The criminalization of mental illness is a real and widespread phenomenon, according to
numerous North American studies undertaken during the past 20 years. Many are the signs …

Objective: To describe the characteristics of individuals found not criminally responsible on
account of mental disorder (NCRMD) after the 1992 Criminal Code amendments and to …

The defence of insanity has been in existence for centuries, but it underwent a significant
reformulation in English law in the first half of the 19th century. Since that time it has …

This article reports on the effects of legislative reform on mentally disordered accused
persons absolutely discharged from Review Boards in three Canadian jurisdictions. The …

Canada has had an insanity defence for over one hundred years but, until recently, there
have been very few sensational cases arousing public concern. The mental disorder …

The case of M'Naghten (1843) laid out the insanity defence test for the British legal system.
Later, many countries basing their criminal legislation on the British common law system …

This study identified factors that predicted which of 713 clinically documented incidents of
aggression—threats to kill, assault, or sexual assault—committed by 404 forensic psychiatric …

Beyond the legal definition of criminal insanity, the verdict of “not criminally responsible on
account of mental disorder”(NCRMD) is a social construction. This study explores the …

We examined the predictive validity of individual, service, and neighborhood factors for
aggression by 1,491 forensic clients found Not Criminally Responsible on account of Mental …

In May 1928, the body of George Edey was discovered on his Saskatchewan farm, leading
to the swift arrest of a deaf and mentally disabled farmhand named Mike Hack. Following a …