CJUS 640 Quiz 3
- The idea of the insanity defense is based on the principle that:
- According to the text, _____ states allow juveniles of a certain age to be tried in adult venues when charged with serious crimes.
- Mens rea refers to _____, whereas actus reus refers to _____.
- The concept that individuals with issues relating to impaired cognitive understanding should not be held culpable was used as early as the Roman Empire. Roman law classified those individuals to be non compos mentis, or:
- An advantage of performing competency evaluations on an inpatient basis is that additional information can be gathered:
- When performing competency evaluations within an institution, collateral sources of information can be gathered regarding the defendant’s behavior. Some of the individuals that might be able to provide this additional information include:
- Today, there is general agreement that committing a criminal act without a guilty mind is:
- Grisso and colleagues (2003) compared youths (ages 11 to 13) with young adults and found that youths are _____ likely to accept a plea bargain.
- is the concept that the punishment of criminals teaches others that criminal activities lead to penalties.
- Prior to Jackson v. Indiana (1972), all of the following were true about defendants that were deemed to be incompetent, EXCEPT:
- If a defendant is found incompetent to be executed, proceedings are initiated to_____ so that he or she can be
- The Insanity Defense Reform Act (IDRA) of 1984 eliminated the _____ from the definition of insanity.
- The guilty but mentally ill (GBMI) verdict assumes that people who are found guilty of a criminal act should receive _____ but most offenders go
- According to the text, insanity:
- Malingering refers to the _____ of psychological symptoms that might lead to the accused being termed incompetent to stand trial or insane.
- Preponderance of the evidence standard of proof applies to the competency to stand trial, just as it does in many types of court cases. In the case of competency to stand trial, the defense must prove that:
- According to research completed by Grisso and his colleagues (2003), the differences between adolescents (ages 11 to 17) and young adults (ages 18 to 24) in terms of their functioning on CST-related abilities were:
- Research completed by Rita Simon (1967) found that, when different sets of jurors were given different definitions of insanity based on legal terminology, there was:
- When determining insanity, the courts rely on:
- Legal definitions of insanity are crafted by:
- If restoration to competence cannot be accomplished, proceedings may be held to issue a(n):
- Competency to stand trial (CST) has two basic components to its definition. The first component refers to the accused individual’s _____. The second component refers to the accused individual’s
- Competency to stand trial (CST) refers to the psychological state of the accused:
- When applying diminished capacity, the _____ must prove mens rea.
- The notion that the punishment for criminal activity should be proportionate to the harm that was committed is known as:
- Explain why competency to stand trial (CST) is a legal and not a psychological term. What are the key elements of CST?
- Why is it difficult to evaluate insanity? What factors make it different from the evaluation of competency to stand trial?
- How do jurors view the insanity defense?
- What does research show about the competencies of children and adolescents? Should there be specific requirements for competency to stand trial for juveniles as different from the ones for adults?
- Explain what is malingering and why some defendants might be compelled to resort to it. Would it be in their best interests? Why or why not?
Set 2
- Explain why competency to stand trial (CST) is a legal and not a psychological term. What are the key elements of CST?
- How do jurors view the insanity defense?
- What does research show about the competencies of children and adolescents? Should there be specific requirements for competency to stand trial for juveniles as different from the ones for adults?
- Explain what is malingering and why some defendants might be compelled to resort to it. Would it be in their best interests? Why or why not?
- To commit someone to a mental institution for an indefinite period of time, an individual must be deemed either _____ or _____.
- There are unique problems that are presented by insanity evaluations that make developing a test to evaluate insanity extremely difficult. All of the following are valid reasons for this EXCEPT:
- When requested to perform assessment of competence, clinicians:
- What is a primary advantage of providing an evaluation of competency of a defendant within an institution rather than outpatiently?
- If the accused is deemed nonrestorable, then criminal charges are:
- Today, there is general agreement that committing a criminal act without a guilty mind is:
- According to the text, those found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) generally spend _____ time in secure mental hospitals than they would have served in prison had they been found guilty.
- Mens rea refers to _____, whereas actus reus refers to _____.
- Adjudicative competence is a legal concept that describes defendants’ ability to:
- Malingering refers to the _____ of psychological symptoms that might lead to the accused being termed incompetent to stand trial or insane.
- According to the definition in the text, malingering means that an individual is:
- Insanity is considered a(n):
- The idea of the insanity defense is based on the principle that:
- Bona fide doubt may also be referred to as _____ doubt.
- The Insanity Defense Reform Act (IDRA) of 1984 eliminated the _____ from the definition of insanity.
- _____ is the concept that the punishment of criminals teaches others that criminal activities lead to penalties.
- Regarding the insanity defense, one reason that jurors often disregard the instructions from judges about legal definitions is that jurors use their _____, whereas the various definitions are often
- Following Jackson v. Indiana (1972), it is generally accepted that an individual is limited to confinement between _____, and then reevaluated.
- The Durham standard took into consideration:
- If a defendant is found incompetent to be executed, proceedings are initiated to_____ so that he or she can be
- According to research (Grisso et al., 2003), when it comes to competency to stand trial, at approximately age _____, the differences between young offenders and those aged 18 to 24 disappear.
- According to the text, _____ states allow juveniles of a certain age to be tried in adult venues when charged with serious crimes.
- Competence to stand trial demands that the accused:
- Prior to Jackson v. Indiana (1972), all of the following were true about defendants that were deemed to be incompetent, EXCEPT:
- The concept that a person who commits a crime, receives punishment for it through the workings of our legal system, and afterwards makes a decision to never commit a crime again, is called:
- Why is it difficult to evaluate insanity? What factors make it different from the evaluation of competency to stand trial?