Insanity refers to mental state _____; whereas competency refers to mental state _____.

Lake v. Cameron (1966) was a landmark case contributing to deinstitutionalization because:

Stare Decisis is important because:

The burden of proof for a court ordering civil commitment is:

The Caldwell/Van Rybroek paper on juvenile treatment programs stated effective programs have similar key components. They are:

In the United States, supreme authority is given to the federal government

When looking at improvement of youth who have been tried as an adult, research has found that

Social scientists can influence policy by

In an insanity trial jurors are not told of what happens if the defendant is found NGRI (not guilty by reason of insanity) because their placement is made by a judge. If, before jurors voted on NGRI, research shows if they were told a successful NGRI defendant is confined in a psychiatric hospital, what is the more likely result:

The Law is about ___________ and Psychology is about __________ , causing tensions about the differences in courts where decisions have to be made about cases involving mental health.