RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Commentary: Personality Disorders and Criminal Law
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 182
OP 185
VO 37
IS 2
A1 Ralph Slovenko
YR 2009
UL http://jaapl.org/content/37/2/182.abstract
AB The history of the personality-disorder diagnosis in law and psychiatry—in particular, the antisocial personality disorder—is recounted along with the arguments of renowned forensic psychiatrists as well as public opinion. Jurisdictions around the world are divided on the impact of the diagnosis on criminal responsibility or on sentencing.