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What reason(s) do the authors of your textbook give to open the chapter on legal and ethical issues in abnormal psychology with sections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
 
  a) Because the legal and mental health systems collaborate to deny a substantial proportion of the Canadian population their basic civil rights
  b) Because one of the sections specifically addresses the rights of the mentally ill
  c) Because judges, tribunals, governing boards of hospitals, and professional mental groups have worked to protect the general population from the actions of the mentally ill
  d) All of the above

Question 2

According to Eaves, Lamb, and Tien (2000):
 
  a) Canada was the first country to employ the not criminally responsible defence
  b) Canada sends individuals convicted of crime and suspected of having a mental illness to hospitals, rather than prisons
  c) Canada explicitly extends the rights of equality to individuals with mental illnesses
  d) Canada has the lowest rates of recidivism for individuals with mental illnesses



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Answer to Question 1

Beautifully done Thanks

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P68T

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


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Gracias!

 

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