An analysis of arguments for the retention of the defence of mental impairment

This article summarises the main arguments for the retention of the defence of mental impairment presented in an online debate that took place in August 2021. It canvases the justifications for the defence, rebuts human rights arguments for its abolition and outlines why there is a lack of viable al...

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Autores principales: McSherry, Bernadette, Sullivan, Danny
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Routledge 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9848333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36687757
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2022.2112102
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spelling pubmed-98483332023-01-19 An analysis of arguments for the retention of the defence of mental impairment McSherry, Bernadette Sullivan, Danny Psychiatr Psychol Law Articles This article summarises the main arguments for the retention of the defence of mental impairment presented in an online debate that took place in August 2021. It canvases the justifications for the defence, rebuts human rights arguments for its abolition and outlines why there is a lack of viable alternatives. It concludes that advances in knowledge should lead to the reform of the defence rather than its abolition. Routledge 2023-01-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9848333/ /pubmed/36687757 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2022.2112102 Text en © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
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