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Provisions of the Supreme Court decision known as Addington v.Texas (1979) included all of the following EXCEPT

A) more than just the promise of improving one's quality of life is required for involuntary commitment.
B) if non-dangerous people can survive in the community with the help of others, they should not be detained against their will.
C) needing treatment or having a grave disability is sufficient to commit someone with a mental illness.
D) the government has limited ability to commit individuals unless they are dangerous.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

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In the United States,people convicted of criminal behavior

A) always receive a prison sentence.
B) are always considered responsible for their behavior.
C) sometimes are not considered responsible for their behavior.
D) sometimes have been found incompetent to stand trial.

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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The term "therapeutic jurisprudence" refers to using what we know about behavior change to

What is a critical determinant of the civil commitment process?

You have read an article in the newspaper about a rapist who was convicted under a "sexual predator law." You know that this person will be

Before a person can be tried for a crime,a determination of competence must be made.For this reason,most individuals with obvious and severe impairments who commit crimes are _________.

The decision to include the presence of "a mental disease or defect" in determining an accused person's responsibility for a crime was part of a Supreme Court ruling known as ____________.

Tarasoff v.Regents of the University of California is a landmark case related to what issue?

In 1994 the Supreme Court upheld Montana's abolition of the insanity defense.Since then,both Idaho and Utah,as well as Montana,have adopted a version of the GBMI verdict in which the accused

The laws that state the conditions under which people not accused of a crime can be legally committed to a mental hospital,even against their will,are

Pat has committed a non-violent crime and been judged NGRI.According to statistical data,it is likely that Pat will be spending

What was the public reaction to the 1981 jury verdict that found John Hinckley,the attempted assassin of President Reagan,not guilty by reason of insanity?

The right to refuse treatment is particularly problematic in terms of the mentally ill who face criminal charges because in theory they could be forced to take medication,which

When a person receives the verdict "guilty but mentally ill" (GBMI) ,he/she

In the late 19ᵗʰ century,the enactment of civil commitment laws resulted in

The insanity defense is based on a historical case in England involving a man named _________.

The term "mental illness" is considered a legal concept and is defined

If an individual accidentally injures another person,he or she cannot be convicted of a crime because there was no "criminal intent," a theoretical concept known legally as _____________.

Following the not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) verdict for John Hinckley in 1981,_______ of the states in the U.S.substantially changed their insanity defense rules making it more difficult to use this defense.

Which of the following statements does NOT apply to the American Law Institute (ALI) study of the insanity defense?