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A form of behavior therapy that focuses on changing the thinking and reasoning patterns that accompany criminal behavior is known as ________.
 
  a. transactional analysis.
  b. reality therapy.
  c. confrontation therapy.
  d. cognitive skill building.

Question 2

The Sixth Amendment provides the right to effective assistance of counsel. Discuss cases related to this right and what standard is used to make a determination of the ineffectiveness of counsel.
 
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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

The Supreme Court has recognized the effective assistance of counsel as essential to the Sixth Amendment guarantee (McMann v. Richardson, 1970). The Court's most significant holding came in 1984 in Strickland v. Washington, in which an objective standard of reasonableness was set forth as the proper criterion to be applied in making a determination of the ineffectiveness of counsel. It is important to note that an attorney's decisions regarding trial strategy and tacticssuch as the order of presentation of evidence; whether to cross-examine an adverse witness; whether to make an objectionall carry a strong presumption of competent performance. Indeed, the Supreme Court has said, Strategic choices made after thorough investigation of law and facts relevant to plausible options are virtually unchallengeable (Knowles v. Mirzayance, 2009). In short, appellate courts must reverse only if the proceedings were fundamentally unfair and the outcome would have been different if counsel had not been ineffective.



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