ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 October 1976
Page Count: 12

Alcohol and Criminal Responsibility
Perr, IN
Professor of psychiatry and professor of community medicine, Rutgers Medical School, College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, N.J.

(Received 18 March 1976; accepted 12 April 1976)

Abstract

The tradition of the law has long frowned on criminal behavior performed in association with alcohol intake; courts have been most hesitant to provide any exculpation for drug and alcohol intake. The hostility of courts to a defense of intoxication is shown in State v. Noel [1].

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Paper ID: JFS10579J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10579J
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