Drunk, dangerous and delusional: how legal concept-creep risks overcriminalization - Crombag HS, Child JJ, Sullivan GR.

BACKGROUND: In the recent case of R v Taj, the Court of Appeal of England& Wales upheld the conviction of a defendant who, in a psychotic delusional state, mistook his non-threatening victim to be a terrorist, violently attacking him. The law typically al...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news