RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Mentally Disordered Offenders in Sweden
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 389
OP 393
VO 19
IS 4
A1 Lidberg, Lars
A1 Belfrage, Henrik
YR 1991
UL http://jaapl.org/content/19/4/389.abstract
AB This article reviews the laws in Sweden concerning mentally disordered offenders. It also contains some figures on the relationship between mentally disordered offenders and other offenders sentenced to prison. The rules in Sweden are very different from other countries in that the responsibility concept has been abolished and thus there is no acquittal on a psychiatric basis.