• There are three categories of creative excuse defenses:

excuses based on physiology, excuses based on psychology, and sociological excuses.

• Examples of creative physiological excuse defenses include the XYY chromosome defect, premenstrual syndrome, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder.

• Examples of creative psychological excuse defenses include brainwashing and mob mentality.

• Examples of creative excuse defenses based on sociological factors include urban psychosis, urban survival syndrome, television intoxication, and black rage.

Questions:-

1. Identify and define two specific excuse defenses based on psychology.
2. Creative excuse defenses are getting more and more popular. Is this beneficial? Why or why not?