Law and Science in the courtroom
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Evidence
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A system of moral values
Usually developed by a community or group
Promotes well-being
Punishes any undermining behaviour
Utilitarian - Consequence based - consequences are all that matter, the ends justify the means
Moral Relativism - Duty Based, being an active agent in bad choices, which in turn outweighs the circumstances
Many moral principles
Forensic Psychopathy - mainly deals with well focused and regulate he cause of death by examining a corpse.
Forensic Psychopathology - mainly deals with the meaning of evidence with respect to mental health phenomena.
Eyewitness Testimony
Offender profiling
Mental fitness assessment
Risk Assessment
Rehabilitation & Prevention
Crisis negotiation
Substance abuse
Gang dynamics
Hate crimes
Legal Responsibility
Understanding offences & rehabilitation in the light of mental and personality disorders
Mental disorders
Impact on sentencing and parole
Inquest - to inform the public
Proceeding - to determine guilt/innocence
Person on trial
Adversial
Accidental Death & Construction
Discretionary
Collaborative
Mandatory
Deaths in custody
5 Jurors
Produce evidence
12 Jurors
Disclosed evidence
Players
Judge 
Juror
Lawyers
Decides what evidence is allowed to be brought into the courtroom
Look at evidence rather than facts
Crown
Defence
Represents the public
Argues for the victim
Argues for the accused
Client based
Society based
Witness
Potential eyewitness
Questioned by both sides
Testimonial evidence
Formal selection process
Weight evidence over facts
Civic duty
Direct evidence
Expert evidence
Anything admissible on court rulings
Experiences and experiments to examine physical evidence
What was actually witnessed
Can only speak on what was seen/smelt/heard
Circumstantial evidence
Inferred based on facts
No real eyewitness
Experienced first-hand
All evidence is equal in the courtroom
More powerful
Whomever providing evidence must be qualified
Mental Health
Anyone deemed unfit to stand trial
If they can't understand the consequences of court
Unable to communicate or talk to lawyer
Fitness to stand trial is not related to mental state at time of offence
Anyone unfit to stand trial, the judge can order you medication to make you fit
Called a treatment order
If patient refuses this treatment order then it could be given in the mouth or through injection forcefully
Considered not criminally responsible
Public Outcry
Ciminal Code
Every man is presumed to be sane, to determine a defence on ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that at the time of the offence there was a defect from disease of the mind
Section 16 (1)
No person is criminally responsible from an act committed while suffering from a mental disorder that makes a person incapable of knowing it was wrong
Mental Disorder
In the legal sense "disease of the mind"
Accepts any illnesses, disorder or abnormal condition that impairs the human mind
Excludes self-induced states caused by alcohol/drugs or hysteria/concussion
Gouge Theory
Paediatric forensic pathology
Compentent of professionals
Unfit for court, judge determines mental health state
Interrogation technique
Mirroring
Pacing
Personalizing
Listen
Anchoring
Eyes, mouth, arms and legs pay attention to nonverbal indicators
Also may indicate stress and acception