Forensic Psychology
1. What percentage of cases will actually plead insanity?
a) 11%
b) 25%
- c) 1%
d) 15%
2. What famous U.S. murder case hired a trial consultant?
a) Mad Bomber
- b) O.J. Simpson
c) J. Brussel
d) M. Reid
3. ERPs are now being used to help detect lies, but what does it stand for?
- a) Event Related Potential
b) Enterprise Resource Program
c) Effective Reasoning Potential
d) Effective Refractory Period
4. What is the PEACE model?
a) An attempt to make world peace
b) An interrogation method
- c) A personality factor
d) An episode of Criminal Minds
5. In the U.S. approximately how many people go to prison each year for crimes they didn't commit based on eyewitness testimony?
a) 77,000
b) 620
c) 8300
- d) 4500
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6. Police officers go through an application process that tests to see if they are able to deal with the STRESS of the job, how they'd REACT to situations, and how they could COPE with victims.
7. Criminal profilers assume that personality traits are STABLE after a person's late teen years, and IS CONSISTENT across activities.
8. Profiling is based on a simple premise: your THINKING directs your BEHAVIOR , and your thinking is based on personality traits, MORALS, ETHICS, your peers and EDUCATION.
Short Answer
9. What 5 things are criminal profiles used for?
The 5 things criminal profiles are used for is prioritizing large numbers of suspects, focusing on the most probable suspects, speed up apprehension, limit potential victimization, and limit financial and human resources used.
10. Provide an example, not mentioned in the lesson, for 5 of the 6 factors of analysis (crime type, motive/intent, victimology, offender risk, location factors, time factors). You can give a specific example, or expand on one of the examples given. I just don't want to see the definition of the factors copied and pasted here!
- Intent and motive: Making person act out a an illegal act by idea, belief or emotion to push the person to take action.
- Victimology: Having personal info about the person that took action in the crime. Having additional and more in depth info about the person
- Crime type: How the person takes action in the criminal act and how he does it.
- Location factors: If the criminal acts is happening in the same places every time when he/she takes action.
a) 11%
b) 25%
- c) 1%
d) 15%
2. What famous U.S. murder case hired a trial consultant?
a) Mad Bomber
- b) O.J. Simpson
c) J. Brussel
d) M. Reid
3. ERPs are now being used to help detect lies, but what does it stand for?
- a) Event Related Potential
b) Enterprise Resource Program
c) Effective Reasoning Potential
d) Effective Refractory Period
4. What is the PEACE model?
a) An attempt to make world peace
b) An interrogation method
- c) A personality factor
d) An episode of Criminal Minds
5. In the U.S. approximately how many people go to prison each year for crimes they didn't commit based on eyewitness testimony?
a) 77,000
b) 620
c) 8300
- d) 4500
Fill in the Blanks (1 pt/blank)
6. Police officers go through an application process that tests to see if they are able to deal with the STRESS of the job, how they'd REACT to situations, and how they could COPE with victims.
7. Criminal profilers assume that personality traits are STABLE after a person's late teen years, and IS CONSISTENT across activities.
8. Profiling is based on a simple premise: your THINKING directs your BEHAVIOR , and your thinking is based on personality traits, MORALS, ETHICS, your peers and EDUCATION.
Short Answer
9. What 5 things are criminal profiles used for?
The 5 things criminal profiles are used for is prioritizing large numbers of suspects, focusing on the most probable suspects, speed up apprehension, limit potential victimization, and limit financial and human resources used.
10. Provide an example, not mentioned in the lesson, for 5 of the 6 factors of analysis (crime type, motive/intent, victimology, offender risk, location factors, time factors). You can give a specific example, or expand on one of the examples given. I just don't want to see the definition of the factors copied and pasted here!
- Intent and motive: Making person act out a an illegal act by idea, belief or emotion to push the person to take action.
- Victimology: Having personal info about the person that took action in the crime. Having additional and more in depth info about the person
- Crime type: How the person takes action in the criminal act and how he does it.
- Location factors: If the criminal acts is happening in the same places every time when he/she takes action.