PSYC 2400 Study Guide - Final Guide: Black Sheep, Executive Functions, Psychopathology

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2400
• Professor: Rebecca Mugford

Document Summary

In a 1990 study by rice and harris mentioned in your textbook, 210 defendants found not criminally responsible were compared to a matched group of convicted offenders. When looking at post-release recidivism (i. e. , re- offending) rates, the not criminally responsible group had _______ rates of general recidivism and _______ rates of violent recidivism compared to the matched group of offenders. Select one: lower; lower, higher; lower, equal; lower, higher; higher, lower; higher. Select one: voluntary intoxication, carbon monoxide poisoning, stroke, sleepwalking, low blood sugar. Judge jonas has heard three cases of breaking and entering today, all involving similar offenders and similar circumstances. In the first case, he handed down a sentence of 3 months, in the second case a sentence of 2 years, and in the third case a sentence of 8 months. Select one: systematic disparity, extra-legal disparity, generalized disparity, intra-legal disparity, unsystematic disparity. According to the supreme court of canada, the two fundamental characteristics of jurors are: