Finals Review Flashcards
overcontrolled offender
An offender with a rigid behavioural inhibition system who
suppresses emotions until they explode – overcontrolled offender
excitation transfer
theory
An inability to respond to an anger instigating event, so respond
disproportionately to a secondary event
General aggression model
A model that combines social information processing, cognitive
neoassociation, excitation transfer, and elements of learning
theories
serial
murder
Characterized by more than two victims at different times
MacDonald triad
Three components are fire setting, cruelty to animals, and enuresis
visionary
A type of serial killer who believes their killings can prevent
tragedies
mass
murder
Characterized by more than four victims at the same time
mission-oriented
A type of serial killer who targets victims based on an agenda
ertomanic
A delusional stalker who rarely seeks face-to-face contact
exhibitionism
Sexual arousal from exposing genitals to strangers
love-obsessional
A stalker who seeks a love relationship with someone with whom they had no previous relationship
sexual sadism
Sexual arousal from inflicting pain or suffering of another person
coercive
control
A form of interpersonal violence characterized by isolation, monitoring, and psychological and physical injuries
family only abuser
The most common type of interpersonal violence perpetrator
risk, needs, responsivity
A model of treatment for sex offenders
rape myths
These are false beliefs that justify male sexual aggression against
women
generally violent/antisocial
A type of interpersonal violence perpetrator that is prone to criminal and violent behaviour
sexual exploitation/involvement theme
A type of crime scene where the offender attempts to bond with
the victim
delusions
A positive symptom characterized by excesses or distortions of thoughts, feelings, and behaviours
schizophrenia
A person experiencing alogia and word salad may have this
mental disorder -
hallucinations
A positive symptom characterized by sensing or perceiving things
or events that others do not
NCRMD
If, at the time of an offense, a person was experiencing a disturbed mind and they were incapable of knowing the act was wrong
major depressive disorder
The most common mood disorder
fitness to stand trial
A person who unable to understand the nature or object of the
court proceedings
threat/control-override symptoms
A symptom-based theory of crime, where the criminal behaviour of a person with a mental disorder is attributed to their altered
perceptions -
bipolar disorder
A mental disorder characterized by a manic phase and a depressive phase
learning
The principle means of acquiring or changing behaviour
classical conditioning
when two stimuli are paired so the neutral stimulus evokes the
response originally only evoked by the unconditioned stimulus -
