Psychology 2032A/B Lecture 10: psych and law 10

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: gribble

Document Summary

Wednesday, november 28, 2018 psychology and law fitness to stand trial and crim. responsibility. Actus reus and mens rea: cornerstones of criminal guilt, only punish those that had an evil intent mens rea, cases; Rohinie biseasar (2015, 2018: evidence that she had schizophrenia and did not know killing the stranger was morally or legally wrong deemed un t for trial, insanity legal system vs. medical/scienti c (psychiatric, psychological) Historically the term insanity has been used to denote people who are not criminally responsible: strictly legal term because no medical/psych person would ever use it, use this term in usa not canada. Tness to stand trial: bill c-30 (1992) Historically, defendant"s rep. own defence so if someone had a mental illness. Wednesday, november 28, 2018 it would be unfair. Evaluation of tness: when tness is an issue, either side can raise the issue of tness in the defendant; if this happens the defendant is given a screening test.