Deck 8: Crime and Mental Disorders

Question 1

_____ trial generated so much public outcry that Congress passed the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984.

A) Ted Bundy's
B) John Hinckley's
C) The "Son of Sam"
D) The BTK Killer
E) O.J. Simpson's

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The insanity defense is used in approximately what percent of felony criminal offenses in the United States?

A) About 1%
B) 5% to 10%
C) 11% to 15%
D) About 20%
E) Between 20% and 27%

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following statements is most accurate?

A) Most criminals are mentally ill.
B) Most criminals have a mental disorder.
C) Most mentally disordered individuals are not violent.
D) Most murderers cannot help themselves because of mental illness.
E) Most murderers are paranoid schizophrenics.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

When the M'Naghten Rule is applied, the essential inquiry is whether:

A) the act was the result or product of a mental defect.
B) the person was able to distinguish between right and wrong at the time of offense.
C) the act was the result of an "irresistible impulse."
D) the act was the result of an addiction.
E) the person intentionally planned to do harm.

Question 5

Which well-known individual was found not guilty by reason of insanity?

A) Ted Bundy
B) Kenneth Bianchi
C) Bonnie Elizabeth Parker
D) John Dillinger
E) Andrea Yates

Question 6

DSM stands for:

A) Dissociative Somatic Manual.
B) Diagnoses of Serious Mentality.
C) Douglas Simpson Marker.
D) Diagnostic Statistical Manual.
E) Developmental Symbolic Marker

Question 7

If the court determines that an individual was robbed of her or his own free will at the time of a homicide because of mental disease or defect, the individuals would most likely be judged:

A) IST.
B) incompetent to stand trial
C) mentally ill.
D) guilty but insane.
E) NGRI.

Question 8

All of the following standards or rules to determine insanity are or have been represented in various state or federal legal systems except the:

A) Dayton Rule.
B) M'Naghten Rule.
C) Brawner Rule.
D) Product Test.
E) Durham Rule.

Question 9

Some states supplement the _____with the "irresistible impulse test."

A) M'Naghten Rule
B) Brawner Rule
C) ALI Rule
D) Durham Rule
E) NGRI

Question 10

The research shows that violent people:

A) fantasize more than nonviolent people.
B) exhibit the violence triad more frequently than nonviolent people.
C) have violent daydreams daily.
D) usually have a history of violence.
E) often have a history of mental disorder.

Question 11

What was the essential ruling in Jackson v. Indiana?

A) Psychoactive medication could not be given to incompetent defendants.
B) Psychoactive medication could not be given to defendants found insane.
C) Incompetent defendants could not be hospitalized indefinitely if no progress was made to restore them.
D) Persons found insane could not be hospitalized indefinitely.
E) The deinstitutionalization of all psychiatric patients.

Question 12

Which one of the following clinical diagnoses is most frequently found in criminal offenders?

A) Clinical depression
B) Psychopath
C) Delusional disorder
D) Histrionic personality disorder
E) Antisocial personality disorder

Question 13

In the Brawner Rule, the "caveat paragraph" intends to exclude _____ from using the insanity defense.

A) defendants under the influence of alcohol at the time of the offense
B) psychopaths
C) defendants under the influence of drugs at the time of the offense
D) defendants who refuse to undergo psychiatric evaluation
E) developmentally disabled

Question 14

Delusional disorders are also called:

A) paranoid disorders.
B) psychotic disorders.
C) believe disorders.
D) schizophrenia.
E) paranoid schizophrenia.

Question 15

A developmental status attributable to a cognitive impairment is called:

A) developmental readiness.
B) developmental amblyopia.
C) developmental dysfunction.
D) developmental disability.
E) cognitive dysphasia.

Question 16

Disorganized, catatonic, paranoid, undifferentiated, and residual are all subtypes of:

A) schizophrenia.
B) paranoia.
C) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
D) delusional disorder.
E) bipolar disorder.

Question 17

According to the DSM, which one of the following features is not a symptom of antisocial personality disorder?

A) Emotional intelligence
B) Impulsivity
C) Irritability
D) Deceitfulness
E) Failure to conform to social norms

Question 18

The core of the insanity defense involves which one of the following issues?

A) Competency to stand trial
B) Whether the person can be rehabilitated
C) Criminal responsibility
D) Past psychiatric history
E) Current mental status

Question 19

In general, the U.S. federal court system currently uses what insanity standard?

A) The Durham Rule
B) The M'Naghten Rule
C) ALI/Brawner Rule
D) Insanity Defense Reform Act
E) Amicus curiae

Question 20

What is the most common type of forensic assessment conducted for the criminal courts?

A) Assessment of sex offenders
B) Assessment of sanity
C) Assessment of dangerousness at sentencing
D) Assessment of competency to stand trial
E) Risk assessment

Question 21

MPD stands for Multiple Psychosis Disorder.

Question 22

_____ refers to the phenomenon that occurs when a mental disorder or syndrome is unintentionally caused by a clinician or practitioner.

A) Iatrogenic
B) Tautological fallacy
C) Projection syndrome
D) Symptom substitution
E) Transference

Question 23

In Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California (1974), the Supreme Court of California held that a psychotherapist has an obligation to use reasonable care to protect potential victims of a patient.

Question 24

Adjudicative competence is now the standard term for not guilty by reason of insanity.

Question 25

Insanity is a legal term that refers to a defendant's state of mind at the time of the crime.

Question 26

The use of amnesia as a defense has been largely unsuccessful in the United States.

Question 27

A rare but severe mental disorder believed to be linked to childbirth and similar to serious bipolar depression is postpartum:

A) blues.
B) psychopathy.
C) delusions.
D) psychosis.
E) depression.

Question 28

The most common result of a PTSD defense has been one of:

A) diminished responsibility.
B) guilty, but mentally ill.
C) not guilty by reason of insanity.
D) incompetent to stand trial.
E) guilty

Question 29

Statistics show that more than half of all prison and jail inmates might benefit from mental health treatment.

Question 30

Ken Bianchi, the Hillside Strangler, was diagnosed as a psychopath.

Question 31

Early research on prediction of dangerousness suggested that clinicians had a tendency to over predict dangerousness.

Question 32

Which diagnostic label has been associated with the iatrogenic phenomenon in recent years?

A) Paranoid schizophrenia
B) Histrionic personality disorder
C) Post-traumatic stress disorder
D) Delusional disorders
E) Dissociative identity disorder

Question 33

In Foucha v. Louisiana, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that defendants found NGRI could:

A) not be retried once they were no longer insane.
B) not remain hospitalized once they were no longer mentally disordered.
C) be hospitalized for as long as they remain dangerous.
D) be given medication to treat their disorder.
E) not be given medication to treat their disorder.

Question 34

Which disorder has been referred to as the "UFO of psychiatry" (Ondrovik & Hamilton, 1991)?

A) Multiple Personality Disorder
B) Postpartum Psychosis
C) Dysthymic Disorder
D) Bipolar II Disorder
E) Borderline Personality Disorder

Question 35

IST stands for:

A) invasive sexual treatment.
B) intrusive sexual treatment.
C) incompetent to stand trial.
D) incentive system targets.
E) intensive schizophrenic treatment.

Question 36

Mental health courts are alternative, specialized courts that are designed to treat offenders with a history of substance abuse.

Question 37

What form of amnesia is the most widely used justification for an insanity defense or mitigation of criminal responsibility in the U.S. courts today?

A) Chronic organic amnesia
B) Alcohol-Induced Persisting Amnestic Disorder
C) Wernicke's amnesia
D) Limited amnesia
E) Anxiolytic-Induced Persisting Amnestic Disorder

Question 38

In the Supreme Court ruling Sell v. U.S. (2003), the Court ruled that:

A) in cases that did not involve violence, courts should be very careful in ordering medication to treat mentally disordered offenders who refuse the medication.
B) mentally disordered offenders should be sedated in the courtroom.
C) psychoactive drugs should not be ordered by any court against the wishes of the defendant, even if the mentally disordered offender tends to be violent.
D) mentally disordered offenders should be institutionalized until cured.
E) mentally disordered offenders cannot be given psychotropic medication during their trial.

Question 39

The right and wrong test refers to which one of the following insanity defenses?

A) Magna Carta
B) The M'Naghten Rule
C) ALI/Brawner Rule
D) Insanity Defense Reform Act
E) The Durham Rule

Question 40

According to the text, the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.

Question 41

What are guilty but mentally ill statutes? Why do many legal scholars oppose them?

Question 42

Discuss the role of law enforcement and mental health courts in deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill.

Question 43

How has the media affected public perception of mental disorder and violence? Include information on the history and prevalence of mental disorder and violence.

Question 44

Compare and contrast actuarial measures and clinical measures of risk assessment.

Question 45

Briefly describe four legal standards for of insanity and their requirements.

Question 46

Describe the essential features of antisocial personality disorder. What is the relationship between antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy?

Question 47

Discuss the controversy associated with Dissociative Identity Disorder. Define the term iatrogenic and discuss how this term relates to this debate.

Question 48

Describe fully and evaluate any three of the unique defenses discussed in the Chapter.

Question 49

State the key ruling in each of the following court decisions: Jones v. U.S., Tarasoff v. Regents of California, and Sell v. U.S.

Question 50

Identify and include symptoms of the four diagnostic categories most relevant to criminal behavior.