Abstract
Sir John Wood, in the 55th Maudsley Lecture, discusses the impact of legal modes of thought upon the practice of psychiatry, and he notes that “the criminal process has turned increasingly to psychiatry to help to solve some of its own intractable problems” [7, p. 552]. The main topics concern issues of volition, free will, criminal responsibility, and competency to stand trial. These highly important philosophical and social issues are beyond the scope of this paper [8]. While these issues remain under debate, a system has been built for referring people accused of criminal acts for psychiatric evaluation. The description of this procedure and the characteristics of those involved is the topic of this paper.
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Zadik, Y.Z. (1986). Psychiatric Evaluation of Criminal Accused. In: Carmi, A., Schneider, S., Hefez, A. (eds) Psychiatry — Law and Ethics. Medicolegal Library, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82574-3_18
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