CC102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Actus Reus, Mens Rea, Mental Health Professional
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Lecture 10: mental health and the criminal justice system. Steals scissors from convenience store: he is armed" with scissors when police show up, when he doesn"t drop his weapons, a young police o cer shoots him three times. Robert dziekanski: polish immigrant, arriving at the vancouver international airport. Mental health and correctional services of canada: over 60% of o enders entering the federal system are agged" as needing follow ups on their mental health, 2-3x more prevalent in federal system then in general public. Asylums and psychiatric facilities had high operating costs, medication was advancing, patients were being abused by sta , e ort to de-stigmatize mental illness. Three systems: mental health system, network of people and services that care for people with mental illness, criminal justice system, courts, police, corrections, forensic mental health system, the interaction of mental illness and crime / the law. Out of mind, out of sight: https://tvo. org/video/documentaries/out-of-mind-out-of-sight-inside-the-brockville-psych.
