Mental health stigma and legal responses to defendants with mental health conditions in Bulgaria, Japan, and Norway
Miki Hirano
This article investigates, from a legal perspective, how criminal justice systems in Bulgaria, Japan, and Norway produce mental health stigma in their legal responses to defendants with mental health conditions. Although these countries operate within distinct legal traditions and cultural contexts, they all employ special rules on criminal responsibility and special preventive measures for this group of defendants. These rules and their application in legal practice may produce stigma through t