CRCJ 3400
Mental Health and Criminalization
This course surveys contemporary research and practices related to mental health and criminalization, including critical disability studies, the carceral management of persons deemed mentally ill, and the social uses of the concept of criminal responsibility.
2026
Topics
- ● Mental health and sentencing
- ● Review Criminal Code sections from Week 3
- ● Sections 718, 718.1, 718.2 Criminal Code
- ● R v Fabbro, 2021 ONCA 494
- ● Jane Dickson and Michelle Stewart, Risk, rights and deservedness: Navigating the tensions
- of Gladue, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and settler colonialism in Canadian courts
- Behavioral Sciences & the Law Journal, 2021 CanLIIDocs 13615.
- MONDAY FEBRUARY 9TH 2026 (IN PERSON- SYNCHRONOUS)
- ● Police use of force
- ● Community interactions, policing & alternatives
- ● Guest speaker
- ● ANCHOR: First Year Data infographic.
- Criminal 13, 171-191.
- MONDAY FEBRUARY 16TH- READING WEEK- NO CLASS! ENJOY!
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): CRCJ 1000 and 3rd year standing in CCJ B.A. programs. Lectures three hours per week.