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

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