Fun Facts
There are ____ types of insanity defenses in the United States
What is 51?
Defendants who are determined to be insane at the time they committed a crime are entitled to what criminal defense
What is not guilty by reason of insanity?
Test that a criminal defendant must either not understand what they did or be unable to distinguish right from wrong
What is the M'Naghten Rule?
Involves a violent crime against a person, persecutory delusions that a person is trying to harm them, acting out delusionally based on a fear that a person is going to harm them
What is paranoid self-defense?
Only ____% of states require a psychiatrist or psychologist to determine sanity of a defendant
What is 60%?
How many cases a year is the insanity defense successful?
What is 30 cases?
Holds that defendants mental disease or defect was the reason that they committed the crime
What is the Durham Rule?
Believe that victims are in love with them, and their actions are wanted/encouraged by victims, often find addresses and phone numbers of victims
What is erotomanic stalking?
True or False: States with higher not guilty by reason of insanity defenses tend to have lower success rates for insanity defenses
What is true?
_____ is a legal term, not a psychological one
What is insanity?
As a result of mental disease or defect; a defendant was unable to control or resist their impulses thus leading to a criminal act
What is irresistible impulse test?
Believe that God or a higher power has commanded them to do something through auditory hallucinations
What is deific decree?
Possible verdicts of trials include: guilty, not guilty, not guilty by reason of insanity, and ______
What is guilty but mentally ill?
Requires that defendants prove the defense of insanity by clear and concise evidence
What is the Insanity Defense Reform Act?
What is the Model Penal Code?
Defendant looks and acts "crazy", thoughts are difficult to follow, speech is bizarre, out of touch with reality
What is disorganized?
Kansas, Montana, Idaho, and Utah all have what in common
What is do no allow the insanity defense?
Pleading "not guilty" vs pleading to a lesser crime
What is insanity vs. diminished capacity?
A defendant is ______ if he or she is incapable of rationally communicating with his or her attorney or rationally comprehending the nature of proceedings against them.
What is incompetent?
Reports crimes that have not happened because they believe that they are at risk of harm, done as an act of protection
What is false report?