犯罪,监禁和痴呆症:一个老化的刑事系统
Jalayne J Arias1, Lillian Morgado1, Ana Tyler2
11Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
American journal of law & medicine
|February 12, 2024
概括
刑事司法系统在很大程度上忽视了痴呆症,未能保护犯下犯罪的认知障碍患者. 这项研究揭示了对被捕后痴呆症患者进行查,培训和适当的法律机制的缺乏.
科学领域:
- 神经科学与法律
- 老年精神病学是一门精神病学专业.
- 刑事司法研究 刑事司法研究
背景情况:
- 痴呆症在老年人群中越来越令人担忧,影响认知和行为功能.
- 痴呆症患者可能表现出导致犯罪行为的行为,但法律体系缺乏足够的规定.
- 刑事司法系统在处理痴呆症等慢性疾病方面并没有跟上卫生系统的步伐.
研究的目的:
- 评估在刑事司法系统内逮捕后对痴呆症患者的待遇.
- 识别刑事司法系统中关于痴呆症患者的法律政策中的挑战和差距.
- 提出一个研究和政策议程,以改善该人口中痴呆症的管理.
主要方法:
- 经验研究涉及采访15名律师经验丰富的痴呆病例.
- 探讨律师关于审前释放,能力,安置,刑事责任,判决和定罪后释放的观点.
- 分析目前转移法律机制及其对痴呆患者的适用性.
主要成果:
- 没有系统的痴呆症查流程,用于逮捕后的个人.
- 在为痴呆症患者提供适当的安置和住房方面发现了重大挑战.
- 律师报告说,痴呆症如何影响决策和法律能力的培训不足.
- 现有的法律转移机制不适合,主要针对精神病患者群体.
结论:
- 刑事司法系统需要紧急的政策改革,以满足痴呆症患者的需求.
- 发展法律专业人员的专业培训和标准化查协议是必不可少的.
- 需要新的法律框架,以确保在刑事司法系统内为痴呆症患者提供适当的管理和转移.
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