Dutch juvenile criminal law, concerning minors between 12 and 18 years old, is marked by its
pedagogical character. In cases of serious psychosocial problems or psychiatric disorders, …

In more than one sense the penal law system in Holland is different from other countries and
as a consequence the position and the role of the forensic psychiatrist is a different one. In …

Publisher Summary During the preliminary judicial inquiry, the examining judge may order
that a psychiatric report be made according to section 181 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. …

Publisher Summary There are people who have committed serious offenses and who suffer
from serious defects in development. Treatment aims at both long- and short-term prevention…

The Law and Psychiatry congress in Oxford in 1979 convinced me that there are not only as
many laws as there are countries, but also that there are even more discrepant …

The history of this East German plane flight to Moscow is interesting enough to record. In
1983 the All Union Association of Soviet Psychiatrists and Neurologists left the World …

It is emphasized that behavior rating scales can, provided they meet a number of basic
requirements, yield valuable information on the patient, supplementary to the usual clinical …