I just learned pedophilia (aka child molesters) suffer from a mental disorder. Wouldn't that mean they would be excused from the criminal justice system with a plea of insanity?
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I just learned pedophilia (aka child molesters) suffer from a mental disorder. Wouldn't that mean they would be excused from the criminal justice system with a plea of insanity?
No. Insanity for legal purposes is quite different than it a mental disorder according to clinical practice. And, in either case, having a mental disorder does not necessarily mean one is insane.
Finally, if one is determined to be criminally insane, the criminal justice system will still incarcerate the offender, albeit in a different institution and for "treatment" rather than for punishment.
No they do not meet the legal requirements for Insanity.
Ok... that's weird.
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