The Most Common, and Perhaps the Most Serious, Objection to the Insanity

question 32

Multiple Choice

The most common, and perhaps the most serious, objection to the insanity plea is that:

• A) dangerous people go free.
• B) people get jail rather than treatment.
• C) it shortens the time that a guilty person must serve.
• D) it prevents the punishment of people with mental disorders.

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Definitions:

Experimental Group

In research, the group of participants that receives the treatment or intervention under investigation to assess its effect.

Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects that does not receive the experimental treatment or intervention, used as a benchmark to measure the effect of the treatment.

Population

A group of individuals of the same species living in a particular geographic area, or the total number of individuals belonging to a particular category or groups.

Sample

A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation, or questioning to provide statistical information about the whole.