Forensic Psychology

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Who investigated official statistics and colncluded that police distort statistics?
farrington and dowds
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Which explanation was proposed by Sheldon in the early biological approach?
somatotype
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The Geographical approach to profiling deals with timings and.............?
locations
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Which twin study had the concordance rates of: 35% MZ and 13% DZ for crimibal behaviour?
christiansen
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The case study of which man provides support for Jacob's study of the chromosome abnormality resulting in criminal behaviour?
richard speck
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Which psychodynamic explanation describes criminal behaviour as a result of an imbalance between the three components of personality?
inadequate superego
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If a man ***** a prostitute, and then said that his actions were acceptable because she was offering herself and acting promiscuous - what defence mechanism would he be displaying?
rationalization
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When investigating the learning theories of criminal behaviour, Farrington et al recorded details of his sample's parenting, school, childhood and f........... b...........?
family background
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Eysneck's personality inventory focuses on Neurotic, extravert scores and ............... scores
psychoticism
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What is the term referring to physically restraining an individual from commiting a crime?
incapacitation
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Which treatment for criminal behaviour did Ainsworth (2000) say that it is an effective treatment when targetted at the right offenders?
anger management
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Who investigated restorative justice?
sherman and strang
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What is the profiling technique challenging the typological approach
geographical
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Who proposed the differentiation association theory?
Sutherland
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Which hormone is said to increase aggression in males, in the biological approach?
testosterone
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