The Italian reform of treatment of people not guilty by reason of insanity: The closure of forensic institutions
After the closure of Psychiatric hospitals in 1978, in 2014 the Italian government approved a law to definitively close the prisons (OPG) that were used to host and treat psychiatric patients who had committed crimes and were considered Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity. New facilities, the REMS, wer...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-11-01
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| Series: | Forensic Science International: Mind and Law |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666353820300096 |