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The Addington v. Texas (1979) ruling declared that ____.
 
  a. people who are involuntarily committed have no right to refuse medication that is given as treatment.
  b. irresistible impulse is no longer a valid definition of insanity
 c. the state must provide clear and convincing evidence before committing people
 d. people cannot be kept in mental institutions unless a certain quality of living environment is maintained

Question 2

In the film Minority Report, people were arrested and sentenced based on predictions that they were going to commit a specific crime at some future date, even though no crime had yet been committed. This scenario is similar to what type of proceeding that mental patients experience in the United States today?
 
  a. involuntary treatment
 b. involuntary civil commitment
  c. voluntary civil commitment
 d. criminal commitment


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Liddy

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b


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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
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