Abstract

GAVIRIA-TRESPALACIOS, Jaime  and  ESCOBAR-CORDOBA, Franklin. Comentarios de la psiquiatría forense al concepto de inimputabilidad en Colombia. Med. leg. Costa Rica [online]. 2015, vol.32, n.1, pp.85-95. ISSN 2215-5287.

This reflection paper presents relevant aspects of the legal concept of Mental Insanity Defense, from the viewpoint of forensic psychiatry, based on the analysis of the Colombian criminal legislation in this regard. As an introduction examples of the concept of criminal responsibility in regulation of some countries and legal aspects are showed and discussed. The concept of liability is defined; forensic psychiatric legal associations correlated to the most frequent psychopathological findings are showed and it is explained that they determine the mental insanity defense in light of the new accusatory penal system in Colombia. Then, we discuss the security measures assigned to mentally ills, named mentally ills or insanes.

Keywords : Commitment of Mentally Ill; Insanity Defense; Mental Competency; Mental Disorders; Mental Health.

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