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	Indian Journal of Psychiatry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Impulse control disorders are broadly defined as mental disorders broadly defined as mental disorders characterized by irresistible impulses to perform harmful acts.
		Thus impulse control disorders have been postulated to be variants of OCD or members of larger family of obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders.
		Thus, these disorders and underlying behaviour reflects a chronic repetitve eruption of a impulse which gratifies instinctual needs in a way that is ego dystonic outside of impulse ridden episode but which is ego syntonic and highly pleasurable during episode itself.
	www.ijponline.org /July2001/indIJPReviewArt2.html (3254 words)

	Impulse control disorders are broadly defined as mental disorders... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Impulse control disorders are broadly defined as mental disorders and are characterized by irresistible impulses to perform harmful acts.
		Trichotillomania was first recognised as a distinct entity by DSM-III R which classified it as a impulse control disorder largely because like other impulse control disorders, it is characterized by heightened tension prior to the behaviour, inability to resist the impulse, and a feeling of gratification immediately after the act.
		Thus, these disorders and underlying behaviour reflects a chronic repetitive eruption of a impulse which gratifies instinctual needs in a way that is ego dystonic outside of impulse ridden episode but which is ego syntonic and highly pleasurable during episode itself.
	www.indegene.com /Psy/FeatArt/indPsyFeatArt9.html (3104 words)

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		The court specifically instructed the jury "that if the act which is alleged to be the result of an irresistible impulse was planned in advance, then, as a matter of law, such act cannot be said to be the product of an irresistible impulse." II.
		The irresistible impulse defense is available when "the accused's mind has become 'so impaired by disease that he is totally deprived of the mental power to control or restrain his act.'" Godley v.
		While such evidence, in the abstract, is arguably prejudicial to a case in which the defendant contends he or she acted under an irresistible impulse, in this case, appellant presented no evidence in support of an irresistible impulse defense.
	www.courts.state.va.us /txtops/1912974.txt (4462 words)

	64 Wn.2d 15, In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of DON ANTHONY WHITE, Petitioner, v. B. J. ...
		The culpability of a defendant charged with murder, who has pleaded mental irresponsibility as a defense, is not to be determined under the irresistible impulse rule, since irresistible impulse is not mental irresponsibility under the law.
		A defendant in a criminal case has no right under the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States to have the irresistible impulse doctrine applied to the defense of mental irresponsibility, nor to have it applied by the jury in determining if the death penalty be inflicted.
		His contention is that certain instructions to the jury excluding lack of volition and irresistible impulse, if proper on the issue of guilt or innocence,«2» had the effect of excluding these psychiatric concepts from the consideration of the jury on the issue of what the sentence should be, i.e., death or life imprisonment.
	www.mrsc.org /mc/courts/supreme/064wn2d/064wn2d0015.htm (5341 words)

	James Chance: Irresistible Impulse: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The five or six years during which this approach thrived were remarkable, and the sense of community and frustration that permeates the music is beautifully singular.
		Irresistible Impulse is a strange idea for a box set, but it is convenient.
		Still, the post-dated posturing can't downplay Chance's significance: On Irresistible Impulse we can view his work for what it is, filled with sheer anger and contempt, qualities neither of the aforementioned groups could bring to bear, infused with a modicum of funk and soul.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/c/chance_james/irresistible-impulse.shtml (772 words)

	State v. Smith, S-98-390, 256 Neb. 705 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In his motion, Smith contends he was denied effective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel failed to object to the jury instructions on the lesser-included offenses of second degree murder and/or attempted second degree murder, as those instructions did not contain the element of malice.
		Thus, in considering the second prong of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim, Smith was not prejudiced by the absence of malice in the second degree murder instructions, and the failure of Smith's trial counsel to object to the instructions did not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel.
		Smith's allegation regarding irresistible impulse is without merit, as Nebraska does not recognize the concept of "irresistible impulse" as a defense.
	www.nol.org /home/ncpa/ctopinio/S98-390.htm (2367 words)

	Insanity defense (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The McNaghten rules (England, 1844) state that a person "...is not guilty of a crime if, at the time of the crime, they either didn't know what they were doing, or didn't know that what they were doing was wrong." This rule was later adopted within the US.
		There is also an idea of an irresistible impulse, which argues that a person may have known an act was illegal; but, because of a mental impairment, they couldn't control their actions.
		Substantial capacity is defined as: "the mental capacity needed to understand the wrongfulness of [an] act, or to conform...behavior to the...law." This is related to the McNaghten Rule and the idea of irresistible impulse.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/insanity_defense (1219 words)

	Insanity Defense
		Many of the criticisms of the Irresistible Impulse Test center around the claim that the view of volition is so extremely narrow that it can be misleading.
		Another criticism of this test is the difficulty, if not the impossibility, of proving the irresistibility of the impulse, which the definition of the test requires.
		The jury, as I said earlier, has the final decision, and is faced with deciding when the impulse was irresistible and when it was merely unresisted, a task that psychiatrists suggest is impossible to perform.
	www.geocities.com /bigmike_75/essays/justice/insanitydefense.html (3545 words)

	Of Second Chances
		Joseph had also claimed that he was driven by an irresistible impulse to dream the dreams that he later recounted to his brothers.
		Joseph's explanation was that every irresistible impulse is Divinely inspired, and thus he argued to his brothers that his dreams were really in the nature of prophecies.
		By instilling the irresistible impulse into Judah, God helped Tamar to carry out her design to fulfill her role in the levirate marriage that would restore the souls of her dead husbands.
	www.aish.com /torahportion/mayanot/Of_Second_Chances.asp (2753 words)

	appdurham
		United States, 'it to be the law of this District that, in cases where insanity is interposed as a defense, and the facts are sufficient to call for the application of the rule of irresistible impulse, the jury should be so charged.' [n.
		This impulse must be such as to override the reason and judgment and obliterate the sense of right and wrong to the extent that the accused is deprived of the power to choose between right and wrong.
		We find that the 'irresistible impulse' test is also inadequate in that it gives no recognition to mental illness characterized by brooding and reflection and so relegates acts caused by such illness to the application of the inadequate right-wrong test.
	wings.buffalo.edu /law/bclc/web/appdurham.htm (2414 words)

	Boston.com / News / Nation / Sniper jury can't mull 'impulse' defense (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The jury in the trial of sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo will not be permitted to consider whether he acted under an "irresistible impulse" during last year's sniper spree, a judge ruled Tuesday.
		The law states that if a criminal cannot control an irresistible impulse, he could be considered legally insane.
		Roush agreed with prosecutors who argued there is no evidence that the meticulously planned sniper killings were the result of an impulse.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2003/12/16/sniper_jury_cant_mull_impulse_defense (518 words)

	CD: Irresistible Impulse
		"Irresistible Impulse" presents 9 new titles from International Sin and two remix from previous releases (Pleasure 9 et She-demon).
		The walls in "Walls" are these which exist in our minds, and that should be brought down for ever.
		More fun: "Irresistible impulse" and "Make it wild" are in relation with what you thing about...
	cxv.free.fr /is/IrresistibleImpulse.htm (245 words)

	OSCN Found Document:REVARD v. STATE
		Some states recognize and apply the doctrine of `irresistible impulse,' otherwise sometimes called the `new rule.' Other states follow strictly the English or old rule.
		If the irresistible impulse doctrine is to apply in this state, then the Legislature must amend the statute.
		Until that time persons charged with crime, who interpose the defense of insanity, must be held criminally responsible for their acts if at the time of their commission they were capable of knowing the wrongfulness of their acts and to understand the nature and consequences of them.
	www.oscn.net /applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?citeID=51517 (2097 words)

	EVOL
		In spite of the notable flaws with the Irresistible Impulse test, by the beginning of the 20th Century almost one-half of the states adopted Irresistible Impulse to supplement the M'Naghten rule.
		Frustrated with the M'Naghten/Irresistible Impulse standard, the federal circuit court in the District of Columbia discarded the test and adopted the Durham Test in the 1954 case of Durham v.
		The ALI Test was seen as a breakthrough and by 1962, it was the law in a majority of states and, until October 1984, the law in a majority of federal courts.
	www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/hinckley/EVOL.HTM (1575 words)

	Irresistible Impulse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Irresistible Impulse Review: Unlike one of the critics I find this book was written by a very intelligent and gifted author, a master of stylistic means and rich imagery that makes the reading of this book a real pleasure.
		Irresistible Impulse Review: A true really good book but not a great book, I liked the ending but the beginning was a slow start for me. Ronbert is such a great writer that I thought it was going to be another hit.
		Irresistible Impulse Review: This book is good for readers with low than average IQ.
	www.textkit.com /0_0451192613.html (257 words)

	appwashington
		Owens did not think the defendant had an 'impulse to rape.' Here is his explanation: 'I think it was not an impulse to rape.
		It was an impulse to have sexual relations with a lady and if she did not agree with it, why, they forced her.' Dr. Hamman agreed that Washington did not have an irresistible impulse to rape.
		An irresistible impulse means to me that there is a conflict and the unwanted behavior breaks through.
	wings.buffalo.edu /law/bclc/web/appwashington.htm (6155 words)

	Criminal Law \| Excuses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		According to this test, even if the defendant knows what they’re doing and that it is wrong, they are entitled to a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity if they have a mental disease or defect that at the time of the crime kept them from controlling their conduct.
		The substantial capacity test is supposed to remove the objections to the right-wrong test and the irresistible impulse supplement to it.
		In other words, the code provision eliminates the suggestion that losing control means losing it on the spur of the moment, as the irresistible impulse test implies.
	www.iejs.com /UAM/Criminal_Law/Criminal_Law_Unit_8.htm (4592 words)

	Unusual Insanity Defense Statute Survives Challenge
		On appeal, Herrera challenged the constitutionality of an insanity defense that is potentially unavailable to defendants who are susceptible to irresistible impulses.
		The Court also rejected the defendant's claim that the Utah statute violates equal protection, holding that the statute “reasonably drew the line between two groups of offenders, those who did not comprehend that their victims were human and those who did.” Id. at 863.
		Herrera argued that, although he "knew" that he was trying to kill human beings when he shot at Claudia’s mother and her son, depriving him of the irresistible impulse/insanity defense violated all sorts of constitutional rights and violated due process of law.
	echo.forensicpanel.com /2000/9/17/unusualinsanity.html (1018 words)

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		and that as a result of those disorders he was unable to resist the impulse to commit the crime." Specifically, he stated that appellant suffered from a major depressive disorder, single episode, severe with psychotic features.
		In fact these two disorders had been present for some time prior to the offense, but certainly were present at the time of the offense and, in my opinion, directly led to his being unable to control the impulse to commit the crime.
		Thus, the question before the jury was whether appellant suffered from an irresistible impulse at the time of the shooting, not whether the victim feared him.
	www.courts.state.va.us /opinions/opncavtx/0044024.txt (2077 words)

	Worldandnation: Jury to begin sniper case deliberations today
		The second capital murder count, which alleges Franklin's death was an act of terrorism, does not require that Malvo be the triggerman.
		The judge ruled Tuesday the jury won't be permitted to consider whether Malvo was acting under an "irresistible impulse."
		Roush said Malvo could go forward with his insanity defense, but denied his lawyers' request to give the jury instructions on how an irresistible impulse relates to insanity.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/12/17/news_pf/Worldandnation/Jury_to_begin_sniper_.shtml (323 words)

	Psychiatric News Main Frame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Because Hinckley's attorneys successfully argued that he acted not of his own volition but from an "irresistible impulse" of a diseased mind, he was confined to a mental hospital.
		The current federal law holds that a person who cannot appreciate the wrongfulness of his or her behavior when commiting a crime because of a mental illness or defect should not be held criminally responsible.
		APA developed its position statement on the insanity defense, which was approved by the Board of Trustees in 1985, without the "irresistible impulse" test and with a wrongfulness standard similar to the one adopted by Congress in 1984.
	www.psych.org /pnews/98-09-04/defense.html (524 words)

	frontline: a crime of insanity: insanity on trial: a brief history \| PBS
		To address this, some states have modified the M'Naughten test with an "irresistible impulse" provision, which absolves a defendant who can distinguish right and wrong but is nonetheless unable to stop himself from committing an act he knows to be wrong.
		In 1954, an appellate court discarded the M'Naughten rule and the "irresistible impulse" test in favor of a broader, medically based determination: In Durham v.
		As of 1998, the states were roughly split between the two standards: 22 states used some form of the A.L.I. rule, while 26 used a version of M'Naughten, with or without an irresistible impulse component.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/crime/trial/history.html (1898 words)

	Irresistible Impulse Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	Bookworm: An irresistible impulse
		The original legal standard was that you had to be so insane as to not know the difference between right and wrong.
		After a while the definition was expanded to include those crazies who knew what they were doing was wrong, but had -- you guessed it -- an irresistible impulse to do it anyway.
		I had an irresistible impulse to set aside Cry, the Beloved Country in favor of a book called Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Hunting Serial Killers for the FBI.
	thebookworm.blogspot.com /2005/08/irresistible-impulse.html (1094 words)

	the Insanity Defense is Not Inane
		Another insanity test is the irresistible impulse test.
		This test, employed by eighteen states, "holds that a defendant is not guilty of a criminal offense if the person, by virtue of his or her mental state or psychological condition, was not able to resist committing the action in question" (Schmalleger 253).
		The irresistible impulse test centers on the concept of control, whether or not a defendant was able to control his or her actions.
	homepage.mac.com /belacqua/eng190_f2001/papers/ingram.html (1876 words)

	If he gave her any more pleasure he was sure she was either going to start purring or levitate off the bed
		An irresistible impulse to act, regardless of the rationality of the motivation.
		Impulse, I have discovered, is a very fickle thing.
		I wait and ponder the consequences of impulse.
	elliottsilver.tripod.com /jarod13.htm (2777 words)

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