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[The application of evaluation tools for criminal responsibility in forensic psychiatric expertise].
Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi
; 26(3): 210-3, 2010 Jun.
Artigo
em Zh
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20707283
RESUMO
Criminal responsibility is divided into three types: full criminal responsibility, diminished criminal responsibility and criminal irresponsibility in China. In forensic psychiatric expertise, doctors often have different opinions about the responsibility in a given case because of lacking objective criteria. The evaluation of criminal responsibility is always unresolved problem in forensic psychiatric expertise. Application of these evaluation tools in forensic psychiatric expertise were reviewed in this article. The value of the tools were still controversial in the reliability and validity, but it is clear that these tools have the positive roles in ensuring the standardization and the uniformity of the forensic investigation.