A scoping review of the forensic psychiatric expertise for compulsory treatment application in Brazil.

In the Brazilian penal system, a person with a mental disorder who commits an offense may be exempt from penalty if, at the time of the offense, they were entirely unable to understand the illicit character of the fact. A forensic psychiatric expert makes this determination and may also recommend to the magistrate the type of commitment to be applied. As a rule, this measure is stipulated based on the judge's sentence rather than the kind of treatment that the mental disorder requires. This difference motivates the present study that seeks to identify criteria for expertise. Additionally, this work focuses on the biopsychological method which influences the application of the measure as detailed in the expert's report. Expert reports have considerable importance in criminal proceedings and often influence determinations of the deadline for compliance and, potentially, hospitalisation. For this question, a scoping review searched for relevant literature, regardless of the study design. Of 1014 references, 27 answered the guiding question, giving rise to 10 categories with several items corresponding to the criteria for expertise. These items, although not exhaustive, demonstrated the deficient interrelationship between law and mental health due to the lack of communication and interaction between them the two. This could be addressed through interdisciplinary legislation or alteration of criminal and criminal procedural laws. Additionally, the lack of communication could be further addressed through the magistrate's interpretation of mental health laws as a new parameter for criminal law based on the human dignity principle which recognises fundamental human rights.

Evaluación de imputabilidad penal en crímenes sexuales / Assessment of criminal imputability in sexual crimes

Resumen El artículo tiene como objetivo definir el crimen sexual y estudiar la relación entre los crímenes sexuales y los trastornos mentales. También se describen aspectos del peritaje psiquiátrico de las personas que han cometido delitos sexuales. La evaluación de la imputabilidad penal es extremadamente importante para ajustar, en cada caso, la aplicación de medidas de seguridad y las sanciones penales y correccionales apropiadas.

This article aims to define sexual crime, to study the relationship between sexual crimes and mental disorders. Aspects of psychiatric expertise of individuals Who have committed sex crimes are also described. The assessment of criminal imputability is extremely important in order to adjust, in each case, the application of security measures and appropriate criminal and correctional sanctions.

A propósito de la ética en opiniones expertas y dictámenes psicológicos y psiquiátricos en casos sospecha de abuso sexual infantil: ¿al mejor postor? / About ethics in expert opinions and psychological and psychiatric reports in cases of suspicion of sexual abuse of a minor: to the highest bid?

Este ensayo hace una serie de reflexiones importantes acerca del papel del testigo experto y del consultor técnico privado en el campo de la Psicología y Psiquiatría Pericial, donde el testigo experto puede ser un útil educador del Tribunal, dando un marco del cuerpo de conocimientos existente acerca de la naturaleza del abuso sexual infantil, reacciones comunes de las víctimas, patrones de revelación, memoria y sugestibilidad de los niños, y pueden ayudar a evaluar objetivamente la credibilidad de casos particulares. Sin embargo, con mucha facilidad el testigo experto puede hacer que sus puntos de vista correspondan a los intereses de la parte que los contrata. Entonces el estatus del experto se convierte en el de un testigo cuyo fin es lograr la victoria de una de las partes, aún al costo de la consideración de todos los datos científicos y profesionales existentes lo que puede devenir en el proceso de revictimización a través del sistema judicial por lo que debe insistirse en la necesidad de un compromiso ético y social con la infancia y adolescencia.

This essay brings to attention the role of the expert witness and the private technical consultant in the fields of Psychological and Psychiatric Expertise, in which the expert witness can be a useful educator to the Tribune, giving a background of the existing body of knowledge of the nature of sexual abuse of a minor, common reactions of victims, patterns of revelation, the child memory and suggestibility, and they can help to objectively evaluate the credibility in particular cases. Nevertheless, very easily can the expert witness make his or her points of view match those of the part who has hired him or her. Therefore, the status of the expert becomes that of a witness whose purpose is victory of one of the parts, even at the expense of the consideration of all the scientific and professional data existent that could turn out into the process of revictimizing through the judicial system, which is why an ethical and social commitment is needed towards children and adolescents.