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sdfghj

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What legal ruling established that defendants can be acquitted of a crime if it is proven that during the act of the crime the individual did not know the nature of his or her actions or did not know that what he or she was doing was wrong?
 
  a. The American Law Institute's Model Penal Code
  b. the Durham Rule
 c. the M'Naghten Rule
 d. irresistible impulse

Question 2

What is a question raised by the Tarasoff ruling?
 
  a. How can a therapist decide whether a client is competent to stand trial?
 b. When is a therapist legally and ethically obligated to breach patient-therapist confidentiality?
  c. When does a therapist decide that the client should be involuntarily committed?
 d. What is the best way for therapists to protect their clients' rights?


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nmyers

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

c

Answer to Question 2

b


sdfghj

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Gracias!

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