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191-022 Advanced Psychiatry and Law | |
Note | Formerly available as 191-324/424. Students who have completed 191-324/424 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 3rd and 4th year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Ms D Greig |
Prerequisites | Successful completion of 'Psychiatry and Law' 191-313/413. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week. Visits to courts and institutions (not exceeding 26 hours) will be an integral part of the course |
Subject Description | The course involves a critical appraisal of the medical and legal profession with special reference to the writings of Michael Foucault, Stanley Cohen and Nikolas Rose in relation to the place of psychiatry in modern society. Particular attention will be given to an analysis of psychiatry's knowledge base and its utility for the courts and public policy. The response of the various arms of the criminal justice system to the needs of the mentally ill and intellectually disabled will be a dominant theme and aspects of gender and ethnicity will be considered. |
Assessment | A class project of 2000 words, and an essay of 3000 words. |
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