Description
Legal-medical issues, conflicts and relationships in the field of social control. Topics include mental disorder and criminal liability, diversion of offenders to civil commitment in hospital, insanity, automatism, fitness to stand trial, prediction of dangerousness, regulation of psychoactive drugs.
Prerequisites
- Prerequisite(s): LAWS 2908 , CRCJ 3001 , or CRCJ 3002 and LAWS 2301 , LAWS 2302 and fourth-year Honours standing.
Conditions and arrangements
- Prerequisite(s): LAWS 2908 , CRCJ 3001 , or CRCJ 3002 and LAWS 2301 , LAWS 2302 and fourth-year Honours standing.
- Seminars three hours a week.
Reference text in its original language
Legal-medical issues, conflicts and relationships in the field of social control. Topics include mental disorder and criminal liability, diversion of offenders to civil commitment in hospital, insanity, automatism, fitness to stand trial, prediction of dangerousness, regulation of psychoactive drugs.
- Prerequisite(s): LAWS 2908 , CRCJ 3001 , or CRCJ 3002 and LAWS 2301 , LAWS 2302 and fourth-year Honours standing.
- Seminars three hours a week.
Sources and references
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Source reference : https://calendar.carleton.ca/undergrad/courses/LAWS/