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