Exam 16: The Law and Mental Health

The field of study that involves using neuroscience to arrive at answers to legal questions is referred to as ______.

Which high-profile individual is infamous for sexual crimes?

Allie receives a postcard in the mail identifying a registered sexual offender who lives in the next block. This postcard reflects a policy established by ______.

Parens patriae is a legal principal that holds that rulers have the authority to ______.

The legal term for confidentiality is ______.

The two basic conditions of the M'Naghten rule are (1) the presence of a mental disorder and (2) ______.

Also called sexually dangerous person statutes, ______ laws allow for an individual who committed a sexual crime to be held after his or her sentence has been completed.

Adolescents can receive a sentence of life without parole.

Individuals found not guilty by reason of insanity serve as much or more time in an institution than those who are found guilty of the crime.

For a person to be able to appreciate the nature of the situation he or she is in and its consequences, he or she must be able to do all of the following EXCEPT ______.

Create a timeline illustrating the evolution of the legal criteria for the insanity defense in the American legal system. Be sure to note how the criteria have fluctuated between becoming broader and becoming more restrictive over time. Suggest some of the difficulties inherent in applying the criteria for the insanity defense.

Research on the effectiveness of laws aimed at making the identities of known sexual predators public show that these laws ______.

By the ______, a person may be found not guilty by reason of insanity if they cannot control themselves, even if they know the difference between right and wrong.

The textbook mentions that Charles Whitman, the 1966 University of Texas gunman, had a tumor pressing on his amygdala. This tumor would MOST likely have an impact on Whitman's ______.

Which type of information is NOT considered when determining whether a person is competent to stand trial?

By the principle of informed consent, the client does NOT have a right to know ______.

One argument against sexually violent predator statutes is that such laws ______.

The text suggests that the legal system holds adolescents less responsible for their actions than it does adults because the adolescent brain is different than an adult's. As compared to adult brains, adolescent brains are deficient in ______ because the ______ has yet to mature.

In a landmark 1972 decision known as ______, a federal court ruled that mentally ill individuals needed to display both a need for treatment and a danger to self or others to be committed.

The Patient Self-Determination Act of 1991 is a set of federal requirements intended to implement advanced directive policies at ______.