insanity defense
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plea to insanity of crimnal actions used in a court system
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Within Vinony's link graph, insanity defense is referenced by 1,166 other articles, and connects out to legal burden of proof, Supreme Court of the United States and habeas corpus.
It sits within the topics Criminal defenses, Criminology and Forensic psychiatry.
Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Research
1,981 papers- Insanity defense typology.Behavioral sciences & the law · 2018
- Dissociation and the insanity defense: A review of U.S. Federal appellate case law.Journal of forensic sciences · 2024
- Mentally disordered offenders and the law: Research update on the insanity defense, 2004-2019.International journal of law and psychiatry · 2019
- Settled Insanity: Substance Use Meets the Insanity Defense.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2022
- "Self-Induced Symptoms" and the Insanity Defense.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2025
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age of criminal responsibility
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involuntary commitment
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diminished responsibility defence
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provocation defence
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