Concept information
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
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/insanity_defense
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