Forensic psychiatry is a sub-specialty of psychiatry. It is the interface between law and psychiatry. A forensic psychiatrist may determine the competency to stand trial. He also helps the court to facilitate the adjudicative process. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry is Monograph Supplements to the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Topics covered include psychogenesis in the psychoses of prisoners, the nature and treatment of the psychoses of prisoners, the forensic phase of litigious paranoia, the malingerer: a clinical study, and the analysis of a case of kleptomania.
