FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY 5TH EDITION
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
TESTED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Which term is synonymous with sanity evaluation?
Answer: criminal responsibility evaluation
◉ The chapter focuses on which three areas of Forensic assessment?
Answer: competency, insanity, and sentencing
◉ In Gondinez v. Moran (1993), the Supreme Court ruled that the
dusky standards also apply to ____________.
Answer: Guilty pleas
◉ The two prong dusky standard specifies that a defendant must not
only understand what is happening but also be_______.
Answer: Able to assist in his or her own defense
◉ 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?
Answer: Colin Ferguson
,◉ According to the text, outpatient ______ is more common than
outpatient _______.
Answer: evaluation; treatment
◉ Which standard of proof is required in all criminal proceedings?
Answer: Beyond a reasonable doubt
◉ Who gets the report when a defense attorney request a
competency evaluation for his or her client?
Answer: The defense attorney
◉ Which disorder is the predominant diagnosis of individuals found
in competent to stand trial?
Answer: Schizophrenia
◉ Restoration to competency for an individual found incompetent to
stand Trial should focus not only on decisional capacities, but also
on__________.
Answer: Education about the legal system
◉ The most common method of restoring competence in defendants
is________.
,Answer: A combination of medication and therapy
◉ Which statement is true about the insanity defense?
Answer: It is allowed any majority of states.
◉ Sanity refers to mental state __________; whereas competency refers
to mental state __________.
Answer: At the time of crime; at the time of Criminal Justice
proceedings
◉ Research suggest that insanity cases are often decided
on________grounds.
Answer: Moral
◉ Research has shown that defendants who played not guilty by
reason of insanity comprise________% of criminal cases.
Answer: 1-3%
◉ Some states allow Judge and jurors an alternative to NGRI. This
middle ground verdict is called_________.
Answer: Guilty but mentally Ill
◉ The R-CRAS is a forensic instrument used for assessing________.
, Answer: Criminal responsibility
◉ What is the most frequent outcome for those found NGRI?
Answer: The defendant is hospitalized
◉ 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?
Answer: sexually violent predators
◉ Which type of sentencing attempts to make the punishment fit the
crime?
Answer: determinant
◉ Historically, criminal sentencing, was based on the_______model of
corrections.
Answer: Punitive
◉ Which individual would be eligible for the death penalty?
Answer: a female business owner who stabs her husband to death
◉ Death penalty, mitigation refers to_________.
Answer: Reducing one sentence in order to avoid the death penalty
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
TESTED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Which term is synonymous with sanity evaluation?
Answer: criminal responsibility evaluation
◉ The chapter focuses on which three areas of Forensic assessment?
Answer: competency, insanity, and sentencing
◉ In Gondinez v. Moran (1993), the Supreme Court ruled that the
dusky standards also apply to ____________.
Answer: Guilty pleas
◉ The two prong dusky standard specifies that a defendant must not
only understand what is happening but also be_______.
Answer: Able to assist in his or her own defense
◉ 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?
Answer: Colin Ferguson
,◉ According to the text, outpatient ______ is more common than
outpatient _______.
Answer: evaluation; treatment
◉ Which standard of proof is required in all criminal proceedings?
Answer: Beyond a reasonable doubt
◉ Who gets the report when a defense attorney request a
competency evaluation for his or her client?
Answer: The defense attorney
◉ Which disorder is the predominant diagnosis of individuals found
in competent to stand trial?
Answer: Schizophrenia
◉ Restoration to competency for an individual found incompetent to
stand Trial should focus not only on decisional capacities, but also
on__________.
Answer: Education about the legal system
◉ The most common method of restoring competence in defendants
is________.
,Answer: A combination of medication and therapy
◉ Which statement is true about the insanity defense?
Answer: It is allowed any majority of states.
◉ Sanity refers to mental state __________; whereas competency refers
to mental state __________.
Answer: At the time of crime; at the time of Criminal Justice
proceedings
◉ Research suggest that insanity cases are often decided
on________grounds.
Answer: Moral
◉ Research has shown that defendants who played not guilty by
reason of insanity comprise________% of criminal cases.
Answer: 1-3%
◉ Some states allow Judge and jurors an alternative to NGRI. This
middle ground verdict is called_________.
Answer: Guilty but mentally Ill
◉ The R-CRAS is a forensic instrument used for assessing________.
, Answer: Criminal responsibility
◉ What is the most frequent outcome for those found NGRI?
Answer: The defendant is hospitalized
◉ 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?
Answer: sexually violent predators
◉ Which type of sentencing attempts to make the punishment fit the
crime?
Answer: determinant
◉ Historically, criminal sentencing, was based on the_______model of
corrections.
Answer: Punitive
◉ Which individual would be eligible for the death penalty?
Answer: a female business owner who stabs her husband to death
◉ Death penalty, mitigation refers to_________.
Answer: Reducing one sentence in order to avoid the death penalty
