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insanity defense: a standalone construct

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Legal psychology

a legal defense excusing criminal responsibility because of mental illness, which the public greatly overestimates in use and success.

In legal psychology, insanity defense refers to a legal defense excusing criminal responsibility because of mental illness, which the public greatly overestimates in use and success. This meaning comes from Silver (1994) in Law and Human Behavior.[1]

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Silver, E., Cirincione, C., & Steadman, H. J. (1994). Demythologizing inaccurate perceptions of the insanity defense. Law and Human Behavior, 18(1), 63-70. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01499144

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