Sökning: "Legal insanity"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden Legal insanity.

  1. 1. Tillräknelighet som straffrättslig ansvarsförutsättning

    Författare :Ivar Lavett; Claes Lernestedt; Marianne Kristiansson; Petter Asp; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; criminal law; capacity-responsibility; imputability; insanity rule; insanity defence; Legal Science; specialisation Criminal Law; rättsvetenskap med inriktning mot straffrätt;

    Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis examines the doctrine of imputability in relation to Swedish criminal law. According to said doctrine, individuals may be held criminally liable only if they possessed the capacity to comprehend and be guided by the norms of the criminal law at the time of the act (capacity-responsibility). LÄS MER

  3. 2. Violent female offenders : Facts and preconceptions

    Författare :Jenny Yourstone; Torun Lindholm; Ola Svenson; Martin Grann; Pekka Santtila; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Female; Violence; Crime; Psychosocial background; Gender bias; Stereotypes; In-group bias; Forensic psychiatry; Mental disorders; Legal insanity; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

    Sammanfattning : Women’s comparably low participation in criminal activity has resulted in little overall attention to female offenders in criminological research. The general aim of the present thesis is to illuminate aspects of particular significance for understanding female perpetrators of very serious crimes. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Straffansvar vid atypiska sinnestillstånd

    Författare :Tova Bennet; Juridiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Criminal law; Legal insanity; Mental disorder; Criminal responsibility; Mens rea; Forensic psychiatry; Health law; Expert evidence; Intent; Straffrätt; Rättspsykiatri;

    Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis examines the attribution of criminal responsibility in Swedish law in cases where the defendant committed an act during an atypical mental state, e.g. psychosis. In nearly all criminal justice systems, a severe mental disorder can activate special rules that excuse or exempt the defendant. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Psykiskt störda brottslingar : En studie av begreppet "jämställd med sinnessjukdom" - dess historiska bakgrund och praktiska tillämpning

    Författare :Henrik Belfrage; Lennart Nordenfelt; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mentally Disordered Offenders; Forensic Psychiatry; Criminal Law; Crime Recidivism; Crime Prevention; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : The main objective of this thesis is to study the concept of "equivalent to insanity", its historical background and practical application.Based on a legal historical presentation I show that the term "equivalent to insanity" has one content under the 1864 Penal Statutes, and an entirely different one under the 1962 Criminal Code. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Young sex offenders : individual characteristics, agency reactions and criminal recidivism

    Författare :Niklas Långström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Forensic psychiatry; child and adolescent psychiatry; adolescents; young adults; sexual offences; criminality; risk assessment;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Young sex offenders (YSOs) commit a significant proportion of all reported sex crimes and many adult sex offenders report deviant sexual fantasies and sexually abusive behaviour already during adolescence. However, most previous research originates in North America. LÄS MER