Paperback, Thomson Reuters
This authoritative text on mental disorder and the criminal law has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada, provincial Courts of Appeal, trial courts and review boards across Canada, as well as the National Judicial Institutes Model Jury Instructions and the Library of Parliament Background Papers.
Issues covered in this work include the following
• The defence of Not Criminally Responsible by Reason of Mental Disorder (NCRMD)
• Fitness and unfitness to stand trial
• Assessments to determine issues of fitness and criminal responsibility
• The automatism defence
• The impact of mental disorders in the non-NCR context, including as it relates to intent, sentencing, infanticide, the admissibility of statements, and the validity of guilty pleas
• Review board proceedings including procedural and evidentiary issues
• Review board dispositions
• Appeals of not criminally responsible and unfit to stand trial verdicts
• Appeals of review board dispositions
• Travel, interprovincial transfers, and extraterritorial matters
• Rules of Practice and Procedure for the review boards of British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec
• Listings of Canada’s designated psychiatric hospitals
• Other features include relevant provisions of the Criminal Code, Youth Criminal Justice Act, the International Transfer of Offenders Act, forms for assessment orders, warrants of committal, and more