Psychology 2990A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Insanity Defense, Mental Disorder, Zoophilia
31 Dec 2017
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If so, can use torture to extract a plea. R stands for regina for the queen or rex for the king. Party raising issue has burden of proving unfitness. The court (judge or jury) determines whether burden is met (whether accused. Fitness assumed unless unfitness is shown (cid:498)on the balance of probabilities(cid:499: lower standard than (cid:498)beyond a reasonable doubt(cid:499) is (cid:498)fit(cid:499) or (cid:498)unfit(cid:499)(cid:524) Prior to (cid:884)(cid:882)(cid:882)(cid:887), only (cid:498)medical doctors" could provide fitness assessment to courts (cid:523)didn"t have to be (cid:498)experts(cid:499) in mental disorders(cid:524) Developing the tests that are used to assess fitness: how fitness is assessed: Show that person has mental disorder, and that this disorder interferes with the 3 criteria in section 2: fitness interview test revised (fit-r) It was revised to take in the 3 criteria in section 2. Has three sections: understand nature and object of proceedings.
