MEDICOLEGAL ASPECTS OF ALCOHOL, DRUGS, AND CRIMINALITY IN GERMANY

Authors
SASS H ERKWOH R RODON A
Citation
H. Sass et al., MEDICOLEGAL ASPECTS OF ALCOHOL, DRUGS, AND CRIMINALITY IN GERMANY, Alcohol and alcoholism, 33(1), 1998, pp. 26-32
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Substance Abuse
Journal title
Alcohol and alcoholism → ACNP
ISSN journal
07350414
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
26 - 32
Database
ISI
SICI code
0735-0414(1998)33:1<26:MAOADA>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A psychiatric assessment of legal responsibility in drug abusers must consider not only the immediate effects of the drug, but also take int o account the offender's psychosocial background and profile at the ti me of the crime.