17 Forensic – 1
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| 1. An adversarial system is used in Common Law jurisdiction. |  |
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| 2. Common Law is made by the parliament. |  |
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| 3. The criteria for capacity to consent to treatment include that the person retains the information. |  |
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| 4. WHO has included dangerousness in their definition of disability. |  |
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| 5. Risk assessment is subject to the Department of Health guidelines. |  |
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| 6. In civil cases, the medicolegal report is the property of the agency requesting it. |  |
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| 7. ‘Fitness to plead’ may be raised by the prosecution. |  |
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| 8. Compensation neurosis clears up after settlement in the majority of cases. |  |
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| 9. Delinquency is associated with low IQ. |  |
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| 10. Indecent exposure is the commonest sexual offence by men. |  |
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| 11. Exhibitionists who touch or harass their victims have higher reconviction rates. |  |
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| 12. In sex offenders with learning disability, short-term, intensive, inpatient treatment is the best choice. |  |
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| 13. CBT in learning–disabled sexual offenders involves victim empathy work. |  |
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| 14. People with learning disabilities are more suggestible in an interrogative interview. |  |
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| 15. In the UK, 15% of homicides are followed by suicide. |  |
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| 16. Paedophilia indicates dissocial personality disorder. |  |
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| 17. In the treatment of paedophiles, behaviour change usually occurs only after empathy for victim has developed. |  |
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| 18. Shoplifting is significantly associated with mental illness. |  |
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| 19. Most arsonists are mentally ill. |  |
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| 20. Most cases of arson result in a criminal conviction. |  |
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| 21. The total number of homicides committed by people with schizophrenia has risen over recent years. |  |
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| 22. Most victims are known to their murderers. |  |
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| 23. Women who commit filicide usually have a history of admissions to psychiatric units. |  |
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