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Criminal insanity
Nature
Criminal insanity means that a defendant was impaired by mental illness or retardation lacking the basic capacity to engage in morally reprehensible behaviour, at the time of the crime.
Broader
Criminals
Narrower
Psychotic violence
Mentally ill prisoners
Related
Diminished personal capacity
Aggravated by
Mental disorders
Mental deficiency
Dementia associated with alcoholism
Strategy(ies)
Studying criminality
Researching criminal insanity
Providing medical facilities for the criminally insane
Acknowledging criminal insanity
Value(s)
Sanity
Crime
Insanity
Reference(s)
Templin, Linda A: Mental Health and Criminal Justice
Monahan, John and Steadman, Henry J: Mentally Disordered Offenders
Type
(D) Detailed problems