Disorders of impulse control are commonly induced by alcohol. As Lady Macbeth said, “That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold; What hath quenched them hath given me fire” (Ref. 1, p 1231). The report by van Oorsouw et al. from The Netherlands re-emphasizes the prevalence of alcohol-induced blackouts in a community sample and suggests that the claim of amnesia during a criminal event ma...

Where criminal offences such as attempt and conspiracy require a defendant (D) to intend future conduct, D’s intention will always be conditional. D’s intention may be explicit ly conditional (eg, D intends to rob the shop, but only if unable to pay her rent), or implic it ly conditional (eg, D intends to rob the shop, but if asked, would not do so if she found it surrounded by police). Rather ...

In order to improve our knowledge of how jurors come to make decisions, psychologists and criminologists have developed the ‘mock juror’ paradigm. Here the details of a mock (or real) criminal event are presented to a group of individuals acting as though they are jurors deliberating a trial. A number of mock jury studies have considered both evidential information, such as how the alleged perp...

mens from patients with Hodgkin's disease and five specimens from patients with reactive follicular hyperplasia. The use of chlorazol fast pink BK, a little known stain for eosinophil polymorphs, combined with image analysis facilitated rapid and reliable counting. Significant differences were found between the mean percentages of eosinophil polymorphs in the Rye subtypes of Hodgkin's disease. ...

Two new species of Sycorax from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Espírito Santo, Sycorax canaanensis Santos, Bravo & Falqueto sp. nov. and Sycorax tuberculata Santos, Bravo & Falqueto sp. nov. are described and illustrated. Male speci-mens were collected with CDC light traps in the Biological Reserve of Augusto Ruschi, municipality of Santa Teresa, state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. This finding raise...

Bud exudates from twelve clones o f Populus nigra originating from seven countries were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and the principal compounds identified. Specimens o f P. nigra var betulifolia differed in bud exudate composition from the other speci­ mens analyzed, and were more similar in exudate composition to P. deltoides than were the other specimens. The range o f bu...

The importance of the topic is highlighted, from very fact that culpability set according to level blameworthiness on part accused. This known as guilty mind or be more precise a blameworthy state mind. There are many degrees kinds mens rea, with their corresponding levels like Intention, knowledge, recklessness, negligence, etc. punishment decreases rea fall ladder. in criminal jurisprudence a...