Psychopathology and Crime Test Preparation
Course Introduction
This course explores the relationship between mental disorders and criminal behavior, examining how various types of psychopathology such as mood disorders, personality disorders, and psychoses may influence involvement in crime. Students will analyze theories and empirical research linking mental illness to criminal actions, consider the impact of substance use and trauma, and discuss the social, legal, and ethical implications of this intersection in the criminal justice system. Topics also include the assessment and management of offenders with mental disorders, approaches to rehabilitation, and the role of mental health professionals in legal contexts.
Recommended Textbook Criminal Behavior A Psychological Approach 10th Edition by Curtis R. Bartol
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Criminal Behavior
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Q1) Serious criminal offenders often present with _____cognitions.
A) contracted
B) distorted
C) dominant
D) erotic
E) subversive
Answer: B
Q2) Illegal behavior that only juveniles can commit such as incorrigibility, running away, and truancy are called:
A) offenses against the public order.
B) Part I crimes.
C) status offenses.
D) age-related crimes.
E) juvenile violations.
Answer: C
Q3) Free will is the hallmark of classical theory.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Origins of Criminal Behavior: Developmental Risk Factors
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Q1) Snyder and Patterson's (1987) enmeshed parenting style is similar to Baumrind's:
A) laissez -faire style.
B) lax style.
C) authoritarian style.
D) neglecting style.
E) authoritative style.
Answer: C
Q2) Conduct disorder is characterized by the ____ and ____ pattern of behavior that violates the basic rights of others.
A) cruel; unusual
B) aggressive; repetitive
C) persistent; aggressive
D) repetitive; persistent
E) antisocial; aggressive
Answer: D
Q3) Research on IQ and delinquency has not supported the relationship between the two.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Origins of Criminal Behavior: Biological Factors
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Q1) Most children display aggression in preschool and kindergarten but reduce these behaviors during early school years primarily due to:
A) socialization.
B) strict parental discipline.
C) developmental maturity.
D) fear.
E) psychological maturity.
Answer: A
Q2) The term dizygotic twins is synonymous with:
A) fraternal twins.
B) identical twins.
C) dichorionic.
D) unifertilization.
E) none of the above.
Answer: A
Q3) The amygdala is located in the frontal lobe of the human brain.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Origins of Criminal Behavior: Learning and
Situational Factors
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Q1) Increasing desired behavior by distributing rewards is:
A) discipline.
B) negative reinforcement.
C) punishment.
D) extinction.
E) positive reinforcement.
Q2) B. F. Skinner is considered the father of behaviorism.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Under the frustration-induced theory of criminality, individuals who commit larceny during riots are motivated by revenge.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The theorist most associated with stimulus-response psychology is:
A) Watson.
B) Bandura.
C) Pavlov.
D) Wundt.
E) Eysenck.
Q5) Briefly explain Bandura's theory of moral disengagement.
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Chapter 5: Human Aggression and Violence
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Q1) Konrad Lorenz believed that a principle purpose of aggression in animals is to:
A) keep the species population down to a survival level.
B) kill other species.
C) defend and protect "staked out" territory.
D) demonstrate which species is the most powerful and controlling.
E) reproduce.
Q2) Explain the difference between a) overt and covert acts of aggression; b) reactive and proactive aggression.
Q3) Discuss the difficulties in adequately defining aggression.
Q4) Explain the difference between road rage and aggressive driving.
Q5) Research studies have found that domestic violence is a common precipitating factor in road rage.
A)True
B)False
Q6) All violent behavior is aggressive behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Horn blowing is an example of road rage.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Juvenile Delinquency
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Q1) What is the LIFT Project? Who was involved with this project? What type of prevention is this an example of? What are the preliminary results about its effectiveness?
Q2) Which of the following statements is not correct?
A) The number of prevention, intervention, and treatment programs that have been tried with delinquents and children at risk over the past three decades is overwhelming.
B) Serious forms of antisocial behavior in school-aged children and adolescents have been particularly resistant to change.
C) To date, virtually no prevention programs have been highly successful in eliminating antisocial behavior and reducing delinquent behavior.
D) One-on-one psychotherapy that treats the juvenile without involving the social environment is generally ineffective.
E) Treatment strategies that develop resilience in children have the best chance of reducing juvenile offending.
Q3) Female delinquency has steadily decreased since 1995.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Criminal Psychopathy
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Q1) Which individual was not mentioned in the Chapter as a likely example of a psychopath?
A) Faye Ellen Simpson
B) Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr.
C) Neville Heath
D) Charles Manson
E) Hannibal Lechter
Q2) Research by Robert Hare on the orienting response suggests that psychopaths:
A) do not habituate to stimuli easily.
B) give larger orienting responses to stimuli than nonpsychopaths.
C) usually exhibit no discernible orienting response to stimuli.
D) are less sensitive and alert to their environment.
E) have difficulty adjusting to new situations.
Q3) According to Robert Hare, antisocial individuals who display aggressive behavior learned from their subculture are _____psychopaths.
A) secondary
B) neurotic
C) true
D) symptomatic
E) dissocial
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Chapter 8: Crime and Mental Disorders
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Q1) Statistics show that more than half of all prison and jail inmates might benefit from mental health treatment.
A)True
B)False
Q2) 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
Q3) 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
Q4) Discuss the role of law enforcement and mental health courts in deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill.
Q5) Briefly describe four legal standards for of insanity and their requirements.
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Chapter 9: Homicide, Assault, and Family Violence
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Q1) The term _____ refers to the cognitive shortcuts people use to make quick inferences about their world.
A) coercion
B) cognitive reframing
C) signatories
D) cognitive ease
E) availability heuristics
Q2) Families that are characterized by continuous cycles of physical aggression and violence inside the family are called:
A) multiassaultive.
B) genetically imbalanced.
C) dysfunctional.
D) maladaptive.
E) multigenerational aggressives.
Q3) Negligent manslaughter is killing another:
A) as a result of recklessness.
B) with malice aforethought.
C) as a result of uncontrollable passion.
D) in self-defense when danger of serious bodily injury exists.
E) without just cause.
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Chapter 10: Multiple Murder, School, and Workplace Violence
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Q1) Discuss the usefulness of organized, disorganized, and mixed crime scene classification.
Q2) The weapon of choice in product tampering is:
A) razor blades.
B) metal.
C) glass.
D) cyanide.
E) syringes.
Q3) According to the text, criminal profiling is currently most useful in identifying the perpetrator of what type of offense?
A) Serial homicide
B) Drug-induced crime
C) Political crimes
D) Serial rape
E) Aggravated assault
Q4) Explain why the case of Jack the Ripper is relevant to criminal profiling.
Q5) What type of psychological autopsy are insurance companies interested in and why?
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Q6) Discuss how the negative effects of bullying could be mitigated.
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Chapter 11: Psychology of Terrorism
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Q1) Which one of Bandura's strategies of disengagement is most apparent in incidents of group violence?
A) Advantageous comparison
B) Euphemisms
C) Cognitive restructuring
D) Dehumanization
E) Diffusion of responsibility
Q2) The procedure of trying to mimic an event under laboratory conditions is called:
A) simulation.
B) mimicry experimentation.
C) mimicry situationalism.
D) paraexperiment.
E) trialing.
Q3) Which of the following offenders is not an example of a lone-wolf terrorist?
A) Theodore Kaczynski
B) Timothy McVeigh
C) Eric Rudolph
D) Osama bin Laden
E) The Unabomber
Q4) Describe the reasons why a terrorist might volunteer for a suicide mission.
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Chapter 12: Sexual Assault
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Q1) Most adult rapists:
A) regularly view pornography.
B) subscribe to attitudes and ideology that encourage men to dominate and control women.
C) are mentally disordered.
D) have considerable facial hair.
E) are married.
Q2) Explain the Knight and Knight-Sims three-path model.
Q3) The United States has the highest reported incidence of rape in the world.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Martin, Taft, and Resick (2007) estimate that 10-14% of _____ have experienced rape.
A) males under age 17
B) married women
C) female college students
D) females under age 17
E) male high school students
Q5) How did Groth classify child molesters? Describe all of his classifications.
Q6) Summarize the research on the prevalence of acquaintance rape.
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Chapter 13: Sexual Assault of Children and Youth and Other
Sexual Offenses
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Q1) Briefly describe the Groth classification model of child molesters.
Q2) Of the following treatment approaches, which has shown the most promise in the overall treatment of sexual offenders?
A) Behavior modification
B) Reality therapy
C) Implosive therapy
D) relapse prevention
E) psychoeducational counseling
Q3) Childhood sexual abuse is common in female adolescents with persistent antisocial behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Sexual contact with immature family members by individuals from outside the family is called:
A) extrafamilial child molestation.
B) intrafamilial child molestation.
C) hebephilia.
D) paraphilia.
E) perversion.
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Q5) Outline the demographic and psychological characteristics of child molesters.
Chapter 14: Property and Public Order Crime
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Q1) The burglar who engages in destructive, malicious vandalism during the break-in is referred to as the _____ burglar.
A) riddlesmith
B) dominator
C) Z-destroyer
D) feral threat
E) antisocial
Q2) Shoplifting is an underreported crime.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The most common Part I property crime is:
A) motor vehicle theft.
B) burglary.
C) larceny-theft.
D) shoplifting.
E) road rage.
Q4) Two thirds of burglary cases involve commercial establishments.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the process burglars use to select their targets.
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Chapter 15: Violent Economic Crime and Crimes of Initimidation
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Q1) What are the two favored targets for robbery?
A) Thespians and tourists
B) University professors and bankers
C) Fast-food restaurants and convenience stores
D) Convenience stores and liquor stores
E) Resorts and banks
Q2) Refusal by hostages to do what captors expect during a hostage situation is called:
A) Stockholm syndrome.
B) Markov syndrome.
C) Paris syndrome.
D) London syndrome.
E) Korsakoff's syndrome.
Q3) Who was George Metesky? What was he responsible for? What does he have in common with Theodore Kaczynski?
Q4) Next to deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents, fires are the leading cause of death among young children.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Define pyromania. Does research support pyromania? Explain.
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Chapter 16: Substance Abuse, Alcohol, and Crime
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Q1) Methylphenidate is also known as:
A) Ritalin.
B) ephedrine.
C) cocaine.
D) Ativan.
E) aspirin.
Q2) What are the four main categories of drugs discussed in this Chapter? List their main effects, and provide one example of a drug from each category.
Q3) Why is the drug-crime relationship difficult to identify and measure? List and describe the fourfold interaction discussed in the Chapter.
Q4) The street names "liquid ecstasy," "scoop," "liquid X," "grievous bodily harm," or "Georgia home boy" refer to:
A) ketamine.
B) OxyContin.
C) fentanyl.
D) GHB.
E) painkillers.
Q5) Define and explain drug tolerance and dependence.
Q6) Discuss the relationship between alcohol and crime.
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