Essays about: "legal insanity"

Found 2 essays containing the words legal insanity.

  1. 1. Mentally ill offenders and accountability in Sweden

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper

    Author : Karlsson Bok Michelle; [2023]
    Keywords : insanity defense; legal insanity; accountability; mental illness; forensic psychiatry;

    Abstract : Introduction In Sweden all offenders are convicted of their crime, regardless if suffering from mental illness. The penalty can however be forensic psychiatric care instead of prison if the offender suffers from a severe mental disturbance (allvarlig psykisk störning). READ MORE

  3. 2. ACCOUNTABLE OR NOT ACCOUNTABLE? : SOCIAL WORKERS’ VIEWS ON MENTALLY DISORDERED PERSONS’ LEGAL STATUS

    University essay from Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi

    Author : Linda Verngren; [2013]
    Keywords : Accountability; criminal responsibility; mentally disordered offenders; labeling; stigma;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to describe how mentally disordered offenders would be affected by reintroducing the accountability requirement within Swedish legislation, based on social workers’ preconceptions. Mental illness creates a number of issues within criminal justice systems. READ MORE