Kabene, Stefane M.Balkir Neftci, NazliPapatzikis, Efthymios2022-09-202022-09-20© 20222022-08-09Kabene, S. M., Balkir Neftci, N., & Papatzikis, E. (2022). Dissociative identity disorder and the law: Guilty or not guilty? Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.89194116641078https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.891941http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12519/702Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a dissociative disorder that gained a significant rise in the past few decades. There has been less than 50 DID cases recorded between 1922 and 1972, while 20,000 cases are recorded by 1990. Therefore, it becomes of great significant to assess the various concepts related to DID to further understand the disorder. The current review has a goal of understanding whether an individual suffering from DID is legally responsible for the committed crime, and whether or not he or she can be considered competent to stand trial. These two questions are to be raised in understanding DID, by first shedding a light on the nature of the disorder and second by examining the past legal case examples. Despite the very nature of the disorder is characterized by dissociative amnesia and the fact that the host personality may have limited or no contact with the alters, there is no consensus within the legal system whether the DID patients should be responsible for their actions. Further to that, courts generally deny the insanity claims for DID suffering patients. In conclusion, more studies in the field are suggested to incorporate primary data into research, as the extensive reliance on secondary data forces us to believe the conclusions that were previously made, and no opportunity to verify those conclusions is present. Copyright © 2022 Kabene, Balkir Neftci and Papatzikis.enCreative Commons Attribution Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.DIDdissociationlegalNGRI-DIDresponsibilityReviewCopyright : © 2022 Kabene, Balkir Neftci and Papatzikis. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.