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Just a general quiz covering 'Treatment and Punishment of crime', 'Factors affecting eyewitness testimony' 'Theories of crime' 'Decision making of juries' and 'Approaches to Profiling'

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WJEC Forensic Psychology

Question 1 of 22

1

Select the therapies that are used to treat and punish offenders

Select one or more of the following:

  • Cognitive therapy

  • Behavioural therapy

  • Chemotherapy

  • Electro-convulsive therapy

Explanation

Question 2 of 22

1

Define the term punishment

Select one of the following:

  • It is a term that is used in operant conditioning, it refers to any changes that occur before a behaviour which reduces the likelihood that the behaviour will occur again in the future

  • It is a term that is used in operant conditioning, it refers to any changes that occur after a behaviour which increases the likelihood that the behaviour will occur again in the future

  • It is a term that is used in operant conditioning, it refers to any changes that occur after a behaviour which reduces the likelihood that the behaviour will occur again in the future

Explanation

Question 3 of 22

1

Name the two cognitive programmes that are used by prison services in England and Wales

Select one or more of the following:

  • ETS

  • R&R

  • VTS

  • EBS

Explanation

Question 4 of 22

1

ETS stands for 'Enhanced Thinking Skills'

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 5 of 22

1

R&R stands for 'Rehabilitation and Reaction'

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 6 of 22

1

What is E.T.S (Enhanced Thinking Skills) programme all about?

Select one of the following:

  • Teaching offenders the offenders to 'consider all factors' before they act

  • Teaching offenders critical reasoning, creative thinking, social skills etc

Explanation

Question 7 of 22

1

What is R&R all about? (Reasoning and Rehabilitation) programme

Select one of the following:

  • Helping offenders develop behaviours more appropriate social behaviour

  • Helping offenders become more reasonable and rehabilitate them

Explanation

Question 8 of 22

1

Did Hollin et al study support or disprove the effectiveness of the cognitive therapy?

Select one of the following:

  • Support

  • Disprove

Explanation

Question 9 of 22

1

What were the findings of Hollin et al (2004) study ?

Select one of the following:

  • Male offenders(England&Wales) in treatment groups re-offend less than controls

  • Male offenders(England&Wales) in treatment groups re-offend more than controls

Explanation

Question 10 of 22

1

According to Cann et al(2003), what programmes in the cognitive therapy are more effective?

Select one of the following:

  • ETS ( Enhanced Thinking Skills) programmes

  • R&R( Reasoning and Rehabilitation) programmes

  • ETS and R&R are both equally as good

Explanation

Question 11 of 22

1

One of the problems with the cognitive programmes is Gender bias

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 12 of 22

1

What did Cann et al (2003) find out in relation to gender bias and cognitive programmes?

Select one of the following:

  • ETS and R&R with women have not reduced recidivism

  • ETS with women have not reduced recidivism

  • R&R with women have not reduced recidivism

Explanation

Question 13 of 22

1

Name a possible reason as to why R&R and ETS programmes are not effective with women

Select one of the following:

  • Women lack the cognitive deficits that are related to the crimes committed by the women

  • Women have the cognitive deficits that are related to the crimes committed by the women

Explanation

Question 14 of 22

1

Which of the following are examples of cognitive deficits?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Lack of self control

  • Lack of values

  • Lack of critical thinking

  • Lack of pity

Explanation

Question 15 of 22

1

Behavioural therapy is another method that is used to reduce recidivism, it works on the principle of what?

Select one of the following:

  • Operant conditioning

  • Classical conditioning

  • Social Learning theory

Explanation

Question 16 of 22

1

Behavioural therapy involves the use of money which is given to the prisoners every-time they behave in a desirable manner

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 17 of 22

1

Behavioural therapy involves the use of token economies which is given to the prisoners every-time they behave in a desirable manner

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 18 of 22

1

Token economies can be exchanged for privileges such as ...

Select one or more of the following:

  • smoking cigarretes

  • Drinking alcohol

  • A variety of selection of different flavoured juices

  • Watching tv

Explanation

Question 19 of 22

1

What happens if a prisoner/inmate behaves in an inappropriate manner?

Select one of the following:

  • They only receive one meal every day for the next 4 days

  • They are kept in isolation

  • They receive an extra month added on to their sentence

Explanation

Question 20 of 22

1

Which of the following studies showed that token economies were successful

Select one of the following:

  • Jenkins et al

  • Garrido et al

Explanation

Question 21 of 22

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What did Jenkins et al study show?

Select one of the following:

  • Male offenders that had been part of the token economy system consistently had the lowest percentage of post release for the last 9 months of the study

  • Juvenile offenders who had committed serious crimes, the relapse into crime was highest when they received no intervention e.g. not receive any therapy to reduce recidivism

Explanation

Question 22 of 22

1

What did Garrido and Morales study show?

Select one of the following:

  • Juvenile offenders who had committed serious crimes, the relapse into crime was highest when they received no intervention e.g. not receive any therapy to reduce recidivism

  • Male offenders that had been part of the token economy system group consistently had the lowest percentage of post release offences for the last nine months of the study

Explanation

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