Insanity Flashcards
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Defect of reasoning
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Deprived if the power of reasoning as in Clarke
Must be more than just trivial
Can be temporary as in Sullivan
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Q
Where is insanity from?
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The mc naughten rules
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Q
Coming from a disease of the mind
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Kemp Malfunctioning of the mental Reasoning, memory and understanding Can be physical or mental Burgees was sleep walking Quick diabetes
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So that he doesn’t understand the nature of his conduct
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- Unconscious or impaired consciousness
- Conscious but the DOM stops the understanding
Codere
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Doesn’t understand what he is doing is wrong
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As in Widle I suppose they will hang me for what I did
Legally
