Translating clinical findings to the legal norm: the Defendant’s Insanity Assessment Support Scale (DIASS)
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DOI: 10.1038/s41398-019-0628-x
Abstract: Insanity definition and the threshold for satisfying its legal criteria tend to vary depending on the jurisdictions. Yet, in Western countries, the legal standards for insanity often rely on the presence of cognitive and/or volitional… read more here.
Keywords: assessment support; insanity; insanity assessment; defendant insanity ... See more keywords
Mental Insanity Assessment of Pedophilia: The Importance of the Trans-Disciplinary Approach. Reflections on Two Cases
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DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00335
Abstract: A 60 plus-year-old male was charged with pedophilia for forcing a child to touch him inappropriately near a primary school fence. In another case, a 70 plus-year-old male was charged with pedophilia for intimately touching… read more here.
Keywords: mental insanity; insanity; insanity assessment; assessment pedophilia ... See more keywords