List and explain the different tests for the insanity defense.
What will be an ideal response?
Irresistible impulse—could not control one’s behavior. M’Naghten finds a
defendant insane if (1) the defendant did not know what he or she was doing at the time
of the crime and (2) if the defendant did not understand that these actions were wrong.
The American Law Institute Standard (also referred to as the model penal code test)
combines the features of M’Naghten rule and the irresistible impulse test to establish
that a defendant can be found criminally insane if, as a result of a mental disease or
defect, she or he is unable to understand the difference between right and wrong or to
control her or his behavior.
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The highest order of need is __________
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