The significant progress of psychiatry in the 20th century provided a sophisticated theoretical
framework to analyze the complex relationships between crime and mental illness …

The insanity defense is among the most controversial legal constructs that has attracted the
attention of scholars, practitioners and policy makers. Here, we conducted a systematic …

Fire setting behaviour has devastating consequences and a significant number of adults
who set fires have intellectual disabilities and/or autism. However, there has been no …

Forensic psychiatric populations commonly contain a subset of persons with schizophrenia
spectrum disorders (SSD) who have committed sex offenses. A comprehensive delineation …

This cross sectional study aimed to compare the differences in psychopathology of Greek
homicide and homicide attempters, patients with schizophrenia, with non violent individuals …

This chapter provides a vision and a framework of care for forensic psychiatric inpatient
services. It examines the characteristics of the patient population. The chapter considers the …

Objective: According to the penal code in Turkey, a person who, during the commission of a
crime, is under the influence of mental illness, who cannot detect legal meaning and …

Beyond the legal definition of criminal insanity, the verdict of “not criminally responsible on
account of mental disorder”(NCRMD) is a social construction. This study explores the …

The aim of this study was to compare the baseline characteristics (demographic, psychiatric-
psychopathological and legal) among Greek forensic patients found not guilty by reason of …

Objective: For individuals to be responsible for any crime, they must have the ability to
perceive the legal meaning and consequences of the act they have committed or to direct …