What was the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Zinermon v. Burch, 1990?
A. Outpatient civil commitment of a mentally disabled individual must be brief yet intense.
B. At civil commitment hearings, mentally disabled individuals must be represented by a mental health advocate.
C. Sexually violent predators can be involuntarily hospitalized following their prison sentence.
D. Persons who are seriously mentally disabled are unable to consent voluntarily to being institutionalized.
D. Persons who are seriously mentally disabled are unable to consent voluntarily to being institutionalized.
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Native American youths join gangs for many of the same reasons as other youths. However, all are reasons unique to their culture EXCEPT
a. profit b. loss of language c. losing touch with their culture d. larger youth population
The ____________________ model of corrections is based on the assumption that criminal behavior is caused by biological influences
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
One of the authors of the classic text Police Administration was:
a. George Herman Ruth b. Patrick V. Murphy c. O. W. Wilson d. James Q. Wilson
Victims and offenders can be pictured as overlapping categories. a. true. b. false
Indicate whether the statement is true or false