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POZITIVNOPRAVNI I UPOREDNOPRAVNI ASPEKTI NEURAČUNLJIVOSTI
POSITIVE AND COMPARATIVE ASPECTS OF INSANITY

Author(s): Vukan Slavković
Subject(s): Psychology, Criminal Law, Behaviorism
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Београду
Keywords: criminal law; insanity; guilt; mental disorder; accountability;

Summary/Abstract: The tenth revision of the ICD-10 defines mental disorder as „a clinical determined group of symptoms of behavioral characteristics, which in most cases create suffering and avert the functioning of personality“. According to the criminal legislation of most countries, insanity is characterized by two criteria: biological (medical) and psychological (legal). Biological criterion indicates the presence of the disordered state of psyche, while psychological

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 191-206
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Serbian