ArticleThe Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics2020
A Matter of Intent: A Social Obligation to Improve Criminal Procedures for Individuals with Dementia.
Article in The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Neurodegenerative Disorders in Criminal Offending and Cognitive Decline Among Aging Inmates.NeuroSci · 2025Review
- Crime, Incarceration, and Dementia: An Aging Criminal System.American journal of law & medicine · 2023Article
- Examining the propensity and nature of criminal risk behaviours in frontotemporal dementia syndromes and Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)Article
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Abstract
The relationship between dementia and criminal behavior perplexes legal and health care systems. Dementia is a progressive clinical syndrome defined by impairment in at least two cognitive domains that interferes with one's activities of daily. Dementia symptoms have been associated with behaviors that violate social norms and constitute criminal actions. A failure to address a gap in policies that support appropriate management of individuals with dementia reflects a failure in our social obligation to care for those who are most vulnerable amongst us. Categorical protections, informed by precedent models applied to juveniles and individuals with psychiatric illness, could help meet a social obligation to provide protections to individuals with dementia. We propose an approach that integrates affirmative defenses to mitigate criminal liability and sentencing restrictions to prevent cruel and unusual punishment.
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