Mathematics 1228A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mental Disorder, Zoophilia, Psych

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App of Psych 2990A
Lecture 2:
Fitness to Stand Trial and Mental State at the Time of Offence
Part 1: Fitness to Stand Trial
A. What does fitess ea?
- To receive a fair trial, people should be able to DEFEND themselves against accusers
B. What if person is unfit to stand trial?
- Person should NOT be tried
Q. How do we know whether a person is fit (or unfit) to stand trial?
C. Legal standards for determining fitness
1. Pio to : Ailit to ete a plea
- Plea of guilt or not guilty
- Reasons for NOT entering plea:
o ute of alie (deliberately silent)
If so, can use torture to extract a plea
o ute  isitatio of God (E.g. deaf, mute, insane)
If so, person should not be tried
2. R.v. Pritchard (1836): Charged with bestiality. Also a deaf-ute, so ould’t enter
plea; ould’t e tied fo the ie
- R eas ie agaist the o
- **IMPT court establishes clearer legal standard:
o able to enter a plea, AND
o ust hae suffiiet itellet to udestad poeedigs
Caada’s fitess stadad fo et  ears
3. Caada’s Bill C- 30 (1992): Revisions to Section 2 of Criminal Code
Ne fitess stadad:
Person is unfit to stand trial if:
- Person has a mental disorder;
- Disorder interferes with ability to conduct a defense. Thee iteia o eleets:
Unable (b/c of mental disorder) to:
1. Understand nature and object of proceedings;
2. Understand possible consequences;
3. Communicate with counsel
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Bill C-30 also established new Part XX.1 of criminal code (deals with mental disorders)
- Fitness assumed unless unfitness is shown o the alae of poailities (use
50%)
o Loe stadad tha beyond a reasoale dout;
- Party raising issue has burden of proving unfitness;
- The court judge o ju deteies hethe is et hethe is fit o ufit
D. Assessing Fitness to Stand Trial
1. Who can make an assessment?
- Pio to , ol edial dotos ould poide fitess assessets to outs
Did’t hae to e epets i etal disodes,
- I , Pat XX. epaded to ilude othe ualified pofessioals iludig
psychologists)
2. Another role of psychologists:
- Developing the tests that are used to assess fitness
3. How fitness is assessed:
- Show that a person has mental disorder, AND
- Disorder interferes with 3 criteria in section 2
Fitness Interview Test- Revised (FIT-R)
Has 3 sections:
i) Understands nature and object of proceedings. Includes:
- Understand process and specific charges;
- Role of judge, prosecutor, defence attorney, and jury;
- Court procedures (Eg, can disagree with witnesses who testify against him/her)
ii) Understands consequences of proceedings includes e.g,
- Range and nature of penalties (Eg. being sent to prison, eligibility for parole)
iii) Ability to communicate with counsel, e.g.,
- Can communicate facts of case to lawyers
- Can plan (assist with) legal defence strategy
- Can testify (if required)
- Can manage courtroom behaviour
NOTE: FIT-R does NOT assess whether accused has a mental disorder (other tests are used for
that purpose eg. DSM- V)
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