What is insanity?

What will be an ideal response?


Insanity is used to refer to whether an individual is aware of what he or she has done criminally or what occurred during one's criminal behavior as a result of mental illness, which renders the defendant out-of-touch with reality. It is not a mental health/medical/psychiatric term but a legal term.

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It has always been assumed that relevant information regarding the police subculture was passed on from one group to another (usually from veterans to recruits) in the department's standard operating procedures manual

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Police who search a house or apartment under the authority of a search warrant may handcuff the owner or legal resident only if it is reasonable to do so

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Jessica's Law is the informal name given to a Florida law that is designed to punish sex offenders and reduce their ability to reoffend

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Give examples of both constitutional and unconstitutional knock-and-talk searches.

What will be an ideal response?

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