SOCI 3410 Lecture 3: May 8th, 2017 Lecture Notes
10 May 2017
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Biology and genetics: there is lots of research in this area but few solid conclusions, focus is now on brain injury or trauma and the link to violent behaviour, xxy or extra chromosome theories, hormone research. Twinkie defense: gentleman killed someone randomly. Defense was that he had eaten too many twinkles and the sugar had produced extra testosterone which led him to commit the acts. Not about psychology but rather it is a legal issue. In canada it is considered an excuse defense: individual accepts that they committed the o ense however they excuse the reasoning. Mental illness is a disease of the mind, including any mental abnormality, which causes impairment. Personality disorders are not considered adequate to justify a mental disorder under the ncr defense: impossible to assume that someone with personality disorder cannot appreciate the nature and quality of the act. Burden is on the party that raises it and it is judged on a balance of probabilities.
