PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Slovenko, Ralph
TI  - Commentary: Personality Disorders and Criminal Law
DP  - 2009 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 182--185
VI  - 37
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/37/2/182.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/37/2/182.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2009 Jun 01; 37
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.