Le Roux, JolandiStevens, G.P. (Geert Philip)2012-08-072012-08-072012Le Roux, J & Stevens, GP 2012, 'Pathological criminal incapacity and the conceptual interface between law and medicine', South African Journal of Criminal Justice, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 44-66.1011-8627http://hdl.handle.net/2263/19561This article addresses the problematic conceptual interface between law and the fields of psychiatry and psychology when the defence of pathological criminal incapacity is raised in a criminal court. The definition and assessment of ‘mental illness’ or ‘mental defect’ as threshold requirements for the defence are analyzed according to the medical model, legal model and cross-dimensional model of mental illness.enJuta LawIncapacity (Law)Pathological criminal incapacityMedical laws and legislationCapacity and disabilityCriminal psychologyPsychology, PathologicalArticle