PLEA OF INSANITY AS A DEFENSE IN CRIMINAL CASES: AN UPDATE

Mc'Naughten Rule is die commonest formulation for plea of insanity in most countries. Although assessment of the mental state at the time of offence is difficult, few instruments have been devised for this purpose. In the USA, efforts are being made to abolish the insanity defense and in the Un...

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Autores principales: Akhtar, Sayeed, Jagawat, Tushar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1994
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2972450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21743662
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spelling pubmed-29724502011-07-08 PLEA OF INSANITY AS A DEFENSE IN CRIMINAL CASES: AN UPDATE Akhtar, Sayeed Jagawat, Tushar Indian J Psychiatry Original Article Mc'Naughten Rule is die commonest formulation for plea of insanity in most countries. Although assessment of the mental state at the time of offence is difficult, few instruments have been devised for this purpose. In the USA, efforts are being made to abolish the insanity defense and in the United Kingdom, amendments in the provisions of insanity defense have been proposed. The authors have stressed the need for some changes in the relevant sections of Indian Penal Code to increase the credibility of Psychiatric testimony in such cases. Medknow Publications 1994 /pmc/articles/PMC2972450/ /pubmed/21743662 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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PLEA OF INSANITY AS A DEFENSE IN CRIMINAL CASES: AN UPDATE
title PLEA OF INSANITY AS A DEFENSE IN CRIMINAL CASES: AN UPDATE
title_full PLEA OF INSANITY AS A DEFENSE IN CRIMINAL CASES: AN UPDATE
title_fullStr PLEA OF INSANITY AS A DEFENSE IN CRIMINAL CASES: AN UPDATE
title_full_unstemmed PLEA OF INSANITY AS A DEFENSE IN CRIMINAL CASES: AN UPDATE
title_short PLEA OF INSANITY AS A DEFENSE IN CRIMINAL CASES: AN UPDATE
title_sort plea of insanity as a defense in criminal cases: an update
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