From feeblemindedness to intellectual deficiency : Some comments from the forensic-psychiatric perspective on the replacement of the juridical term in the German Criminal Code (the criminal liability paragraph 20 StGB)
AI Summary
Terminology change from "feeblemindedness" to "intellectual deficiency" affects legal interpretation of criminal liability under paragraph 20 StGB and forensic assessments.
Requires rigorous diagnostic criteria and differentiation from psychiatric disorders to determine culpability and applicability of measures under criminal law.
Impacts expert standards, interdisciplinary communication, case law, resource allocation and may reduce stigma if implemented with clinical precision and legal clarity.
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