Jeffrey Dahmer was judged to be legally sane, even though he admitting butchering, cannibalizing, and, then having sex with the dead bodies of over a dozen young men and boys. The judgment of legal sanity meant that:

a. his actions failed to meet the criteria of statistical or cultural deviance
b. his actions failed to meet the criteria of emotional disturbance or dysfunction
c. he had recovered from his psychological disorder by the time the trial took place
d. he was able to appreciate the fact his actions were legally or morally wrong


D

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