Forensic Psychiatric-Psychological Examinations of Defendants Charged With Sexual Offences Against Children and Adolescents in Lithuania (1994-2010)

Konstantinas Daškevičius, Jelena Marcinkevičienė, Vilma Joneliūkštienė, Gediminas Žukauskas Abstract The authors analyse sociopsychological characteristics, indicators of mental disorders and their impact on criminal sexual activities of defendants examined by Lithuanian National Forensic Psychiatric Service in 17 years. Irresponsibility was established only in 7% (of the total sample N =787), most of the cases diagnozed as…