PSYCH 3331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Involuntary Commitment, Insanity Defense, Irresistible Impulse

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 3331
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Mental health professionals often play a role in the criminal justice system. Law in psychology: the legislative and judicial systems regulate certain aspects of mental health care. The intersection between the mental health field and the legal and judicial systems. Help determine whether defendants: are responsible for their crimes, are capable of defending themselves in court. If you are mentally unstable at the time of the crime: Not guilty by reason of insanity (ngri) and committed in a mental institution until improved enough to be released. Criminally committed until improved enough to be released. If you are mentally unstable at the time of the trial: Criminally committed until competent to stand trial. Treated at a mental institution until competent to stand trial. To arrive at a just and appropriate punishment: Courts need to assess a defendant"s responsibility for committing a crime and his/her capacity to contribute toward a defense.