According to the text, the _____ refers to a situation where the impulse is so overwhelming that the perpetrator would have committed the act even if a law enforcer stood beside him or her at the time of the crime.

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The "policeman at the elbow test" refers to a hypothetical scenario used to evaluate the irresistibility of an impulse in the context of legal defenses, particularly in insanity defenses. It suggests that if the perpetrator would have committed the act even with a law enforcer (policeman) standing right next to them, the impulse was so overwhelming that it negates their responsibility.

According to the Text, the _____ Refers to a Situation