During Civil Commitment Proceedings, Juries Rely on Mental Health Professionals

question 83

Multiple Choice

During civil commitment proceedings, juries rely on mental health professionals as expert witnesses to assess a person's potential for future violence. Research suggests that mental health professionals can make reliable predictions about dangerousness over the .

• A) short term (2 to 20 days)
• B) long term (>20 days)
• C) both of these
• D) neither of these

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Definitions:

Protostomes

A group within the animal kingdom that includes organisms in which the mouth develops from the primary embryonic opening.

Radial Cleavage

A type of embryonic development in deuterostomes where the planes of cell division are either parallel or perpendicular to the vertical axis of the embryo, resulting in the cells being positioned directly above or beside each other.

Cleavage

Series of mitotic cell divisions, without growth, that converts the zygote to a multicellular blastula.

Meiotic Cell Divisions

A type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, leading to the production of gametes in sexual reproduction.