CJUS 640 Quiz 2

CJUS 640 Quiz: Forensic Identification, Profiling, and Predicting Violent Behaviors

  1. One of the most serious _____ of proles is that _____ proles may direct the police to look at the wrong suspects.
  2. Forensic identification can best be defined as the process of linking:
  3. Predictions made by psychological experts regarding future violence are uniformly _____ by the courts.
  4. A survey was administered to high school seniors in Anytown. According to the survey results, fewer than 10 of them drove drunk in the previous 3 month. However, Anytown police records indicate that more than 30 Anytown seniors were arrested for driving drunk in the previous 3 months. On the basis of this information, the survey has:
  5. Reliability refers to:
  6. A qualitative statement made by an expert when presenting evidence is:
  7. Class characteristics can best be described as:
  8. was the first person to be subjected to the sexually violent predator civil commitment laws (SVP laws).
  9. Psychological profiling mostly relies on _____ of a particular profiler.
  10. According to the text, the attempt to examine the psychological state of an individual prior to his or her death is known as:
  11. Because clinicians were not aware of how often offenders reoffend, which is called the _____, clinicians’ predictions would _____ the likelihood of violent behavior.
  12. Proles are created primarily for the purpose of:
  13. Victims in a string of murder cases were all mutilated in a specfic way, which makes profilers think of this feature as the _____ that may reveal something about the perpetrator’s personality.
  14. Forensic identification may result in “inconclusive” findings in the following situations, EXCEPT when:
  15. Shelly testifies in court that the DNA recovered at the crime scene is likely to come from the suspect because less than 0.0001% of population have this specific genetic marker. This type of identification is called:
  16. In a study examining the effectiveness and accuracy of profiling, police detectives indicated that the vast majority of proles were _____ and they helped in solving _____ of the cases.
  17. Killers that tend to be more impulsive and select victims more randomly are referred to as:
  18. False positive means that:
  19. Biological evidence may include:
  20. When evaluating risk assessment evidence, it has been found that jurors and judges may find _____ more appealing.
  21. When assessing for common traits among stranger rapists, Mokros and Alison (2002) found that there was _____ among criminals who committed similar crimes.
  22. Involuntary civil commitment is based on what:
  23. Rational thinking, in serial killers, is often:
  24. Studies show that the basic assumption of profiling — that particular crime scene characteristics are associated with particular personality types — has been:
  25. According to the text, _____ is considered to be the first individual to develop a criminal parole when working on the Jack the Ripper case.
  26. How does reliability differ from validity? Use examples to illustrate both.
  27. What type of influence do the CSI TV dramas have on jurors?
  28. How can error rate be reduced in forensic investigations?
  29. What are the ethical issues involved in risk assessment?
  30. Compare and contrast criminal profiling, geographic profiling, and behavioral investigative advice (BIA).

Set 2

  1. How does reliability differ from validity? Use examples to illustrate both.
  2. What are the ethical issues involved in risk assessment?
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  4. How can error rate be reduced in forensic investigations?
  5. What type of influence do the CSI TV dramas have on jurors?
  6. Biological evidence may include:
  7. Studies show that the basic assumption of profiling — that particular crime scene characteristics are associated with particular personality types — has been:
  8. According to the text, most practitioners working with forensic science hold only a(n):
  9. Predictions made by psychological experts regarding future violence are uniformly _____ by the courts.
  10. According to the text, analysis of bullet striations and bite marks for comparison identification is:
  11. Static markers of future violent behavior are also called:
  12. Shelly testifies in court that the DNA recovered at the crime scene is likely to come from the suspect because less than 0.0001% of population have this specific genetic marker. This type of identification is called:
  13. Which of the following is a correct statement?
  14. Many serial killings appear to have some level of:
  15. In Kansas v. Hendricks (1997), the Supreme Court ruled that sexually violent predator civil commitment laws did NOT violate double jeopardy. Double jeopardy means that:
  16. The NASH system is utilized to classify:
  17. Killers that tend to be more impulsive and select victims more randomly are referred to as:
  18. In a study by Pinizzotto and Finkel (1990) comparing the accuracy of profiles developed by trained profilers with those of students, it was found that _____ created more accurate profiles
  19. Scholars argue that it may be more productive to focus on _____ rather than on predicting
  20. To hospitalize someone against his or her will, most states now require that certain conditions be met. Which of the following is NOT one of these conditions?
  21. When assessing for common traits among stranger rapists, Mokros and Alison (2002) found that there was _____ among criminals who committed similar crimes.
  22. Nicholas was brought in for questioning as a result of detailed police work and asked to provide his fingerprints. Based on fingerprint evidence, he was excluded as a suspect. This means that the latent prints were:
  23. According to the text, the attempt to examine the psychological state of an individual prior to his or her death is known as:
  24. The process of drawing inferences about a suspect’s personality, behavior, motivation, and demographic characteristics based on crime scene information is referred to as:
  25. Features of fingerprints are referred to as:
  26. Rational thinking, in serial killers, is often:
  27. Cathy is incarcerated because she has a history of physical and mental abuse of her stepchildren. She has been held in custody for an extended period because she has the possibility of becoming violent, which is also known as:
  28. The characteristics of serial killers seem to have _____ though there _____ common to all serial killers.
  29. According to the text, some persistent problems with profiling include all of the following, EXCEPT:
  30. According to the text, _____ is considered to be the first individual to develop a criminal profile when working on the Jack the Ripper case.

Set 2

  1. Alex is trying to figure out whether murders in three different states were committed by the same person. This process is referred to as:
  2. The length of civil confinement is:
  3. Class characteristics can best be described as:
  4. Which of the following forms of forensic identification evidence is the most objective one?
  5. Temporal consistency is sometimes referred to as:
  6. According to the text, as of 2013, _____ states and the federal government adopted sexually violent predator civil commitment laws (SVP laws).
  7. Features of fingerprints are referred to as:
  8. Biometrics is the:
  9. Predictions made by psychological experts regarding future violence are uniformly _____ by the courts.
  10. Rational thinking, in serial killers, is often:
  11. Many serial killers seem to prefer to use _____ methods of killing, such as _____.
  12. Researchers have determined three broad categories of predictors of risk for future violent behavior:
  13. A “simple match” statement:
  14. A qualitative statement made by an expert when presenting evidence is:
  15. Bullet-matching results:
  16. An idiographic, qualitative approach to the prediction of violent behavior is based on:
  17. The process of drawing inferences about a suspect’s personality, behavior, motivation, and demographic characteristics based on crime scene information is referred to as:
  18. According to the text, the courts have been reluctant to allow expert testimony based on psychological autopsies. However, that is NOT the case in:
  19. When assessing for common traits among stranger rapists, Mokros and Alison (2002) found that there was _____ among criminals who committed similar crimes.
  20. Civil confinements are NOT considered to be:
  21. Victims in a string of murder cases were all mutilated in a specific way, which makes profilers think of this feature as the _____ that may reveal something about the perpetrator’s personality.
  22. According to the text, some persistent problems with profiling include all of the following, EXCEPT:
  23. One of the characteristics thought to be indicative of childhood maladjustment has been identified among quite a few serial killers. It is:
  24. Psychological profiling mostly relies on _____ of a particular profiler.
  25. The main similarity between Bertillon’s anthropometry and modern biometrics is that both _____.
  26. How does reliability differ from validity? Use examples to illustrate both.
  27. What type of influence do the CSI TV dramas have on jurors?
  28. How can error rate be reduced in forensic investigations?
  29. What are the ethical issues involved in risk assessment?
  30. Compare and contrast criminal profiling, geographic profiling, and behavioral investigative advice (BIA).
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