Substantial Capacity Test Law and Legal Definition
The substantial capacity test was defined by the American Law Institute, in its Model Penal Code. It defines insanity as a lack of substantial capacity to control one's behavior. Substantial capacity is defined as: "the mental capacity needed to understand the wrongfulness of [an] act, or to conform...behavior to the...law."
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- Actual-Risk Test
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