CPSS 413 Wk 5 Discussion - Title

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CPSS 413 Wk 5 Discussion - Title

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students. 

You have 1 Discussion Question option this week - please answer it in a minimum of 175 words: 

Option 1:

As we know, criminal conduct may be excused if the defendant was “legally insane” (or was not “criminally responsible”) at the time of the offense. In order to be found legally insane, the defendant must prove that, as a result of mental disease, he or she was functionally impaired in a legally relevant way at the time of the offense.

Read the article by Kinscherff (2010).

At issue in this article is whether a personality disorder should be permitted to nullify or reduce responsibility for a criminal act.

Based on what we’ve learned in this class and the information we learn in this article, what are your thoughts on this?

Should someone be excused from some criminal acts due to their personality disorder?

What if the crime was minor (like theft?) What if the crime was severe (like murder?)

Explain your answer.