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CRIMINALLY INSANE [2 records]

Record 1 1996-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
OBS

the legal term for the state of mental derangement which accompanies or induces the commission of a crime and prevents the criminal from knowing the criminal nature of the act committed. The basic test of insanity is the knowledge of right and wrong; thus mental defect is often confused with mental deficiency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
OBS

Ce sont ceux qui, sous l'influence d'une maladie mentale, commettent des infractions. Source: Bouzat et Pinatel, Traité de droit pénal et de criminologie, t. 1, Paris, 1970.

Spanish

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Record 2 1983-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)

Spanish

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