PSYC39H3 Lecture 10: LEC 09 B
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It is commonly used only used in 2 cases per 1000. Defenses are successful 26% success rate. Acquitters commit murder 15% of ncrmd individuals charged with murder. It is a loophole 13% absolute discharge, 35% conditional discharge, 52% committee to hospital. Individuals not confined for long confined for longer than person found guilty of similar crimes. They are dangerous most do not engage in violence. Dsm diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. In europe international classification of diseases 10. Changes in dsm-5: cancelled previous multiaxial system. Is being replaced by icd-10: symptoms within diagnoses remain similar to dsm-iv but not identical across diagnoses, clinician is to rate severity of symptom, cultural context is to be evaluated. Higher rates of mental illness in prison population than among general community population. Mental illness in the criminal system: issues of fitness to stand trial, culpability and criminal responsibility, need for support and intervention in corrections.
