کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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100934 | 1422294 | 2012 | 8 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
![عکس صفحه اول مقاله: Expert evidence by mental health professionals: The communication challenge posed by evidence about Autism Spectrum Disorder, brain injuries, and Huntington's Disease Expert evidence by mental health professionals: The communication challenge posed by evidence about Autism Spectrum Disorder, brain injuries, and Huntington's Disease](/preview/png/100934.png)
By drawing upon mental health assessment issues about three non-mainstream conditions – Autism Spectrum Disorder, brain injuries, including Foetal Alcohol Syndrome, and Huntington's Disease – the author argues for the need for subtle, empathic and informed expert evidence about the potential nexus between such conditions and accused persons' criminal responsibility and culpability. He contends that what is forensically required is enhancement of the capacity of triers of fact to appreciate informedly and authentically, sometimes in a nuanced way, how persons with different, damaged or deteriorating brains experience situations and others' behaviour so that accused persons' conduct can fairly be evaluated without imposition of assumptions or expectations in respect of “normal persons” that may not be apposite.
Journal: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - Volume 35, Issues 5–6, September–December 2012, Pages 372–379