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February 06, 2019
Fitness to Stand Trial Fairness First and Foremost By Richard D. Schneider and Hy Bloom
Of all the issues that bring mental health practitioners and the criminal courts together, fitness to stand trial is by far the most common. In Canada, thousands of fitness assessments, psychiatric reports, fitness hearings, and verdicts of either “fit” or “unfit” to stand trial are rendered every year. For such a common event, one would be inclined to think that, for the most part, the law is uncontroversial; that most of the issues have been settled. Fitness to Stand Trial lays ...read more
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Engagements & Conferences
Risk Assessment for Review Board Proceedings: From Your Mouth to the Decision-Maker’s Ears
Conference: | UBC Forensic Psychiatry Division & CAPL (West), Forensic Psychiatry Education Day
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Location: | Vancouver, British Columbia |
Date: | November 9th, 2018 |
Speaker(s): | Dr. Hy Bloom, The Honourable Justice Richard Schneider, Bernd Walter |
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