Use of Psychiatry in Soviet Criminal Proceedings. Part II. Psychiatry and Criminal Procedure

Psychiatry and Criminal Law

Psychiatry of Criminal Behaviour

Certain acts which are regarded as undesirable are defined by the particular society as crimes. Criminal behaviour, thus is a violation of the criminal laws of that particular society. Apart from the fact that it is a criminal act, it invariably is also a psychiatric problem in the sense that it may be (a) a symptom of an underlying psychopathological state, (b) a manifestation of a character d...

Psychiatry and the Conditioning of Criminal Justice

Psychiatry, ethics and the criminal law.

I am indeed sensible of the honour which you have conferred upon me, first, by including me among the honorary Fellows of the Royal Col lege, and further by inviting me to deliver the 1979 Maudsley lecture. Equally am I conscious of my conspicuous lack of qualifications for these honours. My original university degree was in economics, a subject which hardly impinges upon psychiatry. My interes...

Dissociation: Defining the Concept in Criminal Forensic Psychiatry.

Claims of amnesia and dissociative experiences in association with a violent crime are not uncommon. Research has shown that dissociation is a risk factor for violence and is seen most often in crimes of extreme violence. The subject matter is most relevant to forensic psychiatry. Peritraumatic dissociation for instance, with or without a history of dissociative disorder, is quite frequently re...