An Attorney Says, "You Should Not Be Able to Confine

question 93

Multiple Choice

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 deinstitutionalization movement
• B) competency to stand trial
• C) the right to treatment movement
• D) civil commitment

---

Definitions:

Free Association Test

A psychoanalytic technique in which a patient says whatever comes to mind in order to uncover unconscious thoughts and feelings.

Thematic Apperception Test

A projective psychological test consisting of ambiguous images presented to an individual, who is then asked to create stories about them, revealing their underlying motives, feelings, and attitudes.

Rorschach Inkblot Test

The most widely used projective test; a set of 10 inkblots, designed by Hermann Rorschach; seeks to identify people’s inner feelings by analyzing their interpretations of the blots.

Rorschach Inkblot Test

A psychological test in which subjects' perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed using psychological interpretation, complex algorithms, or both.