PSYC 3140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Defensive Medicine, Psychoactive Drug, Absenteeism
21 Nov 2016
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Forensic psychology the branch of psychology concerned with intersections between psychological practice and. Criminal commitment a legal process by which people accused of a crime are instead judged mentally unstable. Not guilty by reason of insanity (ngri) a verdict stating that defendants are not guilty of committing a crime. M(cid:495)naghten test/rule a widely used legal test for insanity that holds people to be insane at the time they. Irresistible impulse test a legal test for insanity that holds people to be insane at the time they committed a crime if they were driven to do so by an uncontrollable (cid:494)fit of passion(cid:495) Durham test a legal test for insanity that holds people to be insane at the time they committed a crime if their act. American law institute test a legal test for insanity that holds people to be insane at the time they committed a.
