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Attacks On The Insanity Defense
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The insanity defense refers to that branch of the concept of insanity which
defines the extent to which men accused of crimes may be relieved of
criminal responsibility by virtue of mental disease. The terms of such a
defense are to be found in the instructions presented by the trial judge to
the ....
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....riminology and scientific
criminology: mens rea, punishment v. treatment, responsibility, and prisons
v. hospitals. This debate seesaws to and fro amidst a grey area between
law and science. The major difficulty with a theory such as mental illness
is that it is just that, a theory. To scientists theories are a way of life,
but applied to the concept of law theories become somewhat dangerous. By
applying a loose theory such as mental illness to law we are in essence
throwing the proverbial "monk.... |
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