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1998, tom 7, suplement 3
Original article
Diminished accountability: A new legal norm in Lithuania
JELENA MARCINKEVIČIENE1,
KONSTANTINAS DASKEVIČIUS1
1. Narodowego Ośrodka Psychiatrii i Narkologii w Wilnie (Litwa)
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 1998, 7, suplement 3 (8), 57-60
Keywords: Lithuania, diminished accountability
Summary
The authors discuss the justifications for the insanity defence and analyze the psychological and sociological premises for its application. They quote the legal regulations currently in farce in Western Europe and justifications for use of the insanity defence to show that this formula should also oblige in the Lithuanian Penal-Procedural Code. They seek further justification in legal practice for the introduction of the concept of diminished accountability to Lithuanian legislation.
Correspondence address
Dr Jelena Marcinkeviciene,
National Service of Forensic Psychiatry and Narcology in Lithuania,
Parko 15, 2048 Vilnius
National Service of Forensic Psychiatry and Narcology in Lithuania,
Parko 15, 2048 Vilnius