title: [Medical and legal aspects of inability to participate in legal proceedings and the execution of imprisonment resulting from mental illness].
abstract: A mental disorder of the criminal can be the cause of reprieving penal conduct or the execution of imprisonment. In the present study the matter of ability to take part in legal proceedings and arrest in preliminary custody were considered. The possibility and propriety of staying in conditions of imprisonment mentally ill persons was also considered. Legal settlements relating to this problem were submitted. We paid attention to medical circumstances in which judicial experts should act in such cases.
authors.affiliation: Oddziału Obserwacji Sadowo-Psychiatrycznej przy Areszcie Sledczym w Krakowie.
authors.forename: Stanisław M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Teleśnicki
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bolechała
mesh_terms: D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007298:Insanity Defense; D007883:Legislation, Medical / Q000592:standards; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011044:Poland; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States