Identify the different types of mental illness common to the offender population.

What will be an ideal response?


Mood disorders, major depressive disorder, schizophrenic disorders, personality
disorders, borderline personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder, narcissistic
personality disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and antisocial personality disorder.

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Out of 1,482 hate crimes reported in 2009, the strongest bias existed against the _________ _________ population

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Psychological positivists assume that:

a. motivation is determined by our inherent drive for survival and sex. b. the law defines behavior as normal and abnormal. c. human behavior is determined by factors beyond our control. d. all of the above. e. none of the above.

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A person who consciously, with the intent to commit a certain act or produce a certain result, acts with what level of intent?

a. knowing b. purposeful c. reckless d. negligent

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The victims of victim-precipitated murders are especially likely to:

a. be well educated. b. be female. c. be white. d. have prior criminal records.

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