19 Forensic – 3
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1.Adversarial legal systems are inquisitory in nature. | ![]() |
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2. A power of attorney is a means whereby one person gives legal authority to another person to manage their affairs. | ![]() |
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3. The nearest relative in mental health legislation can be an illegitimate son. | ![]() |
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4. A medicolegal report should enhance the case of the party requesting it. | ![]() |
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5. In civil cases, the medicolegal report should recommend the damages to be awarded. | ![]() |
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6. Those suffering from a severe mental illness are unlikely to be fit to plead. | ![]() |
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7. Females have a higher rate of emotional disorders than conduct disorder. | ![]() |
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8. The heritability of antisocial behaviour is 0.6–0.8. | ![]() |
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9. Indecent exposure may proceed to physical assault. | ![]() |
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10. Sexual offending in learning disabilities is usually due to hypersexuality. | ![]() |
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11. In sex offenders with learning disabilities, cyproterone acetate is the treatment of choice for males because they are unable to benefit from psychosocial interventions. | ![]() |
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12. People with learning disabilities have higher conviction rates than the general population. | ![]() |
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13. Recent disclosure of child sexual abuse in a family is an indication for removing the child from the family. | ![]() |
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14. Components of treatment planning for sexually abused children include a timetable for expected change. | ![]() |
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15. The number of previous convictions is the best indicator of risk of re-offending in paedophilia. | ![]() |
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16. In group rape, it is likely that alcohol has been consumed. | ![]() |
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17. A woman of 50, with no previous offences, is convicted of shoplifting. It is likely that she needed the articles she stole. | ![]() |
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18. Patients with schizophrenia commit arson usually due to their delusions. | ![]() |
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19. For arson there is a mandatory custodial sentence or hospital order. | ![]() |
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20. Mental illness is uncommon in cases of homicide. | ![]() |
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21. The term ‘abnormal homicide’ refers to homicides committed when the mental state was abnormal. | ![]() |
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22. Patients with psychoses who kill do so because they are responding to hallucinations or delusions. | ![]() |
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23. Homicide followed by suicide is more likely than not to be associated with a mental illness. | ![]() |
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24. Police attending pubs at closing time reduces crime. | ![]() |
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25. In the prison population, relatively more white people are diagnosed to have psychosis than black people. | ![]() |