@article{ref1,
title="Assessment of criminal responsibility for perpetrators of homicide: analysis of 105 cases",
journal="Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi",
year="2006",
author="Sun, Yehua and Hu, Ji-Nian",
volume="22",
number="5",
pages="361-364",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To explore the main factors that most influence the psychiatrists in the process of assessing the capacity for criminal for perpetrators of homicide. METHODS: 105 homicide cases were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS: The number of cases for no responsibility, reduced responsibility and full responsibility is 41 (39.0%), 28 (26.7%) and 36 (34.3%) respectively. The assessment of capability for criminal responsibility was significantly correlated with three major factors, they are: whether the homicide was driven by psychopathological factors (Gamma = 0.906, P = 0.000), whether the perpetrator was suffering a severe mental disorders (Gamma = 0.761, P = 0.000) and, whether the victim is the perpetrator's family member or relative (Gamma = 0.412, P = 0.000). CONCLUSION: Forensic psychiatrists take three major aspects into account in their process in assessing capacity for criminal responsibility, in a descending order, they are: was the homicide driven by pathological motivation? Was the perpetrator suffering from a severe mental disorder? Was the victim a family member or stranger?<p /> <p>Language: zh</p>",
language="zh",
issn="1004-5619",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}