Tightening the reins: recent trend in the application of the insanity defence in Canada.
This article gives a critical overview of the Canadian courts' recent pronouncements on the so-called 'insanity defence', irresistible impulse, non-insane automatism and the disposition and rights of insanity acquittees. The inconsistencies and conflicts between a number of court decisions relating to section 16(2) of the Criminal Code are highlighted and reform proposals analysed.
School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada.
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Verdun-Jones
D002170:Canada; D003416:Criminal Law; D007298:Insanity Defense