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Question 1

 Facts Influencing Movement from Hospitals to Jails/Prisons:

Answer 1

1. Psychotropic Drugs

2. Growing legal concerns

Question 2

 Why Do We Care?

Answer 2

1. Criminalization is expensive
2. Funds are being displaced
3. Moral Imperative
4. Public Safety and well being
5. Acknowledge overlap of mental illness and crime

Question 3

Crisis intervention Training (Most states have it) :

Answer 3

Training for L.E. to work with mentally ill

Question 4

 Neuroscience and The Law:

Answer 4

1. Mens Rea: Guilty Mind

2. Actus Reas: guilty act

Question 5

 Degrees of Mens Rea:

Answer 5

1. Strict Liability
2. Negligently
3. Recklessly
4. Knowingly
5. Purposefully

Question 6

 Insanity:

Answer 6

Wrongfulness of the act and did not comprehend it

-Diminished Capacity: Weren’t able to achieve mental state required for what they are charged with