At One Time, Psychologists Were Primarily Involved in Evaluating Criminal

question 85

Multiple Choice

At one time, psychologists were primarily involved in evaluating criminal defendants for competency to stand trial. Now psychologists ____.

• A) primarily do evaluations for competency cases that involve the new "guilty, but mentally ill" defense
• B) are forbidden from doing such evaluations
• C) evaluate civil defendants for competency to stand
• D) a evaluate civil defendants for competency to stand

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