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discuss the following:

Identify the different forms for the insanity defense.

Identify the most common insanity defense applied by the States.

Describe how often the insanity defense raised.

  1. Discuss how a criminal defendant assessed for insanity.
  2. Describe how a psychologist would be utilized as an expert witness to prove or disprove an insanity defense.
  3. Use three to five scholarly resources to support your explanations.
  4. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
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Running head: THE INSANITY DEFENSES FORMS

The Insanity Defenses
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THE INSANITY DEFENCES FORMS

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The Insanity Defenses
Feuerstein et al. (2005) narrowed down to the standards in which individuals would be
examined to qualify for insanity defenses as listed:
M’Naughten standard provides proof that an individual suffered a mental disease when
the incidence happened to interfere with “his ability to understand the nature and quality of the
act he was performing or if he knew so, he did not know it was wrong.” Feuerstein et al. (2005)
The Irresistible impulse standard which expresses the condition of inability to control
one’s impulse due to a mental disorder during the occurrence of the incidence.
The Durham rule expresses the concern involving mental disorder as resulting in the
crime.
Feuerstein et al. (2005) Argue that the Act of Comprehensive Crime Control “set a
standard that in some ways returned to the historical rule of knowing right from wrong.”
Evaluations
(Knoll IV & Resnick, 2008) Highlighted th...


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