PSYC 2400 Lecture 7: Unit 7
2 Jan 2019
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Vince li: was sitting on a bus; he thought that he was saving us from an alien invasion by killing the person that was sitting beside him and then ate him, ultimately: not criminally responsible. Jeffrey arenburg: paranoid schizophrenic, shot a tv news reported, believed that the station was sending messages to him. 73% of all metal disorder character on prime-time american tv display some form of violent behaviour (gerbner et al. , 1981) Despite the media, most seriously mentally ill people do not commit serious violent crimes, rather they are more likely to trespass, shoplift or minor assault. 3 streams of how a person will mental illness will be dealt with if they have committed a crime (you always start with the police and they will choose which stream you will go into): Metal illness is a disorder (a disease) of the mind that experts judge to interfere significantly with a person"s ability to cope with daily life.
