Which of the Following Changed with the Federal Insanity Defense

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which of the following changed with the Federal Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984?

• A) It became much easier for defendants to quality for the insanity defense.
• B) It narrowed the definition of insanity to the "product test" (Durham Rule).
• C) It abolished the "knowing right from wrong" principle.
• D) It put the burden of proof on the defense.

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Definitions:

Distribution Of Scores

The spread of all values, or scores, in a data set, often visualized through graphs and commonly analyzed to understand patterns and predict future outcomes.

Mode

The value that appears most frequently in a data set.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution of data, often used are the mean, median, and mode.

Median

A statistical measure representing the middle value in a set of data, where half the numbers are above the median and half are below.