PPT-Defences Capacity defences of insanity and intoxication

Intoxication Person has chosen to take alcohol drugs or other substances eg gluesniffing General rule if a person is voluntarily intoxicated and commits a crime there is no defence Intoxication is relevant as to whether or not the defendant has the required mens rea for the offence . from Equality Perspective. Tina Minkowitz, JD. Issues with Insanity Defense. Underpinning of forced psychiatry and legal inferiority. Tension/contradiction with premise of full and equal legal capacity. Chapter 8.2. Consider the following case….. In January 2009, American tourist Jean Barnard boarded a Qantas plane in Alice Springs. As she did so, a three-year-old child screamed close to her face.. Alexander . Chyorny. , MD. alexander.chyorny@hhs.sccgov.org. November 2013. Neurotransmitters-101. Dopamine pathway – learning, pleasure. Serotonin pathway – regulates mood. Opioid. pathway – . Test 2: Passage 2. SOCIAL . SCIENCE:. . This passage is adapted from the chapter “Personality Disorders” in . Introduction to Psychology. , edited by Rita L. Atkinson and Richard C. Atkinson (©1981 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.).. General. It is only the . insanity at the time of the offence . which matters, not insanity afterwards. (insanity afterwards may be relevant when deciding whether D should stand trial. ). Burden and Standard of proof. to Charges. I didn’t do it!. What is a Defense . A defense is a lawful excuse, explanation or circumstance that can be used by an accused person to argue that he or she is not guilty of an offence.. Foroud. . shahbazi. . PharmD. Introduction . Opioid analgesic overdose is a preventable and potentially lethal condition that results from prescribing practices, inadequate understanding on the patient's part of the risks of medication misuse, errors in drug administration, and pharmaceutical abuse. How do you determine if someone is criminally insane?. Insanity defense is the defense that the defendant is not responsible for their actions during an episode of mental illness. (Very Brief) History of The Insanity Defense. “Keep in mind that Mr. . McMurphy. is . committed. . The length of time he spends in this hospital is entirely up to us.” (158). What does it mean to be committed?. What do we already know about the insanity defense? Anything?. Insanity. M’Naghten. 1843. Daniel . M’Naghten. had become so obsessed with the then Prime Minister, Robert Peel, that he decided to shoot him. . Instead, he missed and shot and killed the Prime Minister’s secretary, Edward Drummond.. Automatism. Automatism. For automatism to work as a defence, the actions of the defendant must be completely . involuntary.. Bratty -v- Attorney General for Northern Ireland (1963). “an act done by the muscles without any control by the mind, such as a spasm, a reflex action or a convulsion; or an act done by a person who is not conscious of what he is doing such as an act done whilst suffering from concussion or whilst sleep walking”.. . EQ: How can you apply your understanding of measurement units to express larger units in terms of smaller units within one system?. Vocabulary. Capacity. -the measurement of how much liquid a container can hold. Critically evaluate any two general defences (insanity, automatism, intoxication, consent, self-defence/prevention of crime). Suggest what reforms may be desirable to one of the defences that you have evaluated. (25 marks). Belgium. 3. rd.  International Conference and Exhibition on . Traditional . & Alternative . Medicine. August 03-05, 2015 Birmingham, UK.  . In A. ssociation . with. Introduction. Purpose of the research.