Criminal Responsibility (Insanity Defense)
Criminal responsibility refers to a person’s ability to understand his action, behavior at the time a crime is committed, what a person is thinking when he commits a crime or the expected result when a crime is committed. Crime is defined in terms of an act or omission (actus reus) and a mental stat...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2022-12-01
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Series: | SEEU Review |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/seeur-2022-0092 |