Watson A S
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Bull Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 1992;20(2):211-20.
From its very beginnings, British and American common law have attempted to deal with the mind-state of perpetrators of crime. This has taken various procedural and statutory forms that have often been characterized by confusion and contradictions in purpose. Clarification of the psychological and legal issues may assist in bringing the criminal treatment process to a more rational basis.
从一开始,英美普通法就试图处理犯罪者的心理状态。这采取了各种程序和法定形式,其目的往往具有混乱和矛盾的特点。澄清心理和法律问题可能有助于将刑事处理过程建立在更合理的基础上。