Criminal responsibility of insane perpatrators

Ovim radom prikazat će se pravni položaj i poseban kazneni postupak koji se vodi prema specifičnoj skupini počinitelja kaznenih djela, osobama s duševnim smetnjama. Odnos i stav društva u moralnom i pravnom smislu prema ovoj kategoriji je podijeljen, društvo prepoznaje njihov težak položaj i potrebu za zaštitom, ali isto tako uviđa i njihovu opasnost za druge. Tek početkom novog vijeka osobe s duševnim smetnjama prepoznate su kao skupina koja treba imati poseban status s obzirom na kažnjavanje za počinjena protupravna djela. Kaznenopravni položaj neubrojivih osoba u Republici Hrvatskoj reguliran je u Kaznenim zakonom i Zakonom o kaznenom postupku, no s obzirom da su od 1997.godine osobe s duševnim smetnjama izuzete iz kaznenopravnog okvira i prešle u civilnopravni sustav, njihov status vezan je i uz odredbe Zakona o zaštiti osoba s duševnim smetnjama. Nadalje, prikazana je i uloga psihijatra u vještačenju osoba s duševnim smetnjama, gdje je njegova pomoć nužna s obzirom da sud ne raspolaže potrebnim stručnim znanjem u svim slučajevima. Također, opisane su i provedbe sigurnosnih mjera prisilne hospitalizacije te liječenja na slobodi neubrojivih osoba.This papir will analyze legal position and the procedure of insane perpatrators. The attitude of society to them in moral and legal terms is ambivalent – society recognizes their difficult positions and need for protection, but also recognizes their danger to others. At the beginning of the modern century, insane perpatrators have been recognized as a different group in terms of the crimes that they commit and their punishments. The criminal law positions of people who may lack of mental capacity in the Republic of Croatia is regulated in the Criminal code and the Criminal procedure act, but legislation of the Republic of Croatia has changed several times, and the most important changes were in 1997. when insane perpatrators were excluded from criminal law or punishment and went beyond the scope of the Law on the Protection of Persons with Mental Disabilities. The paper deals with the specialities of expert's work in the criminal procedure, when they are used as evidence when the court does not have a certain professional necessary knowledge to know certain facts. Also the law describes implementation of security measures of involuntary admission and treatment as well as treatmant outside the hospital