Legal insanity in The Netherlands: Regulations and reflections

Autor: Meynen, Gerben, Mackay, Ronnie, Brookbanks, Warren
Přispěvatelé: Moral and Political Philosophy, CLUE+, Mackay, Ronnie, Brookbanks, Warren, Psychiatry
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: The Insanity Defence: International and Comparative Perspectives, 274-294
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Meynen, G 2023, Legal insanity in The Netherlands : Regulations and reflections . in The Insanity Defence : International and Comparative Perspectives . The Insanity Defence: International and Comparative Perspectives, Oxford University Press, pp. 274-294 . https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198854944.003.0012
Meynen, G 2022, Legal insanity in The Netherlands : Regulations and reflections . in R Mackay & W Brookbanks (eds), The Insanity Defence : International and Comparative Perspectives . The Oxford University Press, pp. 274-294 . https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198854944.003.0012
The Insanity Defence ISBN: 0198854943
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198854944.003.0012
Popis: This chapter discusses the characteristics of the insanity defence in the Dutch criminal justice system. In the Netherlands, a state with a moderately inquisitorial system, insanity evaluations can be ordered by the prosecution or by the court. In only a small minority of cases is the defence raised by the defendant. A first characteristic of the Dutch insanity defence is that there is no legal criterion specifying the conditions under which the presence of a mental illness substantiates an insanity plea. This is different from other legal systems, where the criteria for insanity are usually specified—an example is the M’Naghten Rule in Anglo-American jurisdictions. A second characteristic is that, while many jurisdictions use the dichotomy ‘sane’ versus ‘insane’, in the Netherlands three levels of criminal responsibility are used: responsibility, diminished responsibility, and (complete) insanity. A third characteristic concerns the fact that forensic psychiatrists and psychologists must render an explicit opinion about the defendant's (degree of) criminal responsibility (in the absence of a legal criterion for insanity). These three features of the Dutch system remain a topic of debate. This chapter discusses the Dutch regulations and case law, together with relevant practical problems and scholarly reflections.
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