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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