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Mental disorders and criminal responsibility in arsonists

dc.creatorDresdner Cid, Rodrigo Felipe
dc.creatorFolino, Jorge Oscar
dc.date2017-06
dc.date2020-08-24T17:50:35Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-14T21:39:58Z
dc.date.available2023-07-14T21:39:58Z
dc.identifierhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/102987
dc.identifierhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0377473216300700
dc.identifierissn:0377-4732
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7443938
dc.description<b>Introducción</b>: Los objetivos del estudio son describir a acusados del delito de incendio en las dimensiones demográfica, psiquiátrica y criminológica y explorar factores asociados a la opinión pericial de inimputabilidad. <b>Material y métodos</b>: Se describe la serie de casos acusados de incendio y evaluados pericialmente (N = 197) en la Unidad de Psiquiatría Adultos del Servicio Médico Legal de Chile, durante el periodo 1999 – 2012 y con diseño de casos y controles se exploran factores asociados con la opinión de inimputabilidad. <b>Resultados</b>: La serie de casos tuvo alta prevalencia de problemas sociales, familiares y de trastornos mentales. En el 52,3% se alcanzó conclusión pericial compatible con la imputabilidad, en el 24,4% con la inimputabilidad y en el 23,3% con la imputabilidad disminuida. <b>Conclusiones</b>: Las condiciones de inimputabilidad e imputabilidad disminuidas, agrupadas como “opinión pericial de imputabilidad comprometida” se asociaron significativamente a la verificación de conducta bizarra, motivación patológica, motivación afectiva, autolesiones y actitud colaboradora del acusado.
dc.description<b>Introduction</b>: The purpose of the study is to describe arsonists in their demographic, psychiatric and criminological dimensions and to explore factors associated with the expert opinion of insanity. <b>Material and methods</b>: a series of cases accused of arson and assessed in the adult Psychiatric Unit of the Legal Medical Service of Chile, during the period 1999 – 2012 (N = 197) is described. With a cases and controls design, the factors associated with the opinion of insanity are explored. <b>Results</b>: The series of cases had a high prevalence of mental disorders, social and family problems. Expert opinion compatible with the condition of criminal responsibility was achieved in 52.3% of the cases; and in 24.4 % it was compatible with insanity and in 23.3% with diminished criminal responsibility. <b>Conclusions</b>: The conditions of insanity and diminished criminal responsibility, grouped together as "expert opinion of altered criminal responsibility" were significantly associated with bizarre behavior, pathological motivation, emotional motivation, self-harm and cooperative attitude of the accused.
dc.descriptionFacultad de Ciencias Médicas
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dc.format58-63
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dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
dc.subjectPsiquiatría
dc.subjectIncendiario
dc.subjectIncendio
dc.subjectEvaluación psiquiátrica
dc.subjectImputabilidad
dc.subjectTrastorno mental
dc.subjectMental disorder
dc.subjectArson
dc.subjectArsonist
dc.subjectPsychiatric assessment
dc.subjectCriminal responsibility
dc.titleTrastornos mentales y responsabilidad criminal en incendiarios
dc.titleMental disorders and criminal responsibility in arsonists
dc.typeArticulo
dc.typePreprint


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