PSYC 331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Castle Doctrine, Self-Defense, Homicide
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Because of holiday: no class on thursday so fair for wednesday class. Ta has review session for midterm exam on thursday instead. Teach about the basic concept of psychological basis of this. Self defence in court typically for a homicide charge. She comes to believe that her life is in danger in the life of their partner. Court recognize things that are unusual in this set of circumstances. Self-defense in public setting someone is threatening you in some way. Law requires that try to retreat from this person first. At home, no duty to retreat because of the castle doctrine. Stand your ground law zimmerman self appointed vigilante. Looks like racially based incident in the us. Zimmerman confronted martin, martin was violent, zimmerman used armed force for self defence. In florida, if you feel threatened, entitled to use force. Variation is someone has been abusing you several times, changes how you appraise threat. Name of a grocery store in toronto.
