PSY 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Standard Deviation, Regional Reception Centre, Regional Psychiatric Centre
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Introduction to violent offending: theoretical perspectives on violent offending, assessment of violent offenders, efficacy of violent offender treatment, abc/vrp (vrp - violence reduction program) program. Introduction to violent offending: violent offending: (cid:862)a(cid:272)tual, atte(cid:373)pted, o(cid:396) th(cid:396)eate(cid:374)ed ha(cid:396)(cid:373) to a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374) o(cid:396) pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)s(cid:863) (cid:894)we(cid:271)ste(cid:396), douglas, Eaves, & hart, 1997): extends to sexual and domestically violent offenses, this lecture series will focus primarily on non-sexually motivated violence, e. g. armed robbery, non-sexual homicide, non-sexual assault. Murder: killing someone when intended to cause death, or meant to cause bodily harm that would likely result in death, serial murder is very rare. Is fortunately quite rare - about 2 per 100,000 persons. Examples: first degree murder ccc sec 231 (1) Life sentence, parole eligibility after minimum 25 yrs: second degree murder ccc sec 231 (2) Life sentence, parole eligibility after minimum 10+ yrs: manslaughter ccc sec 236, sentence minimum 5 yrs only when committed with firearm, otherwise, no minimums.
