New Perspectives in the Legal Psychiatry of Cocaine-Related Crimes
Bunt, GC
Fellow, Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY.


Abstract
The legal criteria for the insanity defense as it applies to cocaine-related crimes remains elusive because of cocaine's unique spectrum of effects on human thought and action. This paper discusses the literature relevant to cocaine and forensic psychiatry/psychology, and summarizes the results of a survey of forensic psychiatrists on the topic of drug-induced psychosis. A conceptual framework is posited for the expert witness to distinguish the separable effects of cocaine on human behavior and to clarify their relationship to criminal responsibility.

Keywords:
cocaine, crack, forensic science, jurisprudence, psychiatry

Paper ID: JFS373920894

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