loss of control Flashcards

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1
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define crimes of passion

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homicide committed by a sudden strong impulse rather than premeditated

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2
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what did loss of control go under

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provocation defence

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3
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what did hold 1707 say about loss of control

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a man sleeping with another mans wife is the highest invasion of property
and so a man cannot revive a high provocation

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4
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what was surround loss of control

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abolished by the justice act 2009

relaced y loss of control section 54

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5
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votary manslaughter

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killing a human acted during heat of passion under certain circumstances that causes reasonable people to become emotional

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6
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what did Douglas Malcolm do in 1917

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found out affair
weife wanted divorce, he refused
found lover and shot him
first case of passion

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7
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what are impulse based crimes

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displayed behaviours that displayed in childhood
habitual patterns of behaviour and antisocial behaviours

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8
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premeditated murder

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previous knowledge that allows significant time for a delayed reaction

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9
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what is temporary insanity

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defendant was insane when committing crime
and then later regained sanity

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10
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support for insanity claim

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defendent dosent remember,
irregular behaviour
direct reaction to emotional stimuli

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11
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definition of loss of control

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state person felt before committing the crime

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12
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what characteristicts classafy as loss of control

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no time passed from before and after crime
victim made comment more than simple
strong emotional impulse

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13
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what are the prominent psychological features of loss of control

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anger,
fear,
loss of memory

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14
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what is the biological explanation of anger

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adrenal gland puts stress hormone in body
brain shuts blood away from gut to muscle, to prep for physical move
blood pressure and respiration

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how does the prefrontal cortext affect outcome of anger

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takes anger into its context
reminds people to act sociably and keeping baser instincts in cheak
subjective anger

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16
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how do anger and loss of control act together

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person usually cannot explain own behaviour after,
more impulsive,
anger connected to strong scene of certainty

17
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what does anger lead too

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extremely optimistic risk assessment

leads to risk seeking behaviour

lerner 2001

18
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what is the subjectivity to anger

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psychologists understand individual differences
different people react differently

19
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define fear

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intense emotional arousal by detection of immediate threat
physcial reactions incluse sweat, heat rate increase
fight or flight

20
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how does fear interact with loss of control

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defendants kill out of fear of violence
e.g long term abuse
fear can significantly impair though processes and rational judgement

21
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differences though fear

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fear is expressed internally
can make defendants appear calm during event and can invalidate claim
the cool down effect can prove an issue for defendant

22
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what happened to Rebekah Mellon

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shot husband and watched for 23 minutes
happened after verbal argument
mellon said she had no memory of the 23 minutes or the phone call

23
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what happened the day before with Mellon 2012

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cctv showed husband abusing her
7 years of abuse - controlling and shot her ipod
some abuse documented

24
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how was mellows tried

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first degree
pleaded guilty to second and got 20 years in prison

25
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what did zago say about amnesia and crimes

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partial absence of memory following a crime
ranges from 25% to 50% of total cases
crime relented amnesia

26
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what happens in Germany with amnesia

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the crime can get acquitted

27
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what causes memory loss

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trauma,
sleep disorder,
psychotic episode,
drug abuse

28
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what is Mnestic bock syndrome

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trauma or stress in own life alter brain metabolism, disconnect blocking access to storage regions specific to time

29
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what is repression

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hyper metabolism in pre-frontal cortext concomitant hippocampal hypometabolism, proposing the role of the pre-
frontal cortex in suppressing hippocampal activity, there by impairing the
retention of memories

30
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what is dissociative amnesia

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transient coping mechanism by which
unwanted memory of the crime is removed from the offender’s awareness as a
mechanism to maintain a coherent sense of self

holcomb 1985

31
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how is crime releted amnesia is legit

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polygraphs, mri and expression analysis

or

forced choice procedure
sims

32
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how does a forced choice test run

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  1. accused chose between two equally plausible answers
  2. details to crime and circumstance
    3.either orally, written or computer
33
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forced choice test results

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genuine amnesia should result in random performance
Malingering respondents should score less or more than
chance

34
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can you beat the FRT orthey 2019

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3 levels
0 compliance to instructions - endorsement of correct answer
1 - belief test will recognise 0 strategies - counter-correspondence selecting the incorrect answer
2 - test designed to recognise level q and counter response a mix of right and wrong answers - test fails within chance performance

35
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what is SIMS

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75 true false questionnaire - intentionally exaggerated or feigning psychiatric symptoms

36
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what is the 5 scale domains SIMS

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psychosis
low intelligence
neurological impairment
effective disorder
amnesic disorder

37
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what is sims

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detect deviant or malingered response patterns
include endorsement of bizarre experiences and atypical symptoms to
‘catch out’ malingered response

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