10. Forensic Psychology question true and false 1. The polygraph is the only rel

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10. Forensic Psychology question true and false

1. The polygraph is the only reliable lie detector in use today

2. Once a person is found unfit to stand trial, s/he is released (or sent to a mental hospital for treatment), but the criminal case is over.

3. Once someone has committed a sex offense, there is no use in attempting any sort of treatment or rehabilitation. "Once a sex offender, ALWAYS a sex offender."

4. Psychological assessments are not of much use in a legal setting as they are too easy to "fake out."

5. John Hinkley, who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was found not guility by reason of insanity, spent a few years in a mental hospital, and now has a talk radio show in the Midwest.

6. The polygraph is the only reliable lie detector in use today.

7.  Psychology, while employing methods of scientific research, is far from being an absolute science.

Explanation / Answer

1. False. The polygraph is not the only reliable lie detector in use today.
2. False. Once a person is found unfit to stand trial, s/he is released (or sent to a mental hospital for treatment), but the criminal case is not over.
3. False. Once someone has committed a sex offense, there is use in attempting treatment or rehabilitation.
4. False. Psychological assessments are of much use in a legal setting.
Please post the other questions separately as we are supposed to answer just one question or four sub parts of the same question.

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