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Attacks On The Insanity Defense
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 jury at the close of a case. These instructions can be drawn from any
of several rules ....
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.... Due to this, there are problems in
exactly how to apply a medical theory to a legal matter (Herman, 1983;128).
The legal concepts of mental illness and insanity raise questions in a
conflict between what are termed legalistic criminology 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 ....
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