Conflict Theory Assumes That There Is a Tendency to Put

question 18

True/False

Conflict theory assumes that there is a tendency to put negative labels on lower-class individuals or minorities as offenders significantly more often that on middle- or upper-class white people.

Analyze the role of racial bias in the application of laws and evaluations of competency.

Discuss the implications of various verdicts related to mental illness, such as guilty but mentally ill.

Understand the Supreme Court rulings that have shaped the treatment and rights of mentally ill offenders.

Explore the challenges and controversies surrounding the insanity defense and civil commitment.

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Definitions:

Behavioral

Pertaining to the actions or responses of individuals or groups in relation to their environment or stimuli.

Psychoanalytic

Pertaining to psychoanalysis, a method of therapy and theory of personality developed by Freud that emphasizes unconscious motives and conflicts.

Rational-emotive Therapist

A mental health professional who employs rational emotive behavior therapy to help patients identify irrational beliefs and negative thought patterns to encourage emotional well-being.

Cognitive Behavioral

Pertaining to a type of psychotherapeutic treatment that helps individuals understand the thoughts and feelings that influence behaviors, primarily through the analysis and correction of cognitive distortions.