title: Assessing the criminal responsibility of individuals with multiple personality disorder: legal cases, legal theory.
abstract: This article discusses the criminal responsibility of individuals diagnosed with multiple personality disorder (MPD). First, it reviews how courts understand and assess criminal responsibility. Second, it gives an overview of how courts have applied the doctrine of criminal responsibility to individuals with MPD. Third, it explains what legal theorists say about this question. Finally, it uses a case example to illustrate how various theorists would assess the responsibility of a criminal defendant with MPD.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Behnke
mesh_terms: D003416:Criminal Law / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009105:Dissociative Identity Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States