2008
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.48.2.124
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Sleep-related automatism and the law

Abstract: Crimes carried out during or arising from sleep highlight many difficulties with our current law and forensic sleep medicine clinical practice. There is a need for clarity in the law and agreement between experts on a standardised form of assessment and diagnosis in these challenging cases. We suggest that the time has come for a standardised, internationally recognised diagnostic protocol to be set as a minimum standard in all cases of suspected sleep-related forensic cases. The protocol of a full medical his… Show more

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“…We assume that the reconstruction of the facts done in court is accurate and Parks was really in a state of somnambulism when he did what he did. Moreover, we rely on current scientific accounts of somnambulistic action as they are presented, for example, in Ebrahim and Fenwick [7] and Morrison et al [8].…”
Section: Involuntarinessmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…We assume that the reconstruction of the facts done in court is accurate and Parks was really in a state of somnambulism when he did what he did. Moreover, we rely on current scientific accounts of somnambulistic action as they are presented, for example, in Ebrahim and Fenwick [7] and Morrison et al [8].…”
Section: Involuntarinessmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…he takes what he knows to be his car as he correctly believes that it is a good way to reach what he knows to be his in-laws' house, and he gets there because he knows the way. 7 Secondly -and more importantly -even if one were to concede that Parks' actions were unintentional in this sense, this would not make them involuntary. Davidson's unfortunate passenger is intentionally boarding a plane, even though by being ignorant or mistaken about its destination he is not intentionally boarding a plane headed to London, Ontario.…”
Section: Involuntarinessmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…• It is notable that the largest number of cases was derived from patients suffering from KleineLevine Syndrome (78 cases), follow by parasomniacs [31] and sleep-related seizures (7 cases).…”
Section: Sleep-related Sexual Behaviourmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Crimes arising from parasomnias give rise to many difficulties for forensic science and the law courts, well described in recent articles [6,[38][39][40].…”
Section: Crime/lawmentioning
confidence: 99%