PSYC1027 (Forensic psych) questions with verified
answers
2 types of legal system Ans✓✓✓ 1. Inquisitorial: court plays an active
role investigating case and controlling resources of police
2. Adversarial: 2 opposing sides of prosecution and defense.
4 criteria of jury eligibility Ans✓✓✓ 1. must be able to
understand/read english
2. not been imprisoned as an adult for the last 10 years/been in juvenile
for the last 3 years
3. not under a current order from a court/from probation
4. can have sickness, disability or infirmity as long as it doesn't impair
their abilities as a juror.
4 theories of crime Ans✓✓✓ 1. Societal/macro level
2. Community/local level
3. group & socialisation level
4. individual level
7 aims of forensic psychology Ans✓✓✓ 1. Reduce crime
2. Detect crime
3. Reduce recidivism
4. Build better prisons
,5. Refine sentencing policy
6. Help courts
7. Protect children
A conservative error happens during a ___ positive. This is when the
needs of the _____ to be protected is more important than the needs
of an ___ to have ____. Ans✓✓✓ false, community, individual,
freedom
A forensic risk assessment is used to label people as dangerous or not
dangerous. T or F? Ans✓✓✓ False
A judicial officer must take into account all factors and pick one that is
most lenient. T or F? Ans✓✓✓ true
A judicial officer should not impose a sentence that is more severe than
necessary to achieve the purpose for which sentence is imposed. T or
F? Ans✓✓✓ true
a jury is present in all courts including magistrate and higher courts. T
or F? Ans✓✓✓ False, they are not present in magistrate courts. Only in
higher courts where there are more serious offences.
According to PCAST's report to the president, an examiner's statement
regarding two samples being similar or indistinguishable is usually
,accurate. T or F? Ans✓✓✓ False, without appropriate estimates of
accuracy, they are scientifically meaningless because they have no
probative value and have considerable potential for prejudicial impact.
All crimes are morally wrong and all morally wrong acts are crimes. T or
F? Ans✓✓✓ false,
- crimes that are not morally wrong: opening shops on sunday when its
supposed to be closed.
- morally wrong acts that are not crimes: adultery/cheating
Australia follows the _____ legal system Ans✓✓✓ Adversarial
Base rate fallacy is when you overestimate the likelihood of events
because they are more available in memory. T or F? Ans✓✓✓ False, it's
when you ignore the fact that event may not happen as often.
based on the podcast, when conducting an experiment on sitting
positions of the accused, the experimenters found that when that jury
is likely to find accused guilty if h/she sits on _____ and ____ and least
on ____. Ans✓✓✓ - glass dock, open dock, bar table
Biological approach to individual level of crime:
- It has been found that genetics contribute ___% of whether or not
person would commit crimes or not.
- Person with a brain tumour is ____ likely to be ____
, - Damage to the ___ ___ causes a person to be unable to ___ properly
- Hormone ____ has been implicated in aggression Ans✓✓✓ - 41
- more, aggressive
- frontal lobe, reason
- testosterone
Civil law - Explain each one:
- Law of contracts
- law of torts
- law of property
- law of succession Ans✓✓✓ - dispute between two parties, one of
which may want to go to court bc he/she feels like they have suffered a
type of damage
- trespassing, negligence
- failure to return property that has been lent out
- wills
Contemporary risk assessments :
- Use empirically derived ___ and ___ risk factors
- Clinician adjusts risk assessments based on ___ ___.
- cannot override risk category more than ___ level
- cannot ____ guideline
- an example is ____ studies Ans✓✓✓ - static, dynamic
answers
2 types of legal system Ans✓✓✓ 1. Inquisitorial: court plays an active
role investigating case and controlling resources of police
2. Adversarial: 2 opposing sides of prosecution and defense.
4 criteria of jury eligibility Ans✓✓✓ 1. must be able to
understand/read english
2. not been imprisoned as an adult for the last 10 years/been in juvenile
for the last 3 years
3. not under a current order from a court/from probation
4. can have sickness, disability or infirmity as long as it doesn't impair
their abilities as a juror.
4 theories of crime Ans✓✓✓ 1. Societal/macro level
2. Community/local level
3. group & socialisation level
4. individual level
7 aims of forensic psychology Ans✓✓✓ 1. Reduce crime
2. Detect crime
3. Reduce recidivism
4. Build better prisons
,5. Refine sentencing policy
6. Help courts
7. Protect children
A conservative error happens during a ___ positive. This is when the
needs of the _____ to be protected is more important than the needs
of an ___ to have ____. Ans✓✓✓ false, community, individual,
freedom
A forensic risk assessment is used to label people as dangerous or not
dangerous. T or F? Ans✓✓✓ False
A judicial officer must take into account all factors and pick one that is
most lenient. T or F? Ans✓✓✓ true
A judicial officer should not impose a sentence that is more severe than
necessary to achieve the purpose for which sentence is imposed. T or
F? Ans✓✓✓ true
a jury is present in all courts including magistrate and higher courts. T
or F? Ans✓✓✓ False, they are not present in magistrate courts. Only in
higher courts where there are more serious offences.
According to PCAST's report to the president, an examiner's statement
regarding two samples being similar or indistinguishable is usually
,accurate. T or F? Ans✓✓✓ False, without appropriate estimates of
accuracy, they are scientifically meaningless because they have no
probative value and have considerable potential for prejudicial impact.
All crimes are morally wrong and all morally wrong acts are crimes. T or
F? Ans✓✓✓ false,
- crimes that are not morally wrong: opening shops on sunday when its
supposed to be closed.
- morally wrong acts that are not crimes: adultery/cheating
Australia follows the _____ legal system Ans✓✓✓ Adversarial
Base rate fallacy is when you overestimate the likelihood of events
because they are more available in memory. T or F? Ans✓✓✓ False, it's
when you ignore the fact that event may not happen as often.
based on the podcast, when conducting an experiment on sitting
positions of the accused, the experimenters found that when that jury
is likely to find accused guilty if h/she sits on _____ and ____ and least
on ____. Ans✓✓✓ - glass dock, open dock, bar table
Biological approach to individual level of crime:
- It has been found that genetics contribute ___% of whether or not
person would commit crimes or not.
- Person with a brain tumour is ____ likely to be ____
, - Damage to the ___ ___ causes a person to be unable to ___ properly
- Hormone ____ has been implicated in aggression Ans✓✓✓ - 41
- more, aggressive
- frontal lobe, reason
- testosterone
Civil law - Explain each one:
- Law of contracts
- law of torts
- law of property
- law of succession Ans✓✓✓ - dispute between two parties, one of
which may want to go to court bc he/she feels like they have suffered a
type of damage
- trespassing, negligence
- failure to return property that has been lent out
- wills
Contemporary risk assessments :
- Use empirically derived ___ and ___ risk factors
- Clinician adjusts risk assessments based on ___ ___.
- cannot override risk category more than ___ level
- cannot ____ guideline
- an example is ____ studies Ans✓✓✓ - static, dynamic
