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The Effect of Hypoglycemia on Criminal Liability in Diabetic Patients

Diyabet Hastalarında Hipogliseminin Ceza Sorumluluğuna Etkisi

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In this article, it is aimed to discuss the cases of hypoglycemia and neuro-glycopia, which is a common treatment complication in diabetic patients, and whether or not cognitive and cognitive disorders in the individual can affect criminal responsibility, and if so, the extent to which these effects may affect the case.

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Objective & Hypothesis:It is common for people who are charged with crime to assert that their will is not in place during the action of the crime by asserting health problems in their defense to avoid un-fair penal sanctions.
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It is common for people who are charged with crime to assert that their will is not in place during the action of the crime by asserting health problems in their defense to avoid un-fair penal sanctions. In this regard, mental health disorders are the most common. However, other health problems affecting the state of consciousness should not be forgotten. Diabetes patients may also claim that their will is disabled in the crimes committed in the attack of hypoglycemia. There are also known chronic complications such as vision loss, renal failure, heart attack, personality changes in long-term diabetes patients, as well as acute treatment complications such as hypoglycemia and neuroglycopenia, which are caused by high-dose insulin therapy and are characterized by impaired cognitive functions. The courts can there-fore request expert opinion from the forensic experts on the determination of the person’s criminal liability. In this article, it is aimed to discuss the cases of hypoglycemia and neuro-glycopia, which is a common treatment complication in diabetic patients, and whether or not cognitive and cognitive disorders in the individual can affect criminal responsibility, and if so, the extent to which these effects may affect the case.

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Suç isnat edilen kişilerin, haksız cezai yaptırımdan kaçınmak için savunmalarında sağlık problemlerini öne sürerek, suça konu eylem esnasında iradelerinin yerinde olmadığını iddia etmeleri sık karşılaşılan bir durumdur. Bu konuda akıl ve ruh sağlığı ile ilgili rahatsızlıklar en sık karşımıza çıkanlardır. Ancak, bilinç durumunu etkileyen diğer sağlık problemlerini de unutmamak gerekmektedir. Diyabet hastaları da hipoglisemi atağında işlenen suçlarda iradelerinin devre dışı kaldığını iddia edebilmektedir. Çünkü diyabet hastalarında uzun va-dede gelişen görme kaybı, böbrek yetmezliği, kalp krizi, kişilik değişiklikleri gibi bilinen kronik komplikasyonlar yanında, yüksek doz insülin uygulaması nedeniyle ortaya çıkan ve bilişsel işlevlerde bozukluklarla karakterize hipoglisemi ve nöroglikopeni gibi akut tedavi komplikasyonları da mevcuttur. Mahkemeler bu nedenle kişinin cezai sorumluluğunun tes-piti hususunda, adli tıp uzmanlarından bilirkişi görüşü isteyebilmektedirler. Bu makalede, diyabet hastalarında sık görülen bir tedavi komplikasyonu olan hipoglisemi ve nöroglikope-ninin kişide oluşturduğu bilişsel ve kognitif bozuklukların cezai sorumluluğu etkileyebilecek bir durum olup olmadığı, etkiliyorsa hangi kapsamda etkileyebileceği hususunun, bu konuda görülmüş davalar örnek gösterilerek tartışılması amaçlanmaktadır.

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KAYNAK, A. D., TÜMER, A. R. (2019). The Effect of Hypoglycemia on Criminal Liability in Diabetic Patients. Adli Tıp Bülteni, Cilt: 24 - Sayı: 1, 57–62. https://ajindex.com/articles/142931

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