Youth Crime and Justice Practice Questions
Course Introduction
This course explores the complex relationship between young people, crime, and the justice system. Students will examine the social, economic, and psychological factors contributing to youth offending, as well as the responses of the legal system, law enforcement, and community organizations. Key topics include theories of juvenile delinquency, legal rights of young offenders, diversion programs, rehabilitation versus punishment, and the impact of social policies on youth crime. Through case studies, contemporary research, and policy analysis, students will develop a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and approaches to preventing and addressing youth crime within various societal contexts.
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Psychology of Criminal Behaviour A Canadian Perspective 2nd Edition by Shelley Brown
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Chapter 2: Biological and Evolutionary Explanations
Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) An evolutionary theorist explains criminal behaviour by examining if A)genes function differently in offenders and non-offenders
B)brain images differ between offenders and non-offenders
C)offending behaviours were adaptive to survival back in ancestral environments
D)historical documents spanning certain time periods mention offending behaviours
Answer: C
Q2) On average,serotonin levels among antisocial individuals are lower than for non-antisocial individuals:
A)if the target of violence is known to the perpetrator
B)if the perpetrator is male
C)if the perpetrator has a history of suicide
D)regardless of gender,target victim,and history of suicide
Answer: D
Q3) Having hypoglycemia decreases the likelihood that someone will engage in antisocial behaviour.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 6: Economically Motivated Offenders Psychology
of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) A genuine document used to confirm one's identify which can be stolen and used to apply illegally for other IDs or cards is called a breeder document.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Explain the two broad types of white collar crime.
Q3) A common intervention used to try and prevent future drug trade crimes is:
A)Narcotics Anonymous
B)police warnings
C)social worker visits
D)drug treatment courts
Q4) The assessment approach that is most commonly used to assess risk for gang crimes is the Level of Service Inventory-Revised.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Recent research indicates that some types of white collar fraud are actually committed by persons of middle-class status.
A)True
B)False
Q6) 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) Describe the four circumstances where drug treatment courts could serve as an alternative to a traditional court.
Q2) Describe the prevalence of substance abuse among incarcerated populations in Canada.
Q3) A drug treatment court has the following characteristics:
A)it is a structured inpatient program,where offenders are spared regular court appearances,and their sentence is normally suspended
B)participation ensures offenders' charges are suspended and they must remain in custody through the process
C)participation in group counseling ensures offenders' charges are either suspended or postponed and they are tested randomly for drugs
D)it is a structured outpatient program,where offenders make regular court appearances,and it is a coordinated effort with community partners
Q4) A person who is genetically predisposed to drug use will inevitably develop a substance abuse problem.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Violent Offending Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) Researchers of violent offending can often draw stronger conclusions when they all use different methodological approaches and consider the evidence from all of these studies together.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG) employs an unstructured clinical judgment approach to risk assessment.
A)True
B)False
Q3) On the HCR-20 Violence Risk Assessment Scheme,items such as lack of insight,negative attitudes,active symptoms of mental illness and impulsivity fall into what group of items?
A)historical items
B)risk management items
C)clinical items
D)disorder items
Q4) Identify and briefly describe the three violence risk assessment tools outlined in the text.
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Q5) Explain violent recidivism rates in Canada.
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Chapter 9: Intimate Partner Violence Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) Chan et al.(2008) found in a survey of university studies that Mexico has the highest % of general assaults in dating relationships.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Describe two risk assessment tools that are used to estimate intimate partner violence recidivism.
Q3) States in the U.S.with higher levels of patriarchal attitudes (as measured by male-dominant norms) had:
A)much lower rates of spousal assault than states with less patriarchal attitudes
B)much higher rates of spousal assault than states with less patriarchal attitudes
C)about equal rates of spousal assault than states with less patriarchal attitudes
D)more reporting of spousal violence than states with less patriarchal attitudes
Q4) Studies of mutual violence patterns indicate that the long-held belief that males are the primary instigators is true.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Mentally Disordered Offenders Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) Male offenders tend to have higher rates of psychiatric diagnoses and hospital admissions,and are prescribed more psychiatric medication prior to incarceration than female offenders.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Overall,prevalence rates of mental disorders vary as a function of the types of crimes that offenders commit,meaning that some offenders are more likely to have particular types of mental disorders than other types of offenders.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The top two mental disorders found among incarcerated offenders are:
A)Organic and psychotic disorders
B)Antisocial personality and substance use disorders
C)Substance use and anxiety disorders
D)Antisocial personality and depressive disorders
Q4) Describe the conditions under which a person could be found unfit to stand trial in the Criminal Code of Canada.
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) Approximately 10 to 25 percent of adult offenders are psychopaths,while only approximately 1 percent of the general community scores high on psychopathic measures.
A)True
B)False
Q2) One of the main challenges of treating psychopathic offenders is preventing them from:
A)lying during assessments
B)influencing other offenders to adopt antisocial beliefs during group therapy
C)dropping out of treatment
D)engaging in physical violence during treatment
Q3) There is a higher prevalence of psychopathy in male offenders than in female offenders.
A)True B)False
Q4) There are specific measures used to assess psychopathy in youth that are distinct from the ones used with adults.
A)True B)False
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Q5) Describe how developmental psychologists explain the origins of psychopathy.
Chapter 12: Sexual Offenders Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) In Finkelhor's Model to explain sex offending,the factor that refers to the "fit between the adult's emotional needs and the child's characteristics" is called:
A)blockage
B)emotional availability
C)emotional congruence
D)emotional matching
Q2) The terms pedophile and child molester can be used interchangeably.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe how the criminal justice system attempts to manage and treat the risk of sexual offenders.
Q4) All paraphilic disorders involve illegal behaviour.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Sexual offence recidivism rates are higher than rates of non-sexual violent recidivism and any violent recidivism.
A)True
B)False
Q6) 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) An important outcome of the Task Force on Federally Sentenced Women established by CSC in 1989 was the opening of smaller regional correctional facilities,including an Aboriginal healing lodge,for female offenders.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to PIC-R theory,which of the following options is MOST powerful in predicting crime?
A)antisocial cognitions,associates,and personality
B)lower class or economic disadvantage
C)substance abuse
D)marital factors (such as domestic violence)
Q3) Explain the three broad approaches to risk assessment for female offenders.
Q4) According to the Canadian data,males outnumber females in all forms of non-violent crime except:
A)prostitution
B)property crimes
C)theft
D)drug-related offenses
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Q5) Describe the limitations of the first theories of female offending.
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Chapter 14: Aboriginal Offenders Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Q1) Most researchers who study Aboriginal issues argue that extra care is required when conducting research with Aboriginal participants,particularly:
A)recognizing that the world views of Aboriginal people differ from typical world views held by non-Aboriginal researchers
B)ensuring that you have a complete and thorough understanding of Aboriginal Law in Canada
C)guaranteeing that cultural knowledge will not affect the interpretation of your study results
D)that researchers should avoid using quantitative research methods and should choose instead to conduct qualitative research
Q2) Aboriginal specific risk-assessment tools:
A)are commonly used to determine potential for recidivism
B)do not exist
C)are not really designed or validated as predictors of recidivism
D)are powerful predictors of recidivism for Aboriginal offenders
Q3) Describe the Y?kw't?l and explain how it differs from other types of risk assessment instruments.
Q4) Discuss the success rates of Aboriginal-specific treatment programs.
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