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Consider the Crime of Sexually Assaulting a Child and the Public

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Consider the crime of sexually assaulting a child and the public response to it. Which of John Hagan's categories does it best fit into?


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Limitations

Restrictions or boundaries that set the extent to which something can function or occur.

Insanity Defense

A legal defense used by defendants who argue that they should not be held criminally responsible for their actions due to mental illness impairing their understanding of right and wrong.

Legal Insanity

A legal defense theory suggesting that a person cannot be held responsible for their actions if they are deemed unable to understand the difference between right and wrong due to a mental disorder.

Free Will

The capacity of individuals to act independently, making free choices that are unconstrained by external circumstances or by an agency such as fate or divine will.

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