PSYC 3310 Chapter 9: Chapter 9
12 May 2017
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The case of vincent li (guy who beheaded someone on the greyhound) Quasi-judicial tribunals (less formal legal tribunals that have powers and procedures resembling those of a court of law) Responsible for overseeing and making decisions about the rights and care of individuals found unfit to stand trial or ncrmd. Comprises a lawyer, medical practitioner (psychiatrist) and lay person (interest in mental health, preferably is or was a consumer of mental health services) Info from fitness evaluations can"t be used later in trial in determining guilt, unless defendant raises own mental state as evidence at trial or sentencing stage (basically nobody but defendant can bring up info from fitness evaluation during trial) Incompetent defendants tend to be socially isolated, unemployed, poorly educated, below average intelligence: psychotic illnesses (schizo), affective disorders (bipolar), and serious problems or intellectual disability most common mental health probs diagnosed in defendants found to be incompetent.
