CRIM 3657 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mental Disorder, Risk Assessment, Psychoactive Drug
Document Summary
Criminalized youth, mental health, and perceptions of vulnerability and riskiness. Potential harm to be mitigated by intervention. Risk discourses frame risk as real and calculable. Risk explanations grounded in moral discourses, stereotypes. Ycja: legal rights reflective of greater vulnerability. Sentencing for serious offences includes youth, parents, and sometimes medical/psychological assessment. Youth eligible for assessment under cc criminal responsibility, mental disorder, fitness to stand trial. Ycja: youth with mental disorders put in custody for public protection. 90%+ of youth involved with cjs have at least one mental health disorder; youth with mental health issues more likely to come into contact with cjs. Psychopathology perspective: mental health issues causal role in offending. Rnr perspective: correlation between mental health and offending; cognitive behavioural solutions. Canada"s mental health approach (rnr) more effective for boys. Ashley smith incarcerated at 15; institutional infractions extended sentence rom 1 month to 6 years.
