Concept information
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criminology and criminal justice
criminology
social history of crime
socioeconomic, political, and religious issues
Preferred term
insanity defense
Definition
- a strategy employed by a defendant or defense counsel or both in which they maintain the defendant was mentally ill at the time of the alleged offense and consequently did not know right from wrong. [Source: The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice; Insanity Defense]
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-T40PF51C-7
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