PSYB30H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Voyeurism, Justice Quarterly, Orgasm
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Chapter 10: mentally disordered offenders and fitness to. Western : individual is presumed innocent until proven guilty and understands the charges. Purists: each defendant be equipped to have best possible defense court convenience (expediency) and assessment resources are second importance. Pragmatists: each defendant has ability to be defended but is also important as having an efficient judicial system. *both practioners fall somewhere btw these extreme positions. Fitness to stand trial *ngri, ncr= not fit. People with mental disorders are cognitively and emotionally impaired. They may be unable to effectively participate in a legal defense. They may therefore be found guilty even if they are innocent. Competency to stand trial/fitness to stand trial: fundamental justice gatekeeper for criminal justicethat ppl facing criminal trials are competent to respond to chargers (courts rather forgive 99 guilty ppl than wrongly convict a single person) Cst assessments most freq for referral qs asked of forensic experts.
