Psychiatry in its legal aspects. This includes criminology, penology, commitment of mentally ill, the psychiatrist's role in compensation cases, the problems of releasing information to the court, and of expert testimony.
Entry Term(s)
Jurisprudence, Psychiatric
Public MeSH Note
69; was JURISPRUDENCE, PSYCHIATRIC 1967-68; CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION was see under FORENSIC DENTISTRY & FORENSIC MEDICINE 1965-74, was heading 1963-64
Online Note
use FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY to search JURISPRUDENCE, PSYCHIATRIC 1967-68; use FORENSIC DENTISTRY & FORENSIC MEDICINE to search CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION 1966-74
History Note
69; was JURISPRUDENCE, PSYCHIATRIC 1967-68; CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION was see under FORENSIC DENTISTRY & FORENSIC MEDICINE 1965-74, was heading 1963-64
Psychiatry in its legal aspects. This includes criminology, penology, commitment of mentally ill, the psychiatrist's role in compensation cases, the problems of releasing information to the court, and of expert testimony.