Commentary: personality disorders and criminal law.

The Relationship between Personality Disorders and the Type of Crime Committed and Substance Used among Prisoners

Background: Prisoners are a vulnerable group within societies, and also threaten society due to their dangerous behavior. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between prisoners’ personality disorders and their crime and substance use.Methods: This was a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population consisted of all prisoners of Kerman, Iran. Through ...

Pathology of Fulfillment of Offenders' Corrective-Therapeutic Goals through Personality Records (Personality File) in Criminal Proceedings

One of the important innovations of the 1392 criminal Procedure Code (Reformed in 1394) is the recognition of a person's case file; the implementation of which in the criminal prosecution process reveals the deep link between law and medical science. Looking at the legal material in the case file, one can conclude that the purpose of the victim's correction and treatment, especially in the proc...

Criminal Responsibility of Offenders with Personality Disorders with an Emphasis on Crime Psychological Factors

A variety of psychiatric disorders but dementia are among the issues discussed in criminology and can have a significant influence on the criminal responsibility of the perpetrators and the patients with such disorders and consequently on their criminal law. Mental disorders which encompass a wide range of mild, moderate, and severe neuropsychiatric illnesses are usually resulting from biologic...

Psychopathic personality; some social and psychiatric aspects.

The Role of the Prosecution in Judging the Criminal System from a Moral and Legal Perspective

Background: Judgment of a criminal policy Resolving criminal cases in various ways and manifestations, outside the scope of official repressive measures, is a strategy of contracting criminal law derived from civil law, and its main root is in ethics and morality. In society, and given that the prosecution of a criminal case is not the main purpose of criminal law; Rather, prosecution is seen a...