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Chapter 5: Consulting With Criminal Courts
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Competency to stand trial and competency to plea bargain are examples of ______ competencies.
A. institutional
B. dual-purpose
C. sanity
D. adjudicative
Learning Objective: 5-1: Describe typical roles of psychologists consulting with the criminal courts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Competency To Stand Trial
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Which term is synonymous with sanity evaluation?
A. competency assessment
B. criminal responsibility evaluation
C. risk assessment
D. forensic amenability evaluation
Learning Objective: 5-1: Describe typical roles of psychologists consulting with the criminal courts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Insanity
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. The chapter focuses on which three areas of forensic assessment?
A. competency to stand trial, competency to waive one’s rights, and competency to serve as one’s own lawyer
B. psychiatry, psychology, and social work
C. competency, insanity, and sentencing
D. restoration, restitution, and reestablishment
Learning Objective: 5-1: Describe typical roles of psychologists consulting with the criminal courts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. In Godinez v. Moran (1993), the Supreme Court ruled that the Dusky standards also apply to ______.
A. guilty pleas
B. pre-arraignment proceedings
C. waivers
D. parole hearings
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Legal Standard for Competency
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. The two-pronged Dusky standard specifies that a defendant must not only understand what is happening but also be ______.
A. agreeable to waiving his or her rights
B. represented by a competent attorney
C. able to assist in his or her own defense
D. undergoing restorative treatment
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Legal Standard for Competency
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Which high-profile defendant suffered from a paranoid personality disorder, was competent to stand trial, and had a trial considered an embarrassment to the justice system?
A. Stephen Raucci
B. Ted Bundy
C. O.J. Simpson
D. Colin Ferguson
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Legal Standard for Competency
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. According to the text, outpatient ______ is more common than outpatient ______.
A. evaluation; treatment
B. therapy; medication
C. hospitalization; sentencing
D. referrals; assessments
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Legal Standard for Competency
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. Which standard of proof is required in all criminal proceedings?
A. beyond a reasonable doubt
B. the Daubert standard
C. preponderance of the evidence
D. clear and convincing evidence
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Restoration to Competency
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. Who gets the report when a defense attorney requests a competency evaluation for his or her client?
A. the defense attorney
B. the judge
C. the prosecutor
D. all parties
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Evaluating Adjudicative Competence
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. Which disorder is the predominant diagnosis of individuals found incompetent to stand trial?
A. narcolepsy
B. schizophrenia
C. depression
D. psychopathy
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Evaluating Adjudicative Competence
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. Restoration to competency for an individual found incompetent to stand trial should focus not only on decisional capacities but also on ______.
A. improving one’s physical health
B. education about the legal system
C. medication compliance
D. family support
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Restoration to Competency
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. The most common method of restoring competence in defendants is ______.
A. a combination of medication and therapy
B. community-based treatment
C. a combination of electroconvulsive therapy and antidepressants
D. involuntary civil commitment for at least 6 months
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Restoration to Competency
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. Which statement is true about the insanity defense?
A. It is allowed in all 50 states.
B. It is allowed in a majority of states.
C. It is allowed in two states.
D. It is not allowed in the United States.
Learning Objective: 5-4: Discuss research on insanity and its outcome.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Insanity
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Sanity refers to mental state ______, whereas competency refers to mental state ______.
A. at sentencing; during pretrial
B. at the time of criminal justice proceedings; at the time of crime
C. at the time of crime; at the time of criminal justice proceedings
D. during the evaluation; during the trial
Learning Objective: 5-4: Discuss research on insanity and its outcome.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Insanity
Difficulty Level: Hard
15. Research suggests that insanity cases are often decided on ______ grounds.
A. legal
B. moral
C. psychiatric
D. sacred
Learning Objective: 5-4: Discuss research on insanity and its outcome.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Insanity Standards
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. Research has shown that defendants who plead not guilty by reason of insanity comprise ______ of criminal cases.
A. 1–3%
B. 5–7%
C. 13–15%
Learning Objective: 5-4: Discuss research on insanity and its outcome.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Incidence of Insanity Defense
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. Some states allow judge and jurors an alternative to NGRI. This middle ground verdict is called ______.
A. innocent but culpable
B. guilty but mentally ill
C. guilty but insane
D. innocent but unstable
Learning Objective: 5-4: Discuss research on insanity and its outcome.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Incidence of Insanity Defense
Difficulty Level: Easy
18. The R-CRAS is a forensic instrument used for assessing ______.
A. adjudicative competence
B. criminal responsibility
C. cognitive functioning
D. competence to plead guilty
Learning Objective: 5-3: Summarize the psychological inventories and testing instruments used in evaluating competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Instruments for Evaluation
Difficulty Level: Easy
19. What is the most frequent outcome for those found NGRI?
A. The defendant is sent home under house arrest.
B. The defendant is hospitalized.
C. The defendant is sent home with case management services.
D. The defendant is set free.
Learning Objective: 5-4: Discuss research on insanity and its outcome.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Treatment of Defendants Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. The law states that an individual found NGRI cannot be held solely based on dangerousness if there is no longer evidence of mental illness. Which group is the exception?
A. serial killers
B. sexually violent predators
C. law enforcement personnel
D. juvenile delinquents
Learning Objective: 5-7: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in assessing sex offenders.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators
Difficulty Level: Hard
21. Which type of sentencing attempts to make the punishment fit the crime?
A. dominant
B. determinant
C. intermittent
D. indeterminate
Learning Objective: 5-5: Identify the role of forensic psychologists at the sentencing stage of criminal cases.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sentencing Evaluations
Difficulty Level: Medium
22. Historically, criminal sentencing was based on the ______ model of corrections.
A. punitive
B. progressive
C. reactive
D. rehabilitative
Learning Objective: 5-5: Identify the role of forensic psychologists at the sentencing stage of criminal cases.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sentencing Evaluations
Difficulty Level: Easy
23. Which individual would be eligible for the death penalty?
A. a juvenile sex offender who is under age 18
B. a 36-year-old female who is intellectually disabled
C. a female business owner who stabs her husband to death
D. a male serial rapist whose victims are all alive
Learning Objective: 5-6: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in capital sentencing.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Capital Sentencing
Difficulty Level: Hard
24. Death penalty mitigation refers to ______.
A. absolving one of guilt
B. rendering a crime heinous
C. ensuring a defendant receives the death penalty
D. reducing one’s sentence in order to avoid the death penalty
Learning Objective: 5-6: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in capital sentencing.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Capital Sentencing
Difficulty Level: Medium
26. Which Supreme Court ruling is an example of a sexually violent predator statute?
A. Kansas v. Hendricks
B. Loving v. Virginia
C. Mapp v. Ohio
D. Betts v. Brady
Learning Objective: 5-7: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in assessing sex offenders.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators
Difficulty Level: Medium
27. Which of the following describes a concern with sex offender typologies?
A. They are not useful in clinical practice.
B. They are often too broad to be useful.
C. They have not received empirical support.
D. They are used primarily by psychiatrists.
Learning Objective: 5-7: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in assessing sex offenders.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sentencing Evaluations
Difficulty Level: Medium
28. In regard to risk assessment, both the ethical code of the APA and the Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychology state that psychologists should ______.
A. not use risk assessment instruments to evaluate sex offenders
B. use only validated risk assessment instruments to evaluate sex offenders
C. not participate in death penalty sentencing of sex offenders
D. use only clinical data when communicating their findings
Learning Objective: 5-7: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in assessing sex offenders.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sentencing Evaluations
Difficulty Level: Medium
29. Civil commitment of sexually violent predators requires evidence of mental ______.
A. disorder
B. abnormality
C. disability
D. disease
Learning Objective: 5-7: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in assessing sex offenders.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators
Difficulty Level: Hard
30. Which statement is true about civil commitment of sexually violent predators?
A. It is allowed in every state but not the federal government.
B. It is a strategy that is supported by most psychologists.
C. It is a valid treatment option available in all states.
D. It is increasing in numbers across the United States.
Learning Objective: 5-7: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in assessing sex offenders.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators
Difficulty Level: Medium
31. Imagine you are a psychologist who is conducting a psychosexual assessment on a convicted sex offender. Which of the following should you refrain from including in your report to the court?
A. a sadistic rapist classification
B. results of a validated risk assessment
C. treatment recommendations
D. background information on the offender
Learning Objective: 5-7: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in assessing sex offenders.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Sentencing Evaluations
Difficulty Level: Hard
32. Which of the following is least likely to be considered a mitigating factor at the sentencing stage in a death penalty case?
A. evidence of PTSD
B. age of the offender
C. gender of the offender
D. history of abuse by parents
Learning Objective: 5-6: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in capital sentencing.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Capital Sentencing
Difficulty Level: Hard
33. What is the primary concern with the GBMI verdict?
A. It does not guarantee treatment for the mentally ill individual.
B. It absolves a defendant of criminal responsibility.
C. It helps the defendant avoid a prison term.
D. It requires expensive modifications to the court system.
Learning Objective: 5-4: Discuss research on insanity and its outcome.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Incidence of Insanity Defense
Difficulty Level: Hard
34. Forensic psychologists are generally advised not to include ______ in their competency reports.
A. the defendant’s age
B. suggestions for restoring competency
C. diagnoses
D. results of assessment instruments
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Restoration to Competency
Difficulty Level: Medium
35. Which U.S. Supreme Court case dealt with the forced medication of incompetent defendants?
A. Loughner v. U.S.
B. Sell v. U.S.
C. Colorado v. Connelly
D. Arizona v. Dusky
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Drugs and the Defendant Found Incompetent to Stand Trial
Difficulty Level: Medium
36. Reports of competency evaluations should include all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A. the purpose of the evaluation
B. details about the crime itself
C. background information about the defendant
D. scores on psychological measures
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Evaluating Adjudicative Competence
Difficulty Level: Medium
37. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the standard for determining competency to stand trial applies to all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A. pretrial proceedings
B. proceedings before a person was indicted
C. habeas corpus proceedings
D. competency to plead guilty
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Legal Standard for Competency
Difficulty Level: Medium
38. In the typical criminal case where competency is in question, ______.
A. at least three competency evaluations are performed
B. at least two evaluations are conducted by different clinicians
C. the judge agrees with the recommendation made by the clinician
D. the offender is released while the assessment is being conducted
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Evaluating Adjudicative Competence
Difficulty Level: Medium
39. Which federal law sets the standard for determining insanity in federal courts?
A. the IDRA
B. the Durham Rule
C. the EEDIA
D. the Dusky Rule
Learning Objective: 5-4: Discuss research on insanity and its outcome.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Insanity Standards
Difficulty Level: Easy
40. When assessing risk in sexually violent predators, it is important for clinicians to be aware that ______.
A. the majority of SVPs are also substance abusers
B. the majority of SVPs have been falsely accused
C. comorbid mental disorders are rare in this population
D. treatment may not be provided once the individual is civilly committed
Learning Objective: 5-7: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in assessing sex offenders.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators
Difficulty Level: Medium
41. Which of the following is a commonality among all insanity standards?
A. a documented mental disorder
B. the ability to understand right and wrong
C. the presence of a guilty mind
D. a capacity to follow the law
Learning Objective: 5-4: Discuss research on insanity and its outcome.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Insanity Standards
Difficulty Level: Hard
42. Evaluations in which a clinician evaluates a defendant’s competency to stand trial and criminal responsibility at the same time are called ______.
A. insanity standards
B. dual-purpose evaluations
C. criminal responsibility screenings
D. product tests
Learning Objective: 5-3: Summarize the psychological inventories and testing instruments used in evaluating competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Assessment of Criminal Responsibility
Difficulty Level: Easy
43. Research indicates that ______ are more sympathetic to the insanity defense than are ______.
A. psychologists; psychiatrists
B. psychiatrists; psychologists
C. judges; juries
D. juries; judges
Learning Objective: 5-4: Discuss research on insanity and its outcome.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Insanity Trials
Difficulty Level: Easy
44. Which of the following illustrates a misconception that jurors have about the insanity defense?
A. the belief that medication does not effectively treat mental illness
B. the belief that all assessment instruments have been validated through a series of empirical studies
C. the belief that defendants found NGRI go free
D. the belief that defendants have no remorse for their crimes
Learning Objective: 5-4: Discuss research on insanity and its outcome.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Insanity Trials
Difficulty Level: Hard
45. In which year was the death penalty reinstituted in the United States?
A. 1976
B. 1987
C. 1994
D. 2001
Learning Objective: 5-6: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in capital sentencing.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Capital Sentencing
Difficulty Level: Easy
46. If a person cannot understand the nature and purpose of legal proceedings and cannot participate in their own defense, they are ______.
A. Insane
B. A psychopath
C. Psychotic
D. Not competent to stand trial
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Legal Standard for Competency
Difficulty Level: Easy
47. When is competency required for an offender?
A. Each stage of all legal proceedings against a defendant
B. Standing trial only
C. Waiving Miranda Rights only
D. Standing trial and waiving Miranda Rights, but no other legal proceedings
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Competency to Stand Trial
Difficulty Level: Easy
48. ______ is the assessment most performed by psychologists who consult with criminal courts.
A. Competency evaluation
B. Psychopathy (PCL-R)
C. Sex offender evaluation
D. Pre-sentencing evaluation
Learning Objective: 5-3: Summarize the psychological inventories and testing instruments used in evaluating competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Competency to Stand Trial
Difficulty Level: Easy
49. Which of the following is used to establish a defendant’s competency?
A. Mchaughton case
B. Durhan v. United states
C. Reliable defendant assessment
D. Competency screening test
Learning Objective: 5-3: Summarize the psychological inventories and testing instruments used in evaluating competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Competency Screening Test (CST)
Difficulty Level: Easy
50. Which of the following is NOT a mitigating factor in a death penalty case?
A. Post-traumatic stress disorder
B. Drug addiction
C. Neuropsychological deficit
D. Use of automatic weapon
Learning Objective: 5-6: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in capital sentencing.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Capital Sentencing
Difficulty Level: Easy
True/False
1. Once a defendant is medicated and rendered competent to stand trial, medication during the trial is often unnecessary.
Learning Objective: 5-4: Discuss research on insanity and its outcome.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Insanity Trials
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Most types of forensic mental health assessments require an appraisal of malingering.
Learning Objective: 5-3: Summarize the psychological inventories and testing instruments used in evaluating competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Assessment of Malingering
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Restoration to competency must be done in an institution.
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Restoration to Competency
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Most clinicians regard the evaluation of criminal responsibility as a complex issue.
Learning Objective: 5-3: Summarize the psychological inventories and testing instruments used in evaluating competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Assessment of Criminal Responsibility
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Research suggests that the inclusion of a clinically diagnosed mental disorder is a strong predictor of a finding of incompetence.
Learning Objective: 5-3: Summarize the psychological inventories and testing instruments used in evaluating competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Restoration to Competency
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Persons who are conditionally released are less likely than convicted offenders to commit new crimes.
Learning Objective: 5-3: Summarize the psychological inventories and testing instruments used in evaluating competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Treatment of Defendants Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. Rehabilitation is the dominant concern in determinate sentencing.
Learning Objective: 5-5: Identify the role of forensic psychologists at the sentencing stage of criminal cases.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sentencing Evaluations
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. The U.S. Constitution requires judges to consider mitigating factors in capital cases.
Learning Objective: 5-6: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in capital sentencing.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Capital Sentencing
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. A diagnosis of psychopathy is considered a mitigating factor in capital sentencing.
Learning Objective: 5-6: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in capital sentencing.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Capital Sentencing
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. A 17-year-old offender is not eligible for the death penalty.
Learning Objective: 5-6: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in capital sentencing.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Capital Sentencing
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. Research has found that many sex offenders do not suffer from a mental disorder.
Learning Objective: 5-7: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in assessing sex offenders.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. In United States v. Comstock, 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government could not hold violent sexual offenders beyond their prison sentence if they were mentally ill.
Learning Objective: 5-7: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in assessing sex offenders.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. Most modern psychoactive medications have few side effects.
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Drugs and the Defendant Found Incompetent to Stand Trial
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Changes in the federal and state laws have made it more difficult for defendants pleading not guilty by reason of insanity to win acquittal.
Learning Objective: 5-4: Discuss research on insanity and its outcome.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Incidence of Insanity Defense
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. Psychosexual assessments are evaluations conducted by psychologist to help the court determine punishment for sexual offenders.
Learning Objective: 5-7: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in assessing sex offenders.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sentencing Evaluations
Difficulty Level: Easy
Essay
1. What do Theodore Kaczynski and Colin Ferguson have in common? How does Indiana v. Edwards (2008) pertain to both men?
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Legal Standard for Competency
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. List three reasons why competency evaluations are so common.
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Legal Standard for Competency
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Explain SVPs and discuss concerns associated with them.
Learning Objective: 5-7: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in assessing sex offenders.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. Compare and contrast restoration to competency in an outpatient and inpatient setting.
Learning Objective: 5-3: Summarize the psychological inventories and testing instruments used in evaluating competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Restoration to Competency
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. Why is guilty but mentally ill a controversial verdict? What does this verdict often mean for defendants?
Learning Objective: 5-4: Discuss research on insanity and its outcome.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Incidence of Insanity Defense
Difficulty Level: Hard
6. Define malingering.
Learning Objective: 5-3: Summarize the psychological inventories and testing instruments used in evaluating competency and criminal responsibility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Assessment of Malingering
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. Describe what is involved in a psychosexual assessment. Include the reasons why clinicians are discouraged from using a typology to label a sex offender in a written report.
Learning Objective: 5-7: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in assessing sex offenders.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Sentencing Evaluations
Difficulty Level: Hard
8. Why do you think some psychologists have moral objections to participating in a death penalty case?
Learning Objective: 5-6: Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in capital sentencing.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Capital Sentencing
Difficulty Level: Hard
9. Identify three insanity tests and identify the question each test asks.
Learning Objective: 5-4: Discuss research on insanity and its outcome.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Insanity
Difficulty Level: Medium
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