Abstract

Tourette’s Syndrome (TS) is an inherited neuropsychological disorder developing during childhood and usually worsens during adolescence and tends to persist into adult life characterized with multiple involuntary motor tics accompanied by one or more vocal tics and various neurobehavioral co-morbidities such as attention deficit disorder, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, disinhibition of aggression and emotions, mood disorders, self-injurious behaviors and poor impulse.

In the literature, there are limited articles about TS and criminal responsibility but any article have couldn’t find about the restriction of civil rights of patient with TS.

In this article, a case with TS which was evaluated that whether he had or did not have criminal responsibility for swear to a referee during a football game. Also he was evaluated whether had or did not have ability to professionally drive a service bus because of he has worked a professional bus driver for twenty-five years.  Additionally, medico-legal situations during military service, obtain of shotgun license or marriage of patients with TS were scrutinized.

Key Words: Tourette, criminal responsibility, civil rights, crime, laws, driver.