TY - JOUR 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 SP - 182 LP - 185 VL - 37 IS - 2 AU - Ralph Slovenko Y1 - 2009/06/01 UR - http://jaapl.org/content/37/2/182.abstract N2 - 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. ER -