Historical Milestones
This European pioneer is recognized for his early suggestibility research and experiments in the "science of testimony."
Who is Alfred Binet?
$100: Federal probation reports provide judges with this specific range of risk scores to help determine a defendant’s likelihood of reoffending or nonappearance.
What is 0 to 5?
$100: Unfortunately, according to correctional statistics, this is currently the leading cause of death in local jails.
answer: What is suicide?
According to the Specialty Guidelines, forensic practitioners should prioritize this factor above a clinical diagnosis when writing reports and giving testimony. [10]
Answer: What are legally relevant factors (or functional abilities)?
In Oklahoma, first-degree murder requires the prosecution to prove the death was caused with this specific type of deliberate intention.
What is malice aforethought?
In this 1954 landmark case, psychologists provided influential testimony regarding the harmful psychological effects of segregation.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
During this specific stage of criminal prosecution, the court makes critical decisions regarding bail and the initial arraignment.
What is the Pretrial stage?
Statistical data indicates that this specific demographic factor is the strongest predictor of violence within a prison population.
Answer: What is age (specifically being under 25)?
When an examinee lacks the capacity to provide informed consent, a practitioner should seek the examinee’s "willingness" to participate, known by this term.
Answer: What is assent?
This specific type of offender is characterized by having intact executive control and impulse control, often displaying higher psychopathic traits.
What are predatory (or instrumental) offenders?
This student of Hugo Münsterberg is credited with discovering the link between blood pressure and deception, laying the groundwork for the modern polygraph.
Who is William Marston?
This professional role involves prosecuting federal crimes and working closely with multiple investigative agencies like the FBI and DEA.
Who is an Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA)?
This 2003 federal act was passed to improve the protection of vulnerable inmates and enhance data collection regarding sexual victimization in prisons. [9]
What is the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)?
Unlike clinical practitioners, forensic experts are told that these documents belong to the requesting party (the court or attorney) rather than the individual being evaluated.
Answer: What are forensic mental health reports?
2010 FBI data reveals that this percentage of murders occurred specifically during the course of an argument.
What is 41.8%?
This is the year the American Psychological Association officially recognized forensic psychology as a specialty.
Answer: What is 2001?
$400: After a trial or plea, this stage involves a review of potential legal errors that may have occurred during the proceedings.
Answer: What is the Appellate stage?
$400: While varied, research estimates that this personality disorder is present in approximately 47% to 78% of the prison population.
Answer: What is Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD)?
Forensic practitioners are encouraged to maintain records until this legal event has been completely exhausted.
Answer: What are all appeals in the matter?
Violence in this category of homicide is often reactive and involves a close relationship between the offender and the victim.
Answer: What is affective (or impulsive) homicide?
$500: This early pioneer conducted "reality experiments" and is credited with establishing some of the first European roots of the field.
Answer: Who is William Stern?
$500: This document, used heavily during sentencing, provides the judge with a comprehensive biography of the defendant and an objective risk assessment.
Answer: What is a Presentence (or Probation) Report?
This phenomenon in prison subcultures can actually help mitigate spontaneous conflict through informal rituals and internal conflict adjudication.
What are gangs and subcultures?
The Guidelines state that making these types of statements is generally avoided unless they serve a specific goal like public education about the legal system.
What are detailed public (out-of-court) statements?
Research into schizophrenia and violence shows that violent individuals with the disorder perform significantly worse on these two types of cognitive tests compared to non-violent peers with the same diagnosis.
What are memory and IQ tests?