@article{ref1,
title="Mental disorders and criminal responsibility in arsonists",
journal="Spanish journal of legal medicine",
year="2017",
author="Dresdner Cid, Rodrigo and Folino, Jorge Oscar",
volume="43",
number="2",
pages="58-63",
abstract="The purpose of the study is to describe arsonists in their demographic, psychiatric and criminological dimensions and to explore factors associated with the expert opinion of insanity. A series of cases accused of arson and assessed in the adult Psychiatric Unit of the Legal Medical Service of Chile, during the period 1999-2012 (N=197) is described. With a cases and controls design, the factors associated with the opinion of insanity are explored. The series of cases had a high prevalence of mental disorders, social and family problems. Expert opinion compatible with the condition of criminal responsibility was achieved in 52.3% of the cases; and in 24.4% it was compatible with insanity and in 23.3% with diminished criminal responsibility. The conditions of insanity and diminished criminal responsibility, grouped together as &quot;expert opinion of altered criminal responsibility&quot; were significantly associated with bizarre behaviour, pathological motivation, emotional motivation, self-harm and cooperative attitude of the accused.    Los objetivos del estudio son describir a acusados del delito de incendio en las dimensiones demográfica, psiquiátrica y criminológica y explorar factores asociados a la opinión pericial de inimputabilidad. Se describe la serie de casos acusados de incendio y evaluados pericialmente (N=197) en la Unidad de Psiquiatría de Adultos del Servicio Médico Legal de Chile, durante el periodo 1999-2012 y con diseño de casos y controles se exploran factores asociados con la opinión de inimputabilidad. La serie de casos tuvo alta prevalencia de problemas sociales, familiares y de trastornos mentales. En el 52,3% se alcanzó conclusión pericial compatible con la imputabilidad, en el 24,4% con la inimputabilidad y en el 23,3% con la imputabilidad disminuida. Las condiciones de inimputabilidad e imputabilidad disminuidas, agrupadas como &quot;opinión pericial de imputabilidad comprometida&quot; se asociaron significativamente a la verificación de conducta bizarra, motivación patológica, motivación afectiva, autolesiones y actitud colaboradora del acusado.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2445-4249",
doi="10.1016/j.remle.2017.04.005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.remle.2017.04.005"
}