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Murder in the West of Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Hunter Gillies
Hunter Gillies*
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Unit, Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow, N.1, and Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Psychological Medicine, University of Glasgow
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It has been increasingly the practice in Scotland for Procurators-Fiscal to obtain psychiatric opinions on the mental state of all persons accused of murder. Between 1953 and 1964 I made 66 such examinations, mainly in the Glasgow area; because of other commitments none were carried out between July 1955 and March 1958. The official Criminal Statistics for England and Wales (1) show that during the eleven years from 1953 to 1963 the number of persons found guilty of murder was 395 and of manslaughter 969; comparable figures for Scotland (3) were 43 and 148.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 111 , Issue 480 , November 1965 , pp. 1087 - 1094
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1965 

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References

1. Home Office (1953–1963). Criminal Statistics, England and Wales. London: H.M.S.O.Google Scholar
2. Murder: A Home Office Research Unit Report (1961). London: H.M.S.O.Google Scholar
3. Scottish Home and Health Department (1953–1963). Criminal Statistics, Scotland. Edinburgh: H.M.S.O. Google Scholar
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