RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Offenders With Substance Abuse Who Receive Mandatory Psychiatric Treatment
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 316
OP 324
VO 45
IS 3
A1 Wu, Pei-Chuan
A1 Chou, Yu-Ching
A1 Yeh, Hui-Wen
A1 Huang, San-Yuan
A1 Cheng, Li-Hsiang
A1 Kao, Yu-Chen
A1 Chang, Hsin-An
A1 Tzeng, Nian-Sheng
YR 2017
UL http://jaapl.org/content/45/3/316.abstract
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.