The _______ holds that a defendant is not criminally responsible if the crime was the product of a mental disease or defect.
(a) Durham rule
(b) Substantial capacity test
(c) Psychological profiling
(d) Informed consent
Criminology MCQs
__________ is a psychological perspective that suggests people learn how to act by observing others.
(a) Critical criminology
(b) Social control theory
(c) Peacemaking criminology
(d) Social learning theory
The book, The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, was written by
(a) Earnest Burgess
(b) James Q. Wilson
(c) Gottfredson and Hirschi
(d) D.A. Andrews and James Bonta
The general theory of crime was developed by
(a) Robert Parks
(b) Earnest Burgess
(c) James Q. Wilson
(d) Gottfredson and Hirschi
When crime leads to stress reduction as a result of internal changes in beliefs and value systems, it is known as __________ adaptation.
(a) psychosis
(b) Thanatos
(c) repression
(d) autoplastic
The concept of __________ holds that the human mind may choose to keep certain aspects of itself out of consciousness.
(a) psychosis
(b) Thanatos
(c) Repression
(d) autoplastic
A(n) __________ psychosis is caused by physical damage to or abnormalities in the brain.
(a) Organic
(b) psychosis
(c) Thanatos
(d) None of these
A(n) __________ is a form of mental illness in which a person is said to be out of touch with reality in some fundamental way.
(a) organic
(b) psychosis
(c) Thanatos
(d) None of these
Which of the following is an example of a neurosis?
(a) organic
(b) psychosis
(c) Thanatos
(d) compulsive behavior
The Freudian concept of a death instinct is called
(a) organic
(b) psychosis
(c) Thanatos
(d) None of these