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[Delinquency under drug influence (author's transl)].

K Wanke, K L Täschner

    Zeitschrift Fur Rechtsmedizin. Journal of Legal Medicine
    |August 1, 1979
    PubMed
    Summary

    Drug addiction significantly impacts criminal responsibility, differing from alcohol-related offenses due to chronic effects. Assessing offenders requires evaluating personality, drug use patterns, dependence, mental state, and offense type, especially for "supply offenses."

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    Area of Science:

    • Forensic Psychiatry
    • Addiction Medicine
    • Criminology

    Context:

    • Distinguishes between acute effects of alcohol and chronic effects of drugs in criminal behavior.
    • Highlights the need for specific criteria to assess responsibility in drug-related offenses.
    • Examines
    • supply offenses
    • committed to fund drug acquisition.

    Purpose:

    • To establish criteria for judging the criminal responsibility of drug-addicted offenders.
    • To differentiate between direct and indirect
    • supply offenses
    • and their implications for legal accountability.
    • To analyze the influence of drug dependence and psychopathological state on offender responsibility.

    Summary:

    • Assesses offender personality, drug intake, dependence, psychopathological state, and offense type.
    • Differentiates between direct
    • supply offenses
    • (e.g., theft) and indirect ones (e.g., trading).
    • Suggests total lack of responsibility for direct
    • supply offenses
    • and reduced responsibility for indirect ones, considering motivation and state of mind.

    Impact:

    • Informs legal and psychiatric evaluations of drug-addicted offenders.
    • Promotes nuanced understanding of criminal responsibility in addiction.
    • Aids in developing appropriate legal and therapeutic interventions for drug-related crimes.

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