FORENSIC AND LEGAL PSYCHOLOGY 1ST
CANADIAN EDITION MARK COSTANZO
DANIEL KRAUSS REGINA SCHULLER
KAITLYN TEST BANK ACTUAL
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⫸ What types of evidence do forensic scientists analyze? Answer:
Forensic DNA, latent fingerprints, ballistics, toolmarks, fibers, bite
marks, etc.
⫸ What is the purpose of forensic DNA analysis? Answer: To link
physical evidence to a specific suspect.
⫸ What are some key questions in forensic psychology? Answer: Lie
detection accuracy, fingerprint examiner reliability, reasons for false
confessions, eyewitness identification reliability, and violence
prediction.
⫸ What evaluations are conducted in family court? Answer: Child
custody and child abuse evaluations, and mediation of parental conflicts.
⫸ What types of evaluations are performed in civil court? Answer:
Personal injury evaluations, and sexual harassment and discrimination
cases.
, ⫸ What evaluations are conducted in criminal court? Answer:
Competency and insanity evaluations, false confessions, eyewitness
identification, and predicting violent behavior.
⫸ What significant change occurred in the U.S. prison population from
1980 to 2021? Answer: The number of people incarcerated increased
from 1,838,509 to 5,606,822.
⫸ What impact did advances in DNA testing have since the early
1990s? Answer: They led to hundreds of exonerations of wrongfully
convicted individuals.
⫸ When was forensic DNA first used? Answer: In the mid-1980s.
⫸ What was the average time innocent prisoners spent in prison before
exoneration? Answer: An average of 14 years.
⫸ What is the estimated proportion of erroneous convictions for
defendants sentenced to death from 1973 to 2004? Answer: 4.1% at
sentencing and 1.6% after 5-10 years.
⫸ Who was Daniel M'Naughten? Answer: A historical figure found not
guilty by reason of insanity, leading to discussions on legal insanity.
CANADIAN EDITION MARK COSTANZO
DANIEL KRAUSS REGINA SCHULLER
KAITLYN TEST BANK ACTUAL
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⫸ What types of evidence do forensic scientists analyze? Answer:
Forensic DNA, latent fingerprints, ballistics, toolmarks, fibers, bite
marks, etc.
⫸ What is the purpose of forensic DNA analysis? Answer: To link
physical evidence to a specific suspect.
⫸ What are some key questions in forensic psychology? Answer: Lie
detection accuracy, fingerprint examiner reliability, reasons for false
confessions, eyewitness identification reliability, and violence
prediction.
⫸ What evaluations are conducted in family court? Answer: Child
custody and child abuse evaluations, and mediation of parental conflicts.
⫸ What types of evaluations are performed in civil court? Answer:
Personal injury evaluations, and sexual harassment and discrimination
cases.
, ⫸ What evaluations are conducted in criminal court? Answer:
Competency and insanity evaluations, false confessions, eyewitness
identification, and predicting violent behavior.
⫸ What significant change occurred in the U.S. prison population from
1980 to 2021? Answer: The number of people incarcerated increased
from 1,838,509 to 5,606,822.
⫸ What impact did advances in DNA testing have since the early
1990s? Answer: They led to hundreds of exonerations of wrongfully
convicted individuals.
⫸ When was forensic DNA first used? Answer: In the mid-1980s.
⫸ What was the average time innocent prisoners spent in prison before
exoneration? Answer: An average of 14 years.
⫸ What is the estimated proportion of erroneous convictions for
defendants sentenced to death from 1973 to 2004? Answer: 4.1% at
sentencing and 1.6% after 5-10 years.
⫸ Who was Daniel M'Naughten? Answer: A historical figure found not
guilty by reason of insanity, leading to discussions on legal insanity.
