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Delinquentes Verhalten im Rahmen frontotemporaler Demenzen und der Alzheimer-Erkrankung

Criminal behavior in older people represents a rare phenomenon. Among older criminals there are many first offenders and 75% are men. Dementia poses one possible origin of delinquency in advanced age. It is unclear how often dementia is the actual cause of delinquency in older age. In studies with o...

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Autores principales: Haußmann, R., Krug, C., Noppes, F., Brandt, M., Lange, J., Donix, M.
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Publicado: Springer Medizin 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8763750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33575835
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00115-021-01070-8
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author Haußmann, R.
Krug, C.
Noppes, F.
Brandt, M.
Lange, J.
Donix, M.
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description Criminal behavior in older people represents a rare phenomenon. Among older criminals there are many first offenders and 75% are men. Dementia poses one possible origin of delinquency in advanced age. It is unclear how often dementia is the actual cause of delinquency in older age. In studies with older criminals the prevalence of dementia was heterogeneous due to methodological study issues. In the course of the disease 50% of patients with frontotemporal dementia and 10% of patients with Alzheimer’s disease commit crimes. The neurobiological origin of delinquency in dementia is poorly understood. On the basis of current study results first delinquency in older age can be explained by impairment of social cognition, difficulties in making appropriate emotional contributions and disturbed control of behavior. Affection of frontal and anterior temporal brain structures seem to be of high relevance. As dementia impairs criminal responsibility psychiatrists are confronted with a forensic evaluation of legal culpability of older criminals. Regarding different etiologies of dementia, specific peculiarities need to be considered in a forensic psychiatric assessment. Especially frontotemporal dementia predisposes towards a wide spectrum of criminal behavior whereas patients with Alzheimer’s disease predominantly commit crimes due to cognitive impairment. The review summarizes the present knowledge about criminal behavior in the context of dementia.
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spelling pubmed-87637502022-01-31 Delinquentes Verhalten im Rahmen frontotemporaler Demenzen und der Alzheimer-Erkrankung Haußmann, R. Krug, C. Noppes, F. Brandt, M. Lange, J. Donix, M. Nervenarzt Übersichten Criminal behavior in older people represents a rare phenomenon. Among older criminals there are many first offenders and 75% are men. Dementia poses one possible origin of delinquency in advanced age. It is unclear how often dementia is the actual cause of delinquency in older age. In studies with older criminals the prevalence of dementia was heterogeneous due to methodological study issues. In the course of the disease 50% of patients with frontotemporal dementia and 10% of patients with Alzheimer’s disease commit crimes. The neurobiological origin of delinquency in dementia is poorly understood. On the basis of current study results first delinquency in older age can be explained by impairment of social cognition, difficulties in making appropriate emotional contributions and disturbed control of behavior. Affection of frontal and anterior temporal brain structures seem to be of high relevance. As dementia impairs criminal responsibility psychiatrists are confronted with a forensic evaluation of legal culpability of older criminals. Regarding different etiologies of dementia, specific peculiarities need to be considered in a forensic psychiatric assessment. Especially frontotemporal dementia predisposes towards a wide spectrum of criminal behavior whereas patients with Alzheimer’s disease predominantly commit crimes due to cognitive impairment. The review summarizes the present knowledge about criminal behavior in the context of dementia. Springer Medizin 2021-02-11 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8763750/ /pubmed/33575835 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00115-021-01070-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access Dieser Artikel wird unter der Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International Lizenz veröffentlicht, welche die Nutzung, Vervielfältigung, Bearbeitung, Verbreitung und Wiedergabe in jeglichem Medium und Format erlaubt, sofern Sie den/die ursprünglichen Autor(en) und die Quelle ordnungsgemäß nennen, einen Link zur Creative Commons Lizenz beifügen und angeben, ob Änderungen vorgenommen wurden. Die in diesem Artikel enthaltenen Bilder und sonstiges Drittmaterial unterliegen ebenfalls der genannten Creative Commons Lizenz, sofern sich aus der Abbildungslegende nichts anderes ergibt. Sofern das betreffende Material nicht unter der genannten Creative Commons Lizenz steht und die betreffende Handlung nicht nach gesetzlichen Vorschriften erlaubt ist, ist für die oben aufgeführten Weiterverwendungen des Materials die Einwilligung des jeweiligen Rechteinhabers einzuholen. Weitere Details zur Lizenz entnehmen Sie bitte der Lizenzinformation auf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Haußmann, R.
Krug, C.
Noppes, F.
Brandt, M.
Lange, J.
Donix, M.
Delinquentes Verhalten im Rahmen frontotemporaler Demenzen und der Alzheimer-Erkrankung
title Delinquentes Verhalten im Rahmen frontotemporaler Demenzen und der Alzheimer-Erkrankung
title_full Delinquentes Verhalten im Rahmen frontotemporaler Demenzen und der Alzheimer-Erkrankung
title_fullStr Delinquentes Verhalten im Rahmen frontotemporaler Demenzen und der Alzheimer-Erkrankung
title_full_unstemmed Delinquentes Verhalten im Rahmen frontotemporaler Demenzen und der Alzheimer-Erkrankung
title_short Delinquentes Verhalten im Rahmen frontotemporaler Demenzen und der Alzheimer-Erkrankung
title_sort delinquentes verhalten im rahmen frontotemporaler demenzen und der alzheimer-erkrankung
topic Übersichten
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8763750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33575835
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00115-021-01070-8
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