LAWS 2301 Lecture Notes - Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation, Crown Attorney, Mental Disorder
19 Feb 2014
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Psychiatrists tend to look more for the cause and why people act self destructively. The idea of choice model of behavior isn"t really consistent with their beliefs in the discipline. If you use the ncr, they are dealt with within the mental institutions. Not allowed acquittal, but are still criminally responsible: you are still going to get a punishment, but most likely sent to institutions for mentally ill. How the mental illness affects your emotional stability/understanding. Section 16 of the constitution does not provide grounds for acquittal but rather on grounds for being not criminally responsible. Informal: police have discretion as to how they respond. Like the majority of the population, most crimes they commit are minor, however they may be less likely to conceal their crime because of their illness. They also attract a lot of attention to themselves because they have a harder time controlling their actions. Hard time navigating once they are in the system.
