Chapter 3
TYPOLOGIES OF CRIME AND MENTAL DISORDERS
True/False
1. _____A typology is the same thing as a stereotype.
2. _____Typologies are theories made manageable.
3. _____Classifications are rarely truly homogeneous -- most are based on relative homogeneity and the identification of a set of defining criteria that all members of the group share.
4. _____In the real world there is no such thing as a homogeneous category or type in which all members are the same and do not possess features of any other group.
5. _____Mental disorder and criminal behavior are distinct concepts that sometimes overlap.
6. _____The criminal justice and mental health systems share similar goals and objectives.
7. _____When people speak of “mental disorder” this term encompasses an enormous range of human behavioral symptoms and conditions ranging from everyday problems in living to severe psychopathological disturbances.
8. _____Most people who are mentally ill do not commit crimes.
9. _____The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders comes from the perspective that the dimensional model is superior to the categorical perspective in clinical practice and in stimulating research.
10. _____The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is based on the medical model.
11. _____Studies involving rapist typologies have found that victims of “confidence” attacks need different services than victims of “blitz” attacks because victims of “confidence” rapes engage in a greater degree of self-blame that needs to be addressed through aftercare services.
12. _____The dimensional view of personality holds that a person can possess different levels and characteristics of a disorder along a continuum.
13. _____Pregnancy is an example of a taxon.
14. _____Knight & Prentky’s (1990) typology for classifying sex offenders illustrates the use of both the inductive and deductive approach to typology construction.
15. _____Criminal typologies that are heterogeneous have the potential to impact criminal justice policy and practice because they provide information the distinctive nature of criminal types.