Abstract:

Purpose: In this study, the judicial authorities are aimed at determining the sociodemographic characteristics of children directed to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic of the University of Gaziantep Medical Faculty, identifying existing psychopathologies and identifying the reasons for the request for a judicial report, and reverse examination of the reports organized by our clinic. Methods: From January 2018 to January 2020, the file of 177 events directed to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department of the Faculty of Medicine of Gaziantep University for the purpose of judicial psychiatric assessment has been reviewed backwards. The analyses included the sociodemographic data of the incidents, clinical diagnoses according to DSM-5, the content of the judicial incidents and the decisions made. Results: 57.6% of the total cases were committed and 42.3% of the victims were children. 86.3 percent of the children involved were men and the average age was 15.4 percent, while 70.7 percent of the victims were girls and the average age was 13.3. The children accused of the crime were most frequently stolen (36 percent) and the victims of sexual abuse (74.3 percent) were considered psychiatric. About the children who have been convicted by the judicial authorities are often requested a judicial report on the fact that “the ability to recognize the legal meaning and consequences of the fact they do and to guide their behavior in relation to this fact is not sufficiently developed” (96.1 per cent), while the victims are requested a judicial report on the fact that “their statements are not recognized” (62.2 per cent). According to the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania, 44.8 per cent of the children committed by the crime have developed the ability to perceive the legal meaning and consequences of the alleged fact and to guide their behavior related to this fact, while 89.3 per cent of the victims have been informed of whether they are in a state of self-defense against the fact that they have been exposed to the victims and whether they are in a state of self-defense against the fact that they are exposed to the fact that they are in a state of self-defense. The result: the importance of judicial psychiatric evaluation is increasing that children are increasingly involved in judicial events and the reporting is guiding in making decisions that seriously affect the child’s life flow.

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