There are unique problems presented by insanity evaluations that make developing a test to evaluate insanity extremely difficult. All of the following are valid reasons for this, EXCEPT:
A) a retrospective evaluation of a person's state of mind is involved.
B) the legal elements of what constitutes insanity are not as well defined as those for CST.
C) forensic assessment instruments can conflate CST with insanity.
D) there are considerable variations from state to state in legal definitions of insanity.
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