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- Anckarsäter, Henrik, 1966, et al.
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Mental disorder is a cause of crime: The cornerstone of forensic psychiatry
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In: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. - : Elsevier BV. - 0160-2527 .- 1873-6386. ; 32:6, s. 342-347
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The assumption that mental disorder is a cause of crime is the foundation of forensic psychiatry, but conceptual. epistemological. and empirical analyses show that neither mental nor crime, or the causation implied, are clear-cut concepts. "Mental" denotes heterogeneous aspects of a per-son such as inner experiences. cognitive abilities, and behaviour patterns described in a non-physical vocabulary. In psychology and psychiatry, mental describes law-bound, caused aspects of human functioning that are predictable and generalizable. Problems defined as mental disorders are end-points of dimensional inter-individual differences rather than natural categories. Deficits in cognitive faculties, such as attention, verbal understanding, impulse control, and reality assessment, may be susceptibility factors that relate to behaviours (Such as crimes) by increasing the probability (risk) for a negative behaviour or constitute causes in the sense of INUS conditions (insufficient but Non-redundant parts of Unnecessary but Sufficient conditions). Attributing causes to complex behaviours such as crimes is not an unbiased process, and mental disorders will attract disproportionate attention when it comes to explanations of behaviours that we wish to distance ourselves from. Only by rigorous interpretation of what psychiatry actually can inform us about, using empirical analyses of quantified aggressive antisocial behaviours and their possible explanatory factors, can we gain a clearer notion of the relationship between mental disorder and crime. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Garcia, Danilo, 1973, et al.
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Responsibility and Cooperativeness Are Constrained, Not Determined
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In: Frontiers in Psychology. - : Frontiers Media SA. - 1664-1078. ; 5
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Neurobiological determinism has characterized later decades’ scientific approaches to the notion of free will. Scientists suggest that legal responsibility should be adjusted accordingly. We measured the genetic and environmental effects behind self-reported Self-directedness and Cooperativeness in a nation-wide population-based adolescent twin study. In spite of substantial overall genetic and shared environmental effects on these character scores, individual outcomes in both monozygotic and dizygotic co-twins of probands reporting severe personality problems varied widely into the normal range. Hence, even when constrained by genetic and environmental adversity, self-experienced responsibility and cooperation are not simply genetically determined but, to some extent, malleable.
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Investigating Depersonalization
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In: Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology. - 1071-6076. ; Vol 9:NO 3, s. 287-288
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- Anckarsäter, Henrik, 1966, et al.
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Mental health and international crimes
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In: Criminological approaches to international criminal law / Ilias Bantekas, Emmanouela Mylonaki. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. - 9781107060036 ; , s. 263-286
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Mordiska sjölejon och marisianer
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In: Idées Fixes - A festschrift dedicated to Christian Bennet on the occasion of his 60th birthday / edited by Martin Kaså. - Göteborg : Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science, University of Gothenburg. - 1652-0459. - 9789198210002 ; , s. 23-43
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