CRM 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Objective Test, Mental Disorder, Psychopathy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2300
• Professor: Vajmeh Tabibi

Document Summary

Chapter 8: mental impairment & criminal responsibility: the defences of not. Criminally responsible on account of mental disorder and automatism. If the accused can satisfy one of these arms then they can present. 3: any illness, disorder or abnormal conditions, which impairs the human mind and its functioning excluding self-induced states . If the disease is of such intensity as to render the accused incapable of appreciating the nature and quality of the violent act or of knowing that it is wrong. What are the eligibility criteria in using a defence of ncrmd: mental disorder that manifested itself in form of psychotic symptoms, difficult distinguishing between real and unreal, disease of the mind, psychosis, schizophrenia, other mood disorders. Meaning of wrong : morally wrong or legally wrong, the supreme court ruling of society . The clarification of meaning of morally wrong as stated above.