crime and insanity

  • 1Crime and Disorder Act 1998 — Parliament of the United Kingdom Long title An Act to make provision for preventing crime and disorder; to create certain racially aggravated offences; to abolish the rebuttable presumption that a child is doli incapax and …

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  • 2Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 — Part of a series on Violence against women …

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  • 3Insanity defense — For similar defences in Canada and Australia, see mental disorder defence …

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  • 4insanity — in·san·i·ty n 1: unsoundness of mind or lack of the ability to understand that prevents one from having the mental capacity required by law to enter into a particular relationship, status, or transaction or that releases one from criminal or… …

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  • 5Insanity — • The dividing line between sanity and insanity, like the line that distinguishes a man of average height from a tall man, can be described only in terms of a moral estimate Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Insanity     Insanity …

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  • 6crime — crimeless, adj. crimelessness, n. /kruym/, n. 1. an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited. 2. criminal activity and those… …

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  • 7Crime — Criminal redirects here. For other uses, see Crime (disambiguation). Justice and Divine Vengeance in pursuit of Crime  1808 oil on canvas …

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  • 8Crime fiction — Murder mystery redirects here. For other uses, see Murder mystery (disambiguation). Sherlock Holmes, pipe puffing hero of crime fiction, confers with his colleague Dr. Watson; together these characters popularized the genre. Crime fiction is the… …

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  • 9insanity — 1. An outmoded term referring to severe mental illness or psychosis. 2. In law, that degree of mental illness which negates the individual s legal responsibility or capacity. [L. in neg. + sanus, sound] criminal i. in forensic …

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  • 10Crime SuspenStories — Cover, #1 by Johnny Craig Publication information Publisher EC Comics …

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