Public Backlash Against the Insanity Defense Led to Enacting

question 56

Multiple Choice

Public backlash against the insanity defense led to enacting

• A)the substantial capacity test.
• B)the irresistible impulse test.
• C)"guilty but mentally ill" statutes.
• D)the Durham rule.

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Classical Conditioning

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