Concept information
Preferred term
criminal insanity
Definition
- The insanity defense is among the most controversial issues in U.S. and British criminal law: “The issue of criminal responsibility has attracted more attention and stimulated more controversy than any other question in the substantive criminal law” (Allen 1964: 105). The attention that the insanity defense continues to receive is somewhat odd, since it is used in less than 2 percent of all criminal trials. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment; Criminal Insanity]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/criminal_insanity
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