PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Pei-Chuan Wu
AU  - Yu-Ching Chou
AU  - Hui-Wen Yeh
AU  - San-Yuan Huang
AU  - Li-Hsiang Cheng
AU  - Yu-Chen Kao
AU  - Hsin-An Chang
AU  - Nian-Sheng Tzeng
TI  - Offenders With Substance Abuse Who Receive Mandatory Psychiatric Treatment
DP  - 2017 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 316--324
VI  - 45
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/45/3/316.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/45/3/316.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2017 Sep 01; 45
AB  - We examined the mandatory treatment referral rates before and after Taiwan's Penal Code revision of 2006 and factors associated with the mandatory treatment in Taiwan of criminals who engage in substance abuse. The 3,467 offenders who underwent forensic psychiatric assessments, based on Taiwan's court sentence dataset, included 3,163 offenders with substance-abuse–related crimes, but only 412 (13%) received mandatory treatment. There were no changes in mandatory treatment referral rates before and after the revision. The three main factors that determined whether an offender received mandatory psychiatric treatment were an agreement by the forensic psychiatrist and the presiding judge attesting to the lack of legal responsibility during the commission of the offense, the presence of substance-related psychosis, and location of the court in a rural area.