Criminal responsibility and mental disorder in Britain and North America: a comparative study.
Med Sci Law
; 31(1): 45-54, 1991 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-2005769
ABSTRACT
The relationship between criminal responsibility and mental disorder is traced and described in England, Scotland, Canada and the United States of America. In Britain the Mental Health Acts have now made argument over criminal responsibility and mental disorder largely obsolete, also bringing an increased medical influence to the dispositions, by the Courts, of mentally disordered offenders. In North America the question of the criminal responsibility of a mentally disordered accused remains an essential cornerstone in the equitable management of such individuals by the legal system. This article explores some of the problems encountered in the differing approaches.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Responsabilidade Social
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Direito Penal
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Transtornos Mentais
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Med Sci Law
Ano de publicação:
1991
Tipo de documento:
Article