Mentally retarded ________ at the Fernald State School in Massachusetts were used as guinea pigs in radiations studies sponsored by the Atomic Energy Commission between 1946 and 1956.

A. children
B. prisoners
C. teenage girls
D. teenage boys


Answer: D

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A. legal responsibility. B. civil law. C. cooperative law. D. procedural responsibility. E. real estate law.

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Alexander Maconochie was one of the original founders of parole.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which one of the following statements is CORRECT?

a. The Supreme Court has ruled that witnesses appearing before a grand jury have the right to be represented by counsel before the grand jury. b. Rules of evidence are applied before a grand jury on the same basis as in a criminal trial. c. Most states have now adopted liberal rules allowing pretrial discovery in criminal cases. d. A defendant who chooses self-representation has a constitutional right to receive instructions from the presiding judge on courtroom procedures.

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Examples of behaviors that have been effectively controlled socially outside of the criminal justice system include

a. smoking and automobile fatalities c. prohibitions of alcohol and abortion b. "just say no" and DARE d. all of the above

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