The Science of Addiction and Criminal Law
| Autor: | Stephen J. Morse |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
050502 law
Substance-Related Disorders Addiction media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 06 humanities and the arts Criminology Clinical literature 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Behavior Addictive Theory of criminal justice Psychiatry and Mental health Criminal Law mental disorders Criminal law Humans Position (finance) Crime 060301 applied ethics Psychology health care economics and organizations 0505 law media_common |
| Zdroj: | Harvard Review of Psychiatry. 25:261-269 |
| ISSN: | 1465-7309 1067-3229 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/hrp.0000000000000150 |
| Popis: | Although there is debate in the scientific and clinical literature about how much choice addicts have concerning the use of drugs and related activities, this article demonstrates that Anglo-American criminal law is most consistent with the position that addicts have substantial choice about engaging in crimes involving their addiction. It suggests that the criminal law's approach is consistent with plausible and reasonable current scientific and clinical understanding of addiction and is therefore defensible, but it also suggests that the law is unduly harsh and far from optimum. |
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