Which of the following tests for criminal responsibility of the insane takes into account loss of self control?
The Irresistible Impulse test or the New Hampshire doctrine: Argues that a person may have known an act was illegal, but because of a mental impairment, he couldn't control his actions. Durham's rule (1954): An accused person is not criminally responsible, if his unlawful act is the product of mental disease or mental defect. Curren's rule (1964): States that an accused person is not criminally responsible, if at the time of committing the act, he did not have the capacity to regulate his conduct to the requirements of the law as a result of mental disease or defect. Right or wrong test/ Mc Naughten rule: Every man is to be presumed to be sane and to possess a sufficient degree of reason to be responsible for his crimes, until the contrary be proved. An insane person is punishable "if he knows" at the time of crime
Curren's rule
New Hampshire Doctrine
Durhams rule
Right or wrong test
Forensic Psychiatry