loss of control

Question 1

define crimes of passion

Answer 1

homicide committed by a sudden strong impulse rather than premeditated

Question 2

what did loss of control go under

Answer 2

provocation defence

Question 3

what did hold 1707 say about loss of control

Answer 3

a man sleeping with another mans wife is the highest invasion of property
and so a man cannot revive a high provocation

Question 4

what was surround loss of control

Answer 4

abolished by the justice act 2009

relaced y loss of control section 54

Question 5

votary manslaughter

Answer 5

killing a human acted during heat of passion under certain circumstances that causes reasonable people to become emotional

Question 6

what did Douglas Malcolm do in 1917

Answer 6

found out affair
weife wanted divorce, he refused
found lover and shot him
first case of passion

Question 7

what are impulse based crimes

Answer 7

displayed behaviours that displayed in childhood
habitual patterns of behaviour and antisocial behaviours

Question 8

premeditated murder

Answer 8

previous knowledge that allows significant time for a delayed reaction

Question 9

what is temporary insanity

Answer 9

defendant was insane when committing crime
and then later regained sanity

Question 10

support for insanity claim

Answer 10

defendent dosent remember,
irregular behaviour
direct reaction to emotional stimuli

Question 11

definition of loss of control

Answer 11

state person felt before committing the crime

Question 12

what characteristicts classafy as loss of control

Answer 12

no time passed from before and after crime
victim made comment more than simple
strong emotional impulse

Question 13

what are the prominent psychological features of loss of control

Answer 13

anger,
fear,
loss of memory

Question 14

what is the biological explanation of anger

Answer 14

adrenal gland puts stress hormone in body
brain shuts blood away from gut to muscle, to prep for physical move
blood pressure and respiration

Question 15

how does the prefrontal cortext affect outcome of anger

Answer 15

takes anger into its context
reminds people to act sociably and keeping baser instincts in cheak
subjective anger

Question 16

how do anger and loss of control act together

Answer 16

person usually cannot explain own behaviour after,
more impulsive,
anger connected to strong scene of certainty

Question 17

what does anger lead too

Answer 17

extremely optimistic risk assessment

leads to risk seeking behaviour

lerner 2001

Question 18

what is the subjectivity to anger

Answer 18

psychologists understand individual differences
different people react differently

Question 19

define fear

Answer 19

intense emotional arousal by detection of immediate threat
physcial reactions incluse sweat, heat rate increase
fight or flight

Question 20

how does fear interact with loss of control

Answer 20

defendants kill out of fear of violence
e.g long term abuse
fear can significantly impair though processes and rational judgement

Question 21

differences though fear

Answer 21

fear is expressed internally
can make defendants appear calm during event and can invalidate claim
the cool down effect can prove an issue for defendant

Question 22

what happened to Rebekah Mellon

Answer 22

shot husband and watched for 23 minutes
happened after verbal argument
mellon said she had no memory of the 23 minutes or the phone call

Question 23

what happened the day before with Mellon 2012

Answer 23

cctv showed husband abusing her
7 years of abuse - controlling and shot her ipod
some abuse documented

Question 24

how was mellows tried

Answer 24

first degree
pleaded guilty to second and got 20 years in prison

Question 25

what did zago say about amnesia and crimes

Answer 25

partial absence of memory following a crime ranges from 25% to 50% of total cases crime relented amnesia

Question 26

what happens in Germany with amnesia

Answer 26

the crime can get acquitted

Question 27

what causes memory loss

Answer 27

trauma, sleep disorder, psychotic episode, drug abuse

Question 28

what is Mnestic bock syndrome

Answer 28

trauma or stress in own life alter brain metabolism, disconnect blocking access to storage regions specific to time

Question 29

what is repression

Answer 29

hyper metabolism in pre-frontal cortext concomitant hippocampal hypometabolism, proposing the role of the pre- frontal cortex in suppressing hippocampal activity, there by impairing the retention of memories

Question 30

what is dissociative amnesia

Answer 30

transient coping mechanism by which unwanted memory of the crime is removed from the offender’s awareness as a mechanism to maintain a coherent sense of self holcomb 1985

Question 31

how is crime releted amnesia is legit

Answer 31

polygraphs, mri and expression analysis or forced choice procedure sims

Question 32

how does a forced choice test run

Answer 32

1. accused chose between two equally plausible answers 2. details to crime and circumstance 3.either orally, written or computer

Question 33

forced choice test results

Answer 33

genuine amnesia should result in random performance Malingering respondents should score less or more than chance

Question 34

can you beat the FRT orthey 2019

Answer 34

3 levels 0 compliance to instructions - endorsement of correct answer 1 - belief test will recognise 0 strategies - counter-correspondence selecting the incorrect answer 2 - test designed to recognise level q and counter response a mix of right and wrong answers - test fails within chance performance

Question 35

what is SIMS

Answer 35

75 true false questionnaire - intentionally exaggerated or feigning psychiatric symptoms

Question 36

what is the 5 scale domains SIMS

Answer 36

psychosis low intelligence neurological impairment effective disorder amnesic disorder

Question 37

what is sims

Answer 37

detect deviant or malingered response patterns include endorsement of bizarre experiences and atypical symptoms to ‘catch out’ malingered response