Forensic

Question 1

Types

Answer 1

Civil, divorce counselling, false advertising, child custody

Criminal, profiling, jury decisions, work with police, identity criminals

Question 2

What is stalking

Answer 2

Repeated and unwanted harassment

rejected stalker. Known. Revenge.

Intimacy seeker. Admirer. Lonely.

Incompetent stalker. Want contact.

Resentful stalker. Scare victim. Justified.

Predatory. Sexual. Assault

Question 3

Steps of criminal profiling

Answer 3

Collect evidence 
Analyse 
Reconstruct crime 
Motives, behaviour, make profile 
Profile to investigators 
Arrest and interview

Question 4

Dangerousness

Answer 4

Likelihood of person committing violence or crime

Question 5

Psychopath

Answer 5

Impulsive
Lack of remorse
Lack guilt
More male

Question 6

Mass murderer

Answer 6

Kills many in single event or very short period of time

Question 7

Serial killer

Answer 7

Three or more murders

Separate location

Question 8

Types of serial killer

Answer 8

Visionary. Visions or voiced guide action.

Hedonistic. Pleasure from killing.

Power or control orientated. Sexual satisfaction from controlling others.

Question 9

Legal impairment

Proving

Answer 9

Having mental or intellectual disorder

Prove. Disorder at time of crime.

Prove. Caused inability to know right from wrong.

Question 10

Age of criminal responsibility

Answer 10

10

Question 11

Eye witness testimony

Answer 11

Someone who witnessed crime

Question 12

Incoming sensory information

Answer 12

Encoding. Info for storage

Storage. Info retained for memory.

Retrieval. Info recovered from memory for later use

Question 13

Decay theory

Answer 13

Forgetting results from decay of memory

Due to passing time

Question 14

Improve memory

Answer 14

Dependent cues
Artistic impressions
Identify parades

Question 15

What is forensic psychology

Answer 15

Combines understanding of legal system and how people interact with it