The US Justice System
Being aware of the nature of your conduct; aware of possible consequences of that conduct
What is knowledge?
Positive Symptom
Belief that there is going to be a national catastrophe
What are Nihilistic Delusions?
Faking mental illness in an attempt prosecution/criminal responsibility
What is Malingering?
Asks irrelevant questions and may instruct you to lie to get a baseline of stress response
Ex:
Is your name John?
Are you 45 years old?
Do you live at 45 Main St?
Did you push Mary down the stairs?
What is Relevant/Irrelevant Questioning Technique (RIT)?
Recognizes that eyewitness under questionable circumstances are inadmissible
What is Neil v. Biggers (1972)?
It involves public debate with evidence, where a judge or jury acts as arbiters.
What is the main characteristic of the adversarial system?
Cluster B
Constantly seeking attention (good or bad); making a scene
What is Histrionic Personality Disorder?
States responsibility to act for someone who cannot act for themselves
What is Parens patriae?
Examiner asks multiple choice questions; a person who has guilty knowledge would have a response on how the victim died
Ex:
Was the victim stabbed?
Was the victim shot?
Was the victim strangled?
Was the victim pushed down the stairs?
Was the victim drowned?
What is Guilty Knowledge Test (GKT)?
Event factor
Some amount of stress is good for memory; little stress: won't perceive event as significant; too much stress: unable to concentrate on event
What is Stress (Yerkes-Dodson Law)?
An applied field of psychology that involves the application of psychological knowledge, methods, and techniques to legal questions and issues.
What is forensic psychology?
Negative Symptom of Psychotic Disorders
Lack of pleasure
What is Anhedonia?
If defendant cannot reach competency, the State would enroll the defendant in a mental facility involuntarily or release them
What is Jackson v. Indiana (1972)?
Examiner instructs respondents to lie about certain questions; and then think about instances where you have done it
Ex:
(Lie about) Have you ever hurt someone? (think about times you have hurt someone)
Have you hurt someone in the last 5 years?
Did you push the victim down the stairs?
What is Directed Lie Test (DLT)?
Expert witness
Voir Dire (questioning jury to see if they are fit for the case)
Cross examination
What are Possible Ameliorative Methods?
Traffic courts
State trial courts
Felony courts
Intermediate appellate court
State supreme court
What Lower Courts consist of...
Negative Symptom of Psychotic Disorders
Decrease in self motivated behavior
What is Avolition?
In practice, competency is viewed all the same; opposite for law
What is Godinez v. Moran (1993)?
Attempts to measure relative stress responses to comparison/"known lie" questions
Builds on questions; Ex:
Have you ever hurt someone?
Have you ever hurt the victim?
Did you push the victim down the stairs?
What is Comparison (Control) Question Technique (CQT)?
Tendency to attend to info that confirms existing ideas, and ignore information that does not
What is confirmation bias?
-US District Courts
-Trial Courts
-US Court of Appeals
-US Supreme Court
What Federal Court System consist of...
Negative Symptom of Psychotic Disorders
Diminished speech output
What is Alogia?
whether the defendant has sufficient present ability to consult w/ his lawyer with a reasonable degree of ration understanding (6th Amendment)- and whether he has a rational as well as factual understanding of the proceedings against him
What is Dusky v. United States (1960)?
Done similarly to CQT; instead of using known lie questions, it instructs a person to lie on one answer and tell the truth the other
Compare stress responses to each other
Ex:
Did you push the victim down the stairs? (Lie)
Did you push the victim down the stairs (Truth)
What is Positive Comparison (Control) Test (PCT)?
Exposure to subsequent information can change memory
Can be a problem when misinformation is incorrect; can disrupt entire memory (creates an incorrect memory)
What is Post-event misinformation?