About DIMENSIONS
DIMENSIONS is a five-year project at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen. DIMENSIONS studies criminal insanity and how this legal doctrine is related to mental illnesses, particularly psychosis.
Main content
By fusing philosophy, legal research, and mental health research,听DIMENSIONS seeks to develop the legal understanding of psychosis and how it is related to criminal insanity. With the Norwegian medical model as a legal basis, the project challenges current insanity paradigms.
The听medical model identifies insanity exclusively with mental disorder and essentially with psychosis, without any requirement that this condition influence the crime. As such, this model carries specific opportunities to explore the interrelations between philosophical, legal, and medical premises involved in the problem. Ultimately, DIMENSIONS targets a unified insanity model that is valid across involved disciplines and that opens research paths beyond current insanity models.
The philosophical dimensions听
The philsophical studies听explore the听foundations, possible justifications, and content of the insanity doctrine.听
The positive legal dimensions
The positive legal studies听explores how insanity and psychosis are conceptualised in argumentation in legal sources.
The medical dimensions
The medical studies听explores the law鈥檚 understanding of psychosis.
Multidimensional analysis听
Through mulitdimensional analysis, insights provided by the different studies are here听brought together to analyse听their relations and to explore听the听potential and content of a unified insanity doctrine.
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Project team
- PI:听Professor听Linda听Gr枚ning听(University of Bergen)
- Research group:听听(University of Oslo),听听(University of Pennsylvania),听(University of Gothenburg),听Tova Bennet (University of Bergen), Stephen Mathis听(University of Bergen).
- Research assistant: Anne Noddeland (University of Bergen).
- Administrative coordinator: Daniel Nyg氓rd (University of Bergen)
See full overview of involved persons here.
Read more
See 听for a interview听with the PI about the project.听
Associated projects and researchers
听(Research project, University of Oslo)
听(Research project, Department of Mental Health - NTNU)
Controversies in Psychiatry: Coercive measures and medication (Research project, SIFER - Haukeland University Hospital)
Fare som grunnlag for tvungen psyskisk helsevern: Ein studie av strafferettens farebegrep听(PhD project - Martin Mindestr酶mmen, University of Bergen)
DIMENSIONS
Project period
1th听of听June 2021听鈥� 31st听of May听2026.听
Principle Investigator
Professor听Linda听Gr枚ning
Funding
The project is funded by The Research Council of Norway (), in addition to financing by the Faculty of Law (幸运飞艇计划) and Helse Bergen.
