Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. If the government is unable to prove dangerousness, the defendant will remain in custody.
2. A person who pleads not guilty by reason of insanity claims that he or she should not be
held responsible for his or her actions because he or she acted as a result of a mental disease
or defect.
3. There is only one test for determining insanity.
4. The irresistible impulse test was adopted by various states as a new standard.
5. After 1982 the burden of proving insanity shifted to the defendant.
1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE
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a. True b. False
An offender who was convicted of robbery during the early colonial era would likely receive which punishment?
a. the pillory b. debtor’s prison c. banishment d. death by hanging
In 1943, the Supreme Court in United States v. Dotterweich, recognized the concept of a ____________________ being liable for violations of food, drug, and cosmetic standards
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word.
Criminals sometimes neutralize wrongdoing by maintaining that the victim of crime "had it coming." This is known as:
A) ?denial of responsibility. B) denial of injury.? C) ?denial of victim. D) condemnation of the condemners.