Identify and include symptoms of the four diagnostic categories most relevant to criminal behavior
What will be an ideal response?
• Schizophrenic disorders are categorized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized behavior, inappropriate affect, impaired self-care, impaired social interactions, and impaired occupational life. Symptoms must last at least six months.
• Delusional disorders are characterized by the presence of nonbizarre delusions. These delusions may be persecutory in nature and may be accompanied by anger, resentment, and sometimes violence.
• Depressive disorders include major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and postpartum depression. The individual feels extreme despair, gloom, feelings of worthlessness, slowed psychomotor activity for at least two consecutive weeks.
• Antisocial Personality Disorder is characterized by a history of continuous behavior in which the rights of others are violated. The person must be at least 18 years old and have had symptoms of conduct disorder before age 15.
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If an offending youth is to be tried as an adult, he or she would therefore not be eligible for a ____ sentence.
A. limited B. redacted C. partial D. restricted
Status offenses by juveniles include:
a. truancy from school. b. curfew violations. c. running away from home. d. all of the above
________ are neighborhood-based courts that seek to solve local problems
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
________ is the process whereby inmates take on the folkways, mores, customs, and general culture of the penitentiary
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).