Forensic Psych Final

The most culpable crime is one committed by someone with

Intent

The FBI’s definition of being a serial killer includes all but which one of the following:

The FBI usually defines serial murder as 2 or more victims in separate events at separate times 

In order to be classified as a mass murderer, one must have killed ______ or more people at one location at one time.

4

Theft plus force equals:

Robbery

The Supreme Court case that outlines the proper use of deadly force in the United States is which one of the following?

Tennessee v. Garner

Which of the following police procedures is considered deadly force?

Chokehold

All of the following are generally acceptable practices of stopping a police chase except which one?

Shooting out the tires

George Metesky was The Unabomber.

False he was the Mad Bomber,

George Metesky planted several bombs in Chicago, killing four people.

False in New york and Only injured people

George Metesky was upset because:

He was injured while working for Con Edison and felt he was denied fair compensation.

All of the following statements about Dr. Brussel’s profile of Metesky is considered to be true except which one of the following statements?

Profile did not catch Metesky, and a clerk caught him

Lee Harvey Oswald was an excellent student in school.

False

 The Warren Commission concluded that Lee Oswald:

Acted alone in killing President John F. Kennedy.

Your author states that opportunities to help Oswald when he was a juvenile were missed when his mother took him back to New Orleans to live.

True

 This person killed Jack Ruby:

No One he died from natural causes

Patricia Hearst used which of the following as her defense at trial:

Duress/coercion / brainwashing.

 Which of the following is not true about Patricia Hearst:

 likely the false statement would be that she willingly joined the SLA from the beginning.

 The Podder-Tarasoff ordeal resulted in:

Duty to warn / duty to protect.

Who was John Hinckley trying to assassinate?

President Ronald Reagan.

Hinckley was trying to get the attention of whom?

Jodie Foster.

Hinckley was found:

Not guilty by reason of insanity.

Two teenagers committed suicide after listening to the music of Judas Priest.

False- Only 1

After the Judas Priest case, how many times has a musical group been found liable for suicides caused by their lyrics?

0

The Judas Priest case revolved around subliminal messages

True

Who conducted a profile of the explosion on the USS Iowa?

The FBI Behavioral Science Unit, often associated with John Douglas.

This type of profile in question #25 is called:

Equivocal death analysis

The profile in question #25 was met with all but which one of the following?

e know that the profile was crtisized

The analysis found that:

The analysis suggested Clayton Hartwig may have caused the explosion intentionally, though that conclusion was disputed.

Jeffrey Dahmer pleaded ____ and was found _____.

Pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and was found sane/guilty.

Dahmer was diagnosed by some as an alcoholic.

True

n the Woody Allen case, the judge found that Allen was

 Inappropriate and showed poor judgment, but the abuse claim was not proven in that custody case.

Colin Ferguson was a multiple murderer who successfully defended himself at trial and was found not guilty.

 False.

Colin Ferguson was considered to be a:

Mass Murder

 Colin Ferguson was considered by psychologists as having paranoid personality disorder and he said he did not shoot anyone.

True

 Ferguson had killed passengers on a train.

True

Evander Holyfield’s ear was bitten off by boxer Michael Tyson during a boxing match.

True

Andrea Yates killed her five children by:

Drowning in a bathtub Postpartum Psychosis

Which one of the following statements is not true about Ralph Tortorici:

He was a college student who took a class hostage and had serious mental health issues.

 Police changed their tactics of handling active shooter situations after which incident?

Columbine High School shooting.

An incel is a person who is considered to be a “player.”

False

 Which one of the following is NOT considered a mass murderer?

Metesky

Our legal system in the United States is considered to be:

Adversarial

 All but which one of the following is needed to be considered competent to stand trial?

Competency means understanding the court and helping your lawyer.

Cluster B personality disorder includes all but which one of the following?

Cluster B includes antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic personality disorders.

The DSM divides personality disorders into how many clusters?

3

This personality disorder is diagnosed if the patient has strange beliefs or fantasies, disturbing or discomforting beliefs, paranoia, and very passionate ideas about things like outer space or other worlds.

 Schizotypal personality disorder.

Although most mentally ill and psychotic patients are not dangerous, the MOST dangerous mentally ill patient is the:

Paranoid Schizophrenic

A psychopath will have all but which one of the following characteristics?

the answer is likely guilt, empathy, remorse, or anxiety,

Malignant narcissism is a theoretical personality concept that includes all but which one of the following characteristics?

psychotic

People with this personality disorder may experience mood swings but their disorder mainly stems from negative effects on their relationships.

Borderline personality disorder.

She was a 35-year-old teacher who was a wife and mother and pled guilty to the rape of her 12-year-old student. She gave birth to the student’s child and later married the student when he turned 18.

 Mary Kay Letourneau.

What type of mass murderer was Bryan Kohberger?

Set and Run

In an internal affairs investigation of a police officer, the results can usually be all but which one of the following?

Common outcomes include sustained, not sustained, unfounded, and exonerated.

Which of the following statements is MOSTLY true about a person who breaks into a house at night:

All of the above

A pit maneuver should not be employed if the speeds are in excess of:

50 mph

When a person looks at two young boys wearing backpacks and perceives the backpacks as being shark fins, this phenomenon is the result of a:

illusion

The man your professor told you about who shot his neighbor in the face with a shotgun was experiencing:

All of the Above

What situation must occur in order for behavioral symptoms to become clinically significant and considered a mental disorder?

Severe Distress

Which one of the following statements about insanity is not true?

“Insanity is a medical diagnosis.” That is false because insanity is a legal concept. 

So far, most parents of school shooters have been charged criminally.

False

Regarding the school shootings presentation, Adam Lanza perpetrated mass murder in which one of the following schools?

Sandy Hook Elementary

All but which one of the following are parts of the offense chain relative to sexual offending:

Contemplation

 Paraphilias are recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving all but which one of the following:

All of the Above

Anomalous target disorders include all but which one of the following:

Sexual Sadism

 Which type of rapist is the sexual sadist?

Anger-excitation rapist

The type of rapist most likely to turn into a serial killer is which one?

Anger-excitation

The lowest risk level on Megan’s Law is:

tier 1

The term battered woman syndrome was first coined by:

 Lenore Walker.

All but which one of the following comprises the circle of violence and domestic violence?

restatement of vows 

Munchausen disorder by proxy is now called what?

Factitious disorder

All but which one of the following behaviors are signs of Munchausen's by proxy syndrome by the caregiver, except which one?

Apathy

 All but which one of the following medications are given to sex offenders to reduce sexual arousal:

Depecote

Some paraphilias can be harmless.

True

Pedophiles are usually divided into the Situational/Repressed and the Preferential/Exclusive pedophiles.

True

There are 5 tiers on Megan’s Law.

False

 A person can be a pedophile without breaking the law.

True

Fantasizing about a paraphilia is a paraphilia while acting out a paraphilia is a paraphilic disorder.

True

 Charline Brundige was a battered woman who killed her husband.

True

Charline had psychological, social, and economic reasons that prevented her from leaving her husband.

True

Charline was never abused before she got married.

False

The jury rejected Charline’s claims of extreme emotional disturbance and convicted her of murder.

True

Judith Neelley was convicted of the torture and murder of a 13-year-old girl. She was sentenced to death at the age of 18 years old.

True

Neelley was executed in prison.

False

After a bar fight and a carjacking, James Leo Rouse returned to the bar and shot two people, killing one of them. Rouse was charged with murder, attempted murder, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, and unlawful imprisonment. Rouse entered a plea of insanity and extreme emotional disturbance, suffering from organic brain syndrome.

True

Dr. Ewing submitted his opinion that Rouse was not malingering. He reached this conclusion by analysis of Rouse’s medical history.

True

The jury convicted Rouse on all charges.

True

Waneta Hoyt was accused of killing her five children. She was diagnosed with various mental illnesses and suffered from depression and avoidant personality disorders.

True

 Hoyt’s confession was admitted and she died in prison serving a life sentence.

True

We discussed all of the following cults and their leaders in class except which one?

Carl Reiner

 He thought he would lead his followers onto the tail of a comet and live an eternal life in heaven, hence the name Heaven’s Gate.

Marshall Applewhite

All but which one of the following are techniques discussed in class that are used to indoctrinate members into their cults.

Reciting the Doctrines

This cult technique takes away an individual’s identity on an internal and external level.

Deindividuation

He got several members of his group to commit mass murder of all those in the Sharon Tate house to start a race war:

Manson

 He played backup guitar with the Beach Boys band.

Manson

In this condition, people become sexually attracted to those who commit heinous crimes.

Hybristophilia 

Regarding question #95, more men suffer from this condition than women.

False

The condition in question #95 is sometimes called:

Bonnie and Clyde syndrome.

We discussed several examples of false confessions in class. Which of the following was not one of them?

 Gerry Lakowski

Which of the following are most susceptible to giving a false confession?

ALL of the Above

The police technique described in class that has come under fire from the Innocence Project and others is which technique?

REID Technique