THE GENERAL PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT MENTALLY ILL OFFENDERS

Povzetek Duševna motnja lahko prizadene vsakega posameznika, vzroki za nastanek pa so lahko povezani z dednostjo, družinskimi težavami, stresnimi življenjskimi situacijami, stresom v službi itn. Mediji veliko pišejo o duševno motenih storilcih kaznivih dejanj, pogosto duševno motene posameznike opisujejo zelo negativno in nanje gledajo kot na čudaške, nevarne posameznike z motečim vedenjem. Medijske novice pogosto povzročijo, da si ljudje ustvarijo svoje mnenje o duševno motenih in nemalokrat je njihovo mnenje zgrešeno. Čeprav ustava zagotavlja enakost pred zakonom, pa se v praksi ̶ kot dokazujejo raziskave ̶ duševno motene ljudi načeloma zaposluje na slabša delovna mesta, za katera dobivajo tudi slabše plačilo. Duševno moteni storilci kaznivih dejanj se lahko zdravijo v psihiatrični bolnišnicah, kamor jih napoti sodišče, ki oceni prištevnost storilcev, veliko vlogo pa ima pri tem psihiatrični izvedenec. V primeru, da storilec stori kaznivo dejanje v času neprištevnosti, mu izrečejo oprostilno sodbo, vendar se mora nujno zdraviti v psihiatrični bolnišnici, lahko se ga tudi neprostovoljno hospitalizira. Duševno motena oseba lahko stori kaznivo dejanje, ampak teh primerov je izjemno malo, velikokrat raje sodijo sebi kot drugim. Rezultati ankete kažejo, da je stigmatizacija duševno motenih oseb v slovenskem okolju še vedno prisotna, velika večina ljudi jih ima za drugačne, takšne, ki jih je potrebno (tudi proti njihovi volji) hospitalizirati. Še vedno pa je kar 78 % anketirancev pripravljenih osebam z duševno motnjo pomagati.Summary – The general public\u27s opinion about mentally ill offenders All individuals are potencial victims of mental disorder and there are many different factors that can contribute to its emergence, such as genetics, family affairs, work, stressful life situations etc. The media often covers stories about criminals with mental disorder and often presents those people in a highly negative way, so we are left with a feeling these people are dangerous, weird individuals very different from us. That kind of media coverage often brings us to wrong conclusions about mental disorder and people who suffer from it. In every democratic state human rights and fundamental freedoms are considered top priority with a strong emphasis on equality. But researches show otherwise. People with mental disorders are getting employed on lower work positions and have lower salaries because of their decreased abilities. Offenders in criminal law that \u27succesfully\u27 plea insanity face a different sentence and psychiatry experts usually play a very big role in this evaluation. They are not guilty as charged, but need to be treated in a mental institution and can even be sectioned. There are examples when people with mental disorder commit criminal actions, but that is very unlikely. Very often those people choose to hurt themselves instead. Results of the questionary show that in Slovenia there is still a stigmatisation of people with mental disorder and most peopele (78 %) think they should be sectioned