Mental Health Issues (POLC 2007)
In this course, students examine issues that confront criminal justice personnel addressing historic and current concepts of abnormal behaviour and mental health. Students explore key theories associated with describing and classifying mental health issues, their relationship to criminal behaviour and best practice interventions. Students examine the evolution of relevant federal and provincial legislations and policies relating to persons with mental illnesses including the Mental Health Act. Considerations are given to various legal and institutional responses including procedures pertaining to the arrest, detention and processing of individuals through the Canadian criminal justice system. Specific attention is given to criminal defence, fitness to stand trial and the legal/ethical issues related to the treatment of the persons with mental health issues. In addition, students apply the theories relating to human behaviour to reducing the farreaching effects of mental health and its relationship to occupational stress injuries.
Credits:
| Credit Hours | Contact Hours | Lecture Hours | Lab Hours | Other |
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3.000 |
42.000 |
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[+] Prerequisites:
[+] Corequisites and Concurrent Prerequisite(s):
None
[+] Equivalents:
[-] Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels:
Undergraduate - degree level
Must be enrolled in one of the following Majors:
(BAPS) Hon Bach of Police Studies
(POLR) Bach App Hum Ser-POLC Deg Comp
(BHSP) Bach of Human Serv (Police St)
(POLC) Bach App.Hum.Serv (Police St)
(BAPA) Hon BachPolice Studies-AdvStdg
(BHSA) Bach Human Serv(PolStd)-AdvStg