Criminological and Forensic Psychology
Student Resources
Chapter 19: Punishment, Rehabilitation, and Psychology
1. According to Fazel & Seewald (2012), 40% of people inside prison are likely to suffer from mental health issues:
- True.
- False.
Answer: B
2. Female prisoners are more likely than males to develop mental illness:
- True.
- False.
Answer: A
3. The increased incidence of mental illness associated with incarceration might be attributed to:
- mental illness leads to criminal activity;
- inaccurate diagnoses by untrained prison staff;
- the criminalisation of mental illness;
- none of the above.
Answer: D
4. Mental disorder and violence share several risk factors:
- True.
- False.
Answer: A
5. High security hospitals house those people who been detained under mental health legislation:
- after suspicion of or conviction for serious crimes;
- based on the recommendation of elite criminal profilers;
- if the those people report hearing voices;
- none of the above.
Answer: A
6. People who have committed a serious crime but have been declared insane are likely to be housed in:
- a high security prison;
- a drug rehabilitation program;
- a prison hospital wing;
- none of the above.
Answer: D
7. High security hospitals house a large proportion of people who have committed embezzlement:
- True.
- False.
Answer: B
8. People with mental illness are over-represented in the prison population possibly because involvement in criminal behaviour leads to mental illness:
- True.
- False.
Answer: B
9. Self-injury is seen as a risk factor for:
- suicide;
- homicide;
- filicide;
- none of the above.
Answer: A
10. Difficult prisoners may be dealt with by solitary confinement. This is problematic because the classification of difficult may be due to a mental illness which will be exacerbated by solitary confinement:
- True.
- False.
Answer: A
11. Prison staff view mental disorder as leading what in inmates?
- sedation;
- catatonia;
- inhibition;
- none of the above.
Answer: D
12. Reactive aggression differs from instrumental aggression because:
- it is goal directed aggression;
- it is manifested as a result of a threat and/or fear;
- it is strictly verbal in nature;
- it is exclusive to males.
Answer: B
13. Individuals can be detained involuntarily under mental health legislation known as the, Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder Act:
- True.
- False.
Answer: B
14. Individuals who are deemed in need of mental health treatment can be forced to receive it due to provisions in the Mental Health Act:
- True.
- False.
Answer: A
15. The term bedlam is derived from which UK mental hospital?
- Bethlem Royal Hospital;
- Rampton;
- Ashworth;
- Broadmoor.
Answer: A