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  • Forensic Psychology
  • Legal Studies
  • Addiction Psychiatry

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  • Behavioral addictions present complex challenges for legal systems.
  • These disorders involve intense craving states that can lead to criminal behavior.
  • Existing legal frameworks struggle to adequately address addiction-related offenses.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide a legal and phenomenological overview of behavioral addictions.
  • To analyze how gambling disorder and kleptomania are handled in criminal justice.
  • To propose an approach for adjudicating criminal behavior linked to behavioral addictions.

Main Methods:

  • Review of legal principles of criminal responsibility.
  • Analysis of the phenomenology and cognitive aspects of behavioral addictions.
  • Case study examination of legal proceedings for gambling disorder and kleptomania.

Main Results:

  • Legal systems face difficulties in assigning criminal responsibility for addiction-driven actions.
  • Gambling disorder and kleptomania have been addressed inconsistently in trials and sentencing.
  • Current legal approaches may not fully account for the nature of behavioral addictions.

Conclusions:

  • A nuanced approach is needed for adjudicating criminal behavior related to behavioral addictions.
  • Legal frameworks should better integrate understanding of addiction's impact on criminal intent.
  • Further development of legal strategies is required for these complex cases.