The Legal and Psychiatric Context
of the Post Penal Detention
of Dangerous Individuals
The author describes the problem of the post penal detention of dangerous individuals
with so-called “unsound minds”. The problem is considered from both
the legal and psychiatric perspective. The article presents alternative points in
the intense discussion about solutions to the consequences of the Amnesty Act of
1989, but the perspective of the author (a lawyer with experience working in health
services) makes it an important contribution to the debate on the constitutionality
of the newly enacted law regarding dangerous individuals.