypal.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Describe the two main approaches to treating mentally-disordered offenders and explain how effective those approaches are.
Q3) The most common type of interaction between the police and persons with mental illness is:
A)attending a public police information session
B)a DUI or traffic violation
C)requesting assistance as a witness a crime
D)being transported to hospital or jail
Q4) If there is no____________ (mens rea) there is no crime.
A)evidence
B)criminal intent
C)court trial
D)threat to society
Q5) Explain the DSM and its usage.
Q6) Discuss the concept of mens rea.
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Chapter 11: Psychopathic Offenders Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) In the DSM-5,psychopathy is referred to as:
A)Sociopathy
B)Antisocial Personality Disorder
C)Criminal Personality Disorder
D)Psychosis
Q2) Which of the following statements accurately reflects the cognitive model of psychopathy?
A)Once psychopaths focus their attention,they fail to use information to modify their response or learn to inhibit behaviour
B)Psychopathy results from the failure of parents to instill negative emotions in children when they misbehave
C)Psychopaths are unable to plan ahead and this puts them at a disadvantage,causing them to seek out impulsive and criminal solutions to their problems
D)When people have particular genetic defects or neurological impairments,it prevents them from being able to acquire prosocial behaviours
Q3) Discuss major concerns that have been raised with respect to the assessment of psychopathic traits in youth and the research studies that have addressed these issues.
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Chapter 12: Sexual Offenders Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) According to the DSM-5,what is pedophilia?
Q2) The following is true regarding the effectiveness of treatment programs for sexual recidivism:
A)treatment programs seem to have similar positive results,regardless of their approach
B)it is difficult to ascertain the effectiveness so no general statement can be made
C)treatment programs do not work for sexual recidivism
D)significantly lower rates of sexual recidivism are found for the treated group compared to the untreated group
Q3) Most research on sex offending has successfully establishing causal links between risk factors and sexual offending.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Studies generally find an association between childhood sexual abuse and sexual offending.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Provide an overview of the scope of sex offending in Canada.
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Chapter 13: Female Offenders Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) Prior to 1975,the focus on the female offender traditionally focused on:
A)the 'criminalized survivor' perspective
B)biological and sexuality factors
C)the 'nasty girl' hypothesis
D)impulsivity
Q2) According to Andrews and Bonta's (2006) PIC-R model,belonging to an economically and socially disadvantaged class is one of the most powerful risk factors in predicting criminal behaviour.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is one of the 5 basic principles that guide programming for female offenders?
A)independence training
B)reduction of risk factors
C)empowerment
D)identification of external influences
Q4) Women's violence is more likely to be directed at intimate partners than with males.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Aboriginal Offenders Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) Because incorporating culture into treatment makes intuitive sense,research on efficacy of culturally-based programming for Aboriginal offenders is unnecessary.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Outline the four potential explanations of overrepresentation of Aboriginals in the Canadian justice system.
Q3) The case of R v.Gladue (1999) was important because:
A)it acknowledged the role of domestic violence as a factor in intimate partner homicide for Aboriginal women
B)it was a notorious case and Canada received international criticism
C)Aboriginal courts were created to focus on the processing of Aboriginal offenders
D)it upheld that people of Aboriginal heritage without knowledge of their culture could not participate in Aboriginal Healing Lodges
Q4) Aboriginal offenders are rated as being "higher need" than non-Aboriginal across the entire range of domains.
A)True
B)False
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