Remodelling criminal insanity
Exploring philosophical, legal, and medical premises of the medical model used in Norwegian law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21458969 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda Gröning (0000-0003-2864-3545, University of Bergen, corresponding author), Unn K Haukvik (0000-0002-0363-4127, University of Oslo), Stanley J Morse (0000-0002-7260-5012, University of Pennsylvania), Stephen J Morse, Susanna Radovic (0000-0003-4062-5761, University of Gothenburg) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Pages | 101776 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Law and Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0160-2527 • E-ISSN: 1873-6386 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ijlp.2022.101776 |
| PMID | 35101774 |
| OpenAlex | W4210761840 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 37 |
This paper clarifies the conceptual space of discussion of legal insanity by considering the virtues of the 'medical model' model that has been used in Norway for almost a century. The medical model identifies insanity exclusively with mental disorder, and especially with psychosis, without any requirement that the disorder causally influenced the commission of the crime. We explore the medical model from a transdisciplinary perspective and show how it can be utilised to systematise and reconsider the central philosophical, legal and medical premises involved in the insanity debate. A key concern is how recent transdiagnostic and dimensional approaches to psychosis can illuminate the law's understanding of insanity and its relation to mental disorder. The authors eventually raise the question whether the medical model can be reconstructed into a unified insanity model that is valid across the related disciplinary perspectives, and that moves beyond current insanity models
Commission · Criminal law · Criminology · Forensic psychiatry · Insanity · Insanity defense · Norwegian · Political science · Psychiatry · Computer Science · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Law · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |