Some Aspects of Corruption Risks in the Use of Compulsory Medical Measures against Legally Insane Persons
Abstract
The article attempts to study main corruption risks that may arise in the field of criminal justice in the course of pre-trial investigation, the appointment and execution of forensic psychiatric examination, drawing up a petition for the use of coercive measures and its proceedings directly in court. The paper studies legislative novels in the sphere of the application of compulsory medical measures and problematic practical moments in the application of these innovations, which, according to experts, can create fertile ground for corruption phenomena without proper legislative changes. Specifically, changes made to the relevant legislation, which were criticized by the specialists of psychiatric industry and the General Prosecutorʼs Office of Ukraine regarding the creation of insufficient quantity of specialized institutions for provision of psychiatric assistance in regions and lack of interaction between state authorities in the application of compulsory medical measures are analysed in the article.
The urgency of the chosen topic is due to the increase in the proportion of criminal offenses committed by legally insane or limitedly legally insane persons and the lack of new researches on this issue. The issues raised in this article require additional research and analysis in the scientific literature.
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