Mental abnormality definition

Mental abnormality means a congenital or acquired condition affecting the emotional or volitional capacity which predisposes the person to the commission of criminal sexual acts in a degree constituting such person a menace to the health and safety of others.
Mental abnormality or "personality disorder" means a congenital or acquired condition that affects
Mental abnormality means a congenital or acquired condition that affects the mental, emotional, or volitional capacity of a person in a manner that predisposes the person to the commission of one or more sexual offenses to a degree that makes the person a menace to the health and safety of other persons.

Examples of Mental abnormality in a sentence

  • Mental abnormality and personality disorder are alternative means of establishing the mental illness element in SVP cases.


More Definitions of Mental abnormality

Mental abnormality means a congenital or acquired condition that affects the mental, emotional,
Mental abnormality means a congenital or acquired condition of an individual that affects the emotional or volitional capacity of the individual in a manner that predisposes that individual to the commission of criminal sexual acts to a degree that makes the individual a menace to the health and safety of other individuals.
Mental abnormality means a congenital or acquired condition of an individual
Mental abnormality means a congenital or acquired condition affecting the emotional or volitional capacity which predisposes the person to commit sexually violent offenses in a degree constituting such person a menace to the health and safety of others.
Mental abnormality means a mental condition affecting a person’s emotional or volitional capacity that predisposes the person to commit sexually violent offenses.
Mental abnormality means a congenital or acquired condition
Mental abnormality means a congenital or acquired condition affecting the emotional or volitional capacity of a person and predisposing that person to commit sexually violent offenses to a degree which would constitute a menace to the health and safety of others.