Public Academy lecture 'Confused people, a concern for criminal law?'
| When: | We 12-04-2017 19:00 - 21:00 |
| Where: | Academy Building, Broerstraat 5, Groningen |
The number of incidents involving people with confused behavior is increasing. In 2016, 75,000 reports were received. The severity of the incidents is also increasing, with the necessary impact on the environment. When do you speak of a confused person? How does the judiciary deal with this? When do you choose forced 'care' and when 'punishment'?
During the Public Academy for Jurisprudence on Wednesday 12 April 2017, Gerard Veenstra, senior prosecutor at the Public Prosecution Service, explains what a person with confused behavior is for the Public Prosecution Service. He discusses the role of the officer: criminal law versus healthcare. And what is the role of the municipality, mental health care and the police? He also gives practical examples.
Rob Keurentjes, senior judge for criminal law and (forensic) psychiatry at the Northern Netherlands District Court, then talks about how the judge deals with confused people and what the judge can and cannot do. We have a separate law for this in the Netherlands: the Special Admissions to Psychiatric Hospitals Act (Bopz Act).
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The Public Academy for Jurisprudence
Through lectures aimed at the general public, the Publieksacademie voor de Rechtspraak (Public Academy for Jurisprudence) seeks to satisfy this immense interest. Judges, public prosecutors, professors and other experts discuss legal topics that affect many people. The lectures are suitable for a wide audience and do not require knowledge of the law.
The Public Academy is a collaboration between the Court of the Northern Netherlands, the Faculty of Law at the University of Groningen, the Northern Netherlands Public Prosecution Service and the Dagblad van het Noorden newspaper.