1.Unfitness To Plead Among Female Offenders: When Looseness Matters
Loo Jiann Lin ; Eu Choon Leng ; Johari Khamis ; Rabaà ; ¢ ; â ; ?¬ ; â ; ?¢ ; iah Binti Mohd Salleh ; Suarn Singh ; Jasmit Singh
ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry 2018;19(1):14-
Objective: Pritchard Criteria are adopted in a Malaysian criminal-justice system while assessing fitness to plead. There is limited data on the reason of unfitness to plead for female offenders in Malaysia. Methods: A case series of five patients hospitalized to Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta, Malaysia due to unfitness to plead was presented and discussed. Result: The offences include three homicides, one assault, and one stealing. All of them were diagnosed to have schizophrenia with prominent looseness of association. Four of them subsequently treated as Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia (TRS) with a minimal response toward clozapine. Conclusion: Looseness of association may be a contributing factor for unfitness to plead among Malaysian female offenders, which can result in indeterminate hospitalization. This should be confirmed in a larger prospective study.
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