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- Social responsibility and legal proceedings in the case of insane criminal offenders in Germany: Selected comments
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1998, tom 7, suplement 3
Original article
Social responsibility and legal proceedings in the case of insane criminal offenders in Germany: Selected comments
BERND DIMMEK1
1. Westfalskiego Centrum Psychiatrii Sądowej w Lippstadt (Niemcy)
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 1998, 7, suplement 3 (8), 61-66
Keywords: Germany, diminished accountability, treatment and rehabilitation of the involuntarily committed
Summary
The author acquaints the reader with the basic issues of German social-forensic psychiatry. He presents both the historical background and current legal regulations concerning unaccountability and greatly diminished accountability. He also presents the principles underlying opinioning and execution of security measures. Part of the article is devoted to presentation of intervention programmes for insane legal offenders. The conditions of treatment and rehabilitation are discussed.
Correspondence address
Bernd Dimmek, Wesifalisches Zentrum fur Forensische Psychiatrie,
Lippstadt, Niemcy
Lippstadt, Niemcy