The Insanity Defence: How Do We Handle Doubt?

This paper discusses how the legal definition of criminal insanity has been altered several times in the Norwegian criminal law, most recently in June 2019. There are difficulties in communicating between psychiatric experts, legal experts, and lay judges, since the description and understanding of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Randi Rosenqvist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bergen 2019-09-01
Series:Bergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
Online Access:https://boap.uib.no/index.php/BJCLCJ/article/view/2880