Psychiatric evaluation of offenders who commit crimes while experiencing dissociative states

Edmund G. Howe

doi:10.1007/BF01044695

Psychiatric evaluation of offenders who commit crimes while experiencing dissociative states

Edmund G. Howe^*

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Psychiatry

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Abstract

The forensic evaluation of criminal offenders who have experienced dissociative states is highly problematic. The frequency with which these disorders occur, for example, is unknown; an the very techniques which appear sometimes to be necessary to diagnose these entities may, according to some, run the risk of creating them. The author discusses, first, difficulties in diagnosing these disorders and offers suggestions for overcoming them. Legal and ethical enigmas which can arise once these diagnoses are made are next enumerated. Finally, socio-legal implications are considered.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	253-282
Number of pages	30
Journal	Law and Human Behavior
Volume	8
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01044695
State	Published - Dec 1984

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