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Schizophrenia and Criminal Responsibility: A Systematic Review
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
|April 14, 2018
Summary
Schizophrenia is often linked to diminished or abolished criminal responsibility due to cognitive and affective deficits. This systematic review explores the relationship between schizophrenia and legal accountability for criminal acts.
Area of Science:
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Clinical Psychology
Background:
- 20th-century psychiatric advancements offer frameworks for understanding crime and mental illness.
- Schizophrenia involves cognitive/affective deficits impacting empathy, judgment, and impulse control.
Purpose of the Study:
- To systematically review the relationship between schizophrenia and criminal responsibility.
- To analyze how schizophrenia-related deficits influence behavior and legal accountability.
Main Methods:
- Systematic literature review on schizophrenia and criminal responsibility.
Main Results:
- Schizophrenia is frequently associated with diminished or abolished criminal liability.
- Specific deficits in schizophrenia impact behavior and accountability.
Conclusions:
- The legal responsibility of individuals with schizophrenia is influenced by sociodemographic, developmental, and clinical factors.
- Understanding these deficits is crucial for assessing accountability in criminal cases involving schizophrenia.
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