| Sleepwalking and indecent exposure. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 2005766 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
The case is described of a naked sleepwalker who was convicted of indecent exposure. The literature relating to sleepwalking and indecent exposure is briefly reviewed and the legal position discussed. Sleepwalkers are seldom convicted of crimes which they commit while asleep. In recent years a successful defence has usually been mounted on the basis that sleepwalking is, in legal terms, an automatism. Occasionally, however, sleepwalkers are convicted and this report illustrates one such case. |
| | |
Authors:
|
A Buchanan |
Related Documents
:
|
17620916 - Pacemaker ventricular lead microdislodgement following a motor vehicle accident. 21358096 - Endolymphatic sac papillary carcinoma treated with surgery and post-operative intensity... 7112886 - Pesticide poisoning of livestock: a review of cases investigated. 11471886 - Herbal remedy poisoning presenting with acute abdomen and raised urine porphyrins. 15962196 - Case report: a novel solution to penile zipper injury--the needle holder. 1470386 - Parapneumonic pleural effusions and empyemas: a plea for early drainage. |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Medicine, science, and the law Volume: 31 ISSN: 0025-8024 ISO Abbreviation: Med Sci Law Publication Date: 1991 Jan |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 1991-04-24 Completed Date: 1991-04-24 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 0400721 Medline TA: Med Sci Law Country: ENGLAND |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 38-40 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
|
Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Adult Forensic Psychiatry Humans London Male Sex Offenses / legislation & jurisprudence* Somnambulism* |
| Comments/Corrections | |
Comment In:
|
Med Sci Law. 1991 Oct;31(4):359
[PMID:
1795620
]
|
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Dangerous people or dangerous situations? Some further thoughts.
Next Document: Children's memories for stressful and non-stressful events.