Forensic Psychology
Choose the best answer for each question.
True/False Questions — 2 points each
1. ___ In an organized murder the body is hidden, and the crime appears well planned
2. ___ In an organized murder the victim is targeted and usually has specific characteristics
3. ___ Restraints are often used in organized murders
4. ___ In a disorganized murder the weapon is not left at the crime scene
5. ___ In a disorganized murder the killer tortures the victim before death
6. ___ Organized killers are often obsessed with media coverage
7. ___ Organized killers often live close to the crime scene
8. ___ Disorganized killers likely experienced strict, authoritarian parenting as children
9. ___ Organized non-social lust serial killers engage in pre and post-mortem mutilation and
torture
10. ___ Disorganized asocial lust serial killers are often described as loners
11. ___ Most serial killers choose victims of their own race.
12. ___ Visionary serial killers are motivated by their desire top rid society of certain group of people.
13. ___ Hedonistic serial killers may be motivated by lust, the thrill of the kill, or for obtaining good for their own comfort.
14. ___ Herbert Mullin is a good example of a visionary serial killer.
15. ___ Power/Control serial killers often sexually assault their victims and do so for sexual gratification.
16. ___ More women than men fall in the category of “comfort serial killers.”
17. ___ The motivation for murder is highly varied, ranging from anger, greed, jealously, to sadistic pleasure.
18. ___ In criminal profiling, the signature refers to something that is done to fulfill the murder’s emotional state, such as murdering the victims by the same manner and mode.
19. ___ Mass murder refers to the murder of three or more people close in time but at different locations.
20. ___ Malingering is the act of attempting to fake or exaggerate psychiatric symptoms.
21. ___ A person must be found incompetent to stand trial to be adjudicated as Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity.
22. ___ The Texas Insanity Statue follows the Durham Rule.
23. ___ The legal insanity statue was M’Naughten (1843).
24.___ The insanity defense is tried by about 20% of defendants charged with a crime.
25.___ Psychologists and psychiatrists make the final decision if a defendant is adjudicated as not guilty by reason of insanity.
26.___ Most defendants who are found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity flee the scene after committing the offense.
27. ___ A defendant who was highly intoxicated during a crime could still met legal criteria for a finding of Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity.
28. ___ A defendant must be competent to stand trial before offering a plea of Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity.
29. ___ A very detailed and planned crime would most likely rule out that a defendant was insane at the time of the offense.
30. ___ Police interrogations at the time of the arrest is very important data to consider when conducting an insanity evaluation.
31. ___ A defendant who claims to hear voices all the time is likely to be genuinely reporting symptoms.
32. ___ Temporary insanity is often called “Irresistible Impulse.”
33. ___ Intoxication insanity can be used as a defense in the guilt/innocence phase of a trial.
34.____ Once a defendant is found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity, they go free and walk back into society.
35. ___ Some states have a Guilty by Mentally Ill finding rather than Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity.
36. ___ In Texas, a person could be found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity if they committee the crime due to having Antisocial Personality Disorder.
37. ___ Per the Texas Standard, the person must be suffering form a mental disease or defect when the crime was committed but can still know that the crime was wrong and be found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity.
38. ___ Malingering assessment allows the evaluator to be confident that their findings really reflect the defendant’s true symptoms.
39. ___ A person can be mentally ill and simultaneously malingering or exaggerate symptoms.
40. ___ A defendant who believed the CIA was following and trying to kill him and shot a gun in the air to scare off his followers might meet legal criteria for Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity.
Multiple Choice Questions — 3 points each- Circle the correct answer.
1. A serial killer’s “signature” refers to
A. An action undertaken to satisfy their emotional needs
B. A calling card left behind at every crime scene, like the Wet Bandits in Home Alone
C. What is needed to commit the crime, such as the motive and method
D. The trace evidence such as DNA and fibers left at a crime scene
2. Someone who murders six people in the span of four weeks would be classified as a
A. Serial killer
B. Spree killer
C. Irresistible Impulse.
3. Which state does not allow the insanity defense.
A. California.
B. Alabama
C. Kansas
D. North Dakota
4. Lorena Bobbitt was found not guilty on which grounds:
A. Self-Defense
B. Intoxication Insanity
C. Irresistible Impulse Insanity Defense
