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CRIMINAL SEXUAL PSYCHOPATH [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Criminology
CONT

... 1957 ... Section 659(b) of the [Criminal] Code defines criminal sexual psychopath as a person who, by a course of misconduct in sexual matters, has shown a lack of power to control his sexual impulses and who as a result is likely to attack or otherwise inflict injury, pain or other evil on any person.

OBS

criminal sexual psychopath: Term no longer used in the Criminal Code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Criminologie
OBS

psychopathe sexuel criminel : Terme qui n'est plus employé dans le Code criminel.

Spanish

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