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Sentencing Mentally Disordered Offenders
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Chapter 14 explores the sentencing of mentally disordered offenders. The chapter discusses the challenges in determining mental fitness, and the statutory provisions available to courts that may assist in sentencing mentally disordered offenders including psychiatric assessments and optional probation terms.
Contributors
Richard D. Schneider
Richard D Schneider is a justice of the Ontario Court of Justice, chair of the Ontario Review Board, and an adjunct professor in the faculties of Law and Medicine at the University of Toronto. His career as a clinical psychologist and as a criminal lawyer has been at the interface of mental disorder and the law.
