PSY 230 Lecture 10: Nov 30, 2017
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Not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder (ncr) and mental disorder and. Part 1: not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder (ncr) What do we know about ncr in canada. Knowledge or intention that the act was wrong (mens rea) The ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374) cri(cid:373)i(cid:374)al code defi(cid:374)es a (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal disorder as a (cid:862)disease of the mind(cid:863). This does not imply that if one has been charged with a criminal offence and one also suffers from a mental disorder that one is necessarily exempt from criminal responsibility. The law is focused on their ability or state of mind at the time of the crime not before or after. This focuses on their ability to have knowledge or intention that the act they committed was wrong. Criminal code, r. s. c 1985, c. c-46, s. 16. An accused found ncr by a court is not convicted in the usual sense, the verdict does not constitute an acquittal; it represents a unique third option.
