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audragclark

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What is a predictor of dangerousness?
 
  a. a history of violence
 b. the belief of a concerned person that the individual in question is dangerous
  c. lack of appropriate self-care
 d. inability to make responsible decisions about appropriate treatment

Question 2

An attorney says, You should not be able to confine (punish) a person on the basis of assuming that the person will harm someone. And you should certainly not be able to confine the person without a jury trial. It may be called 'treatment,' but it still feels to the person like imprisonment without having committed a crime. The attorney is criticizing ____.
 
  a. the deinstitutionalizat ion movement
  b. competency to stand trial
 c. the right to treatment movement
 d. civil commitment



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

d



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