دور الاختصاصي النفسي في تحديد المسؤولية الجنائية للمريض النفسي كما يدركه عينة من اعضاء الهيئة القضائية بالمحاكم الليبية

Abstract

The study aimed to know the role of the psychologist in determining criminal responsibility as perceived by members of the judicial body in the Libyan courts, and to know the differences in perception of this role according to the variable type of job of the members of the judicial body (judge - prosecutor), as well as according to the variable years of experience of the members of the judicial body. The study sample consisted of (60 individuals, including (28) judges and (32) prosecutors, selected using a cross-sampling method. The researcher used the descriptive approach and a measure of the role of the psychologist in determining the criminal responsibility of the psychiatric patient: (numbers by the researcher), and the statistical package for the social sciences was used ( SPSS), as the results of the study showed that the awareness of members of the judiciary of the role of the psychologist in determining criminal responsibility is high, and there are also statistically significant differences between members of the judiciary in their scores on the study tool according to the difference in the type of job (judge - prosecutor), and the direction of the differences was in favor Judges. There are also statistically significant differences between members of the judiciary (judge - prosecutor) in their scores on the study tool according to the difference in years of experience, and the direction of the differences was in favor of those with great experience.