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Forensic psychology: Behavioral science and forensic
science questions with verified answers
(T/F) Some killer are not satisfied simply with the murder and must
express their personal signature. Ans✓✓✓ True.


1. Evidentiary items Ans✓✓✓ Takes items that tends to identify them
(MO).


1. Organized offenders Ans✓✓✓ - Clear and evident forethought;
- Premeditation;
- Planning;
- Leaves little to chance.


1. Uncovering deceptive behavior - dissimulation Ans✓✓✓ - Attempts
to minimize or deny mental disorder symptoms to get released from
prison or hospital (claiming rational motives for their conduct).
- Cannot take offender's confession at face value.


1. Uncovering deceptive behavior - malingering Ans✓✓✓ - Attempts to
feign a mental illness to avoid criminal responsibility (choses trendy
illnesses, exaggerate symptoms, difficulty to maintain consistent
symptoms).

, 1. Uncovering deceptive behavior. Ans✓✓✓ Distortion and
exaggeration of symptoms commonly occur.
There are 2 common types:
- Malingering (simulation)
- Dissimulation


2. Competency to stand trial Ans✓✓✓ - Primary concern in criminal
matters;
- Defendant must be free from mental illness that impacts his/her
ability to now what is happening in his/her case.
- If deemed incompetent he/she will be hospitalized.


2. Disorganized offenders Ans✓✓✓ - Impulsive, thoughtless approach;
- Messy chaotic;
- Lack of planning;
- Use of readily available tools.


2. Valuable items Ans✓✓✓ Take items to fulfill a need for financial
gain.


3. Legal insanity - Omnibus crime code for insanity Ans✓✓✓ - A person
would be found not guilty by reason of insanity if at the time of the
commission of the crime, the defendant could not appreciated the
criminality of his behavior.