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| 1-2 of 2Insanity flashcard sets | |||
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| # | Title | Terms | Date |
| 1 | Ch 5- Insanity Defenseby julesalana | 19 terms | October 10, 2009 |
| 2 | read my threadby btaller8 | 2 terms | March 3, 2008 |
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| insanity definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | a legal term describing one's inability to be responsible for one's action due to the condition of the mind | 11 sets | |
| 2 | condition of mental illness | 4 sets | |
| 3 | demencia | 4 sets | |
| 4 | a legal term representing the inability to know right from wrong or the inability to understand the consequences of one's actions. | 3 sets | |
| 5 | a legal status indicating that a person cannot be held responsible for his or her actions because of mental illness. | 3 sets | |
| 6 | legal rather than psychological or medical concept involving both a psychological disorder and an inability to know or appreciate the wrongfulness of criminal acts. | 2 sets | |
| 7 | mental illnes | 2 sets | |
| 8 | לא שפוי | 2 sets | |
| 9 | a legal term that refers to a mental inability to manage one's affairs or to be aware of the consequences of one's actions | 2 sets | |
| 10 | אי שפיות | 2 sets | |
| 11 | a legal status indicating that a p-erson can not be held responaible for his or her actions because of mental illness | 2 sets | |
| 12 | demencia, locura | 2 sets | |
| 13 | people found to be insane - that is, suffering from permanent or temporary inability to understand the quality, nature, or criminality of their actions. | 1 set | |
| 14 | a defense for criminal liabilty that asserts a lack of criminal responsibility. according to the law, a person cannot have the requisite state of mind to commmit a crime if she or he did not know at the time of the act that it was wrong, or did not know the nature and quality of the act. | 1 set | |
| 15 | a person is not criminally responsible for conduct if at the time of such conduct, as a result of mental disease or mental defect, he lacks substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality of his conduct | 1 set | |
| 16 | la folie | 1 set | |
| 17 | a person is not responsible for criminal conduct if at the time of such conduct as a result of mental disease or defect he lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirement of the law. | 1 set | |
| 18 | people become crazy when they go to vietnam | 1 set | |
| 19 | tralfamadore and convinced it and time travel real | 1 set | |
| 20 | nebuchadnezzar's dream meant that he was going to have a period of this. | 1 set | |
| 21 | holden's depression turns to insanity | 1 set | |
| 22 | a defense for criminal liability that asserts a lack of criminal responisbility. | 1 set | |
| 23 | a legal concept that excuses the defendant's conduct based upon his or her lack of a required mental state, tests for insanity: right and wrong. diminished responsibility: mental disorders/ mental disease | 1 set | |
| 24 | lacks capacity to know the differnece between right and wrong | 1 set | |
| 25 | locura/demencia | 1 set | |
| 26 | mental illness of such a severe nature that a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, cannot conduct her/his affairs due to psychosis, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior. insanity is distinguished from low intelligence or mental deficiency due to age or injury | 1 set | |
| 27 | a legal term used to determine ones ability to understand and conform to rules | 1 set | |
| 28 | i... | 1 set | |
| 29 | a legal term referring to the state of mind of the defendant at the time of the crime | 1 set | |
| 30 | legal term meaning patient doesn't know what he/she did was wrong | 1 set | |
| 31 | the burden of proof switches to the defense team with this type of criminal defense. | 1 set | |
| 32 | a legal definition concerning a person's inability to understand the trial proceedings, or whether the person is a direct danger to self or others. | 1 set | |
| 33 | n．疯狂，愚昧 | 1 set | |
| 34 | if the circumstances indicate that because of a mental disease or mental defect the offender was incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong with reference to the conduct in question, the offender shall be exempt from criminal responsibility. | 1 set | |
| 35 | mania | 1 set | |
| 36 | a defense for criminal liability that asserts a lack of criminal responsibility. according to the law, a person cannot have the requisite state of mind to commit a crime if she or he did not know at the time of the act that it was wrong, or did not know the nature and quality of the act. | 1 set | |
| 37 | la locura | 1 set | |
| 38 | legal status indicating that a person cannot be held responsible for his or her actions because of mental illness | 1 set | |
| 39 | n.疯狂,愚昧 | 1 set | |
| 40 | legal term | 1 set | |