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Appendix One GRISSO CRITERIA Thomas Grisso (American Psychologist) outlined a conceptual framework for competence injuveniles based on legal and psychological definitions of competence. His framework consists of four stages: 1. Understanding charges and potential consequences: • ability to understand and appreciate the charges and their • seriousness • ability to understand possible dispositional consequences • ability to realistically appraise the likely outcomes. 2 Understanding the trial process: • ability to understand, without significant distortion, the roles of • participants in the trial process (for example, judge, defense attorney, • prosecutor, witnesses, jury) • ability to understand the process and potential consequences of pleading • and plea bargaining • ability to grasp the general sequence of pre-trial/trial events. 3 Capacity to participate with attorney in a defense: • ability to adequately trust or work collaboratively with attorney • ability to disclose to attorney reasonably coherent description of facts • pertaining to the charges, as perceived by the defendant • ability to reason about available options by weighing their consequences, • without significant distortion • ability to realistically challenge prosecution witnesses and monitor trial • events. 4 Potential for courtroom participation: • ability to testify coherently, if testimony is needed • ability to control own behavior during trial proceedings • ability to manage the stress of the trial. Just for Kids Law Charity Number 1121368
1 JUSTICES’ CLERKS’ SOCIETY Law Commission Paper No 197: Unfitness to Plead Ref: 54.0005 Date: January 2011 Justices’ Clerks’ Society 2 nd Floor, Port of Liverpool Building, Pier Head, Liverpool L3 1BY Tel: e-mail:
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Unfitness to Plead Consultation Res
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CONSULTEES, LISTED ALPHABETICALLY A
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Sarkar, Sameer Searle, Geoff Sense
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o The UN Committee on the Rights of
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Rethinking the Criminal Responsibil
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asic competencies of young people a
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parliament to consider rather than
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preventing crime. Graham and Bowlin
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other areas of the law’ and this
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absolute minimum age of criminal re
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The views of the judiciary in the U
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all children who are alleged to hav
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39 Trevor Jones‘Public Opinion, P
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Charity No 1137430 Company No 60065
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Charity No 1137430 Company No 60065
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From: Bickle Andrew Sent: 10 Januar
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Comments on “Unfitness to Plead,
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8. It would be very easy to insert
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himself at trial. The Court did not
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-----Original Message----- From: Br
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Response The Society welcomes the o
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for the task in hand. This would ap
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1. Introduction “UNFITNESS TO PLE
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On the other hand, the so-called co
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The Law Commissioners, Steel House,
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Law Commission consultation on unfi
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could possibly mean that they take
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whether present at the time of the
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disposals. We consider that the ref
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difficulties may or may not be fit
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profession to treatment, the civil
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of the decision the accused must ma
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25. We consider that Provisional Pr
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Provisional Proposal 5: Decision-ma
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giving evidence, it is unlikely tha
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Provisional Proposal 7: A defined p
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42. The difficulty lies in that the
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envisages that there could be an ac
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Reply 50. We consider we have alrea
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Question 6: Are there circumstances
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uilds upon the disposal of the case
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determination of jurisdiction as ap
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age” in which term we include the
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The assumption that has been made i
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which the court is satisfied that t
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The current section 4A procedure re
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The CPS then re-reviews the case in
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cases, there should be a single tri
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magistrates/District Judges, keepin
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Law Commission Consultation paper N
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From: Enys Delmage Sent: 16 March 2
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for meaningful participation in the
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(7) A defined psychiatric test to a
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(13) In the event of a referral bac
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sensitively. A lawyer was obtained
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elease accompanied by a nurse. Kids
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At this time, Mr O ceased engaging
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APPENDIX V MIND: STATICTICS: FACTSH
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per 100,000 in the general populati
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Prisoners and the Mental Health Act
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RESPONSE TO LAW COMMISSION CONSULTA
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3 Admission for treatment. (1) A pa
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(8) Do consultees think that the ca
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UNFITNESS TO PLEAD Response by the
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Example 3E UNFITNESS TO PLEAD Respo
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Law Commission consultation paper n
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Further, given that some clinicians
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In addition to the above proposals,
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that defendants with mental health
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Response to the Consultation Paper
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We consider that the concerns about
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Unfitness to plead - Some Responses
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or made the omission charged and th
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(6) Are there circumstances in whic
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statistics. In 2008 there were 484
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LAW COMMISSION CONSULTATION: UNFITN
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Our Comments We are not criminal pr
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4. We have been asked to suggest or
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particular tool should necessarily
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My comments refer to the recent Con
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NATIONAL BENCH CHAIRMEN’S FORUM A
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National Bench Chairmen’s Forum T
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RESPONSE TO THE LAW COMMISSION’S
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There is a real danger in conflatin
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physical strength and sexual awaken
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The group felt that many experts’
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Tel: Fitzwilliam College Fax: Cambr
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Unfitness to Plead: the place to fi
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court proceedings” (at para 149).
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processes, and, indeed, on the comp
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of the European Court of Human Righ
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Law Commission Steel House 11 Tothi
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obligations, it would be much easie
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Response to the Law Commission’s
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fit to plead, the availability and
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disability) there should be a power
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Disposal under the Mental Health Ac
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I agree. There should be a test of
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Gray, N.S., O’Connor, C., William
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On the Friday, the day before she w
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The following Thursday at The Black
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Cases involving the learning disabl
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Graham Rogers and Associates Limite
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In this case, it is being proposed
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Being able to ‘read’ The Sun or
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test, it may also begin to indicate
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subjected to the new provisions mus
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introduction, more than ten times t
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Response to Consultation paper 197,
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emand have significant personal cos
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Where possible an individual should
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epetition of evidence or the provis
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months, and are unlikely to refer b
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Question 12: How far if at all, doe
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Consultation Proposals Provisional
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agreement on the primary issue enga
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It would of course be concerning if
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witnesses who are commissioned to u
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Response to Consultation Paper on U
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Unfitness to Plead Sense Response P
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- Congenitally deafblind children a
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The deafblind population has been s
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take up to 15 minutes to read a sho
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For example - A deafblind person C
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- Allowing the deafblind person to
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RESPONSE TO THE LAW COMMISSION CONS
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g. However, In some circumstances,
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QUESTION 9 Do consultees think that
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Obviously the judge should be guide
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Question 7: Should an accused who i
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problems which arose in B & others
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1. Introduction Victim Support is t
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In our view, a general difficulty w
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We are in support of this provision
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Question 1: Do consultees agree tha
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Preliminary Comments Dr Eileen Viza
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3 ‘developmental immaturity’ co
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PART 9 LIST OF PROVISIONAL PROPOSAL
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7 (9) If the accused is acquitted p
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9 (9) Do consultees think that if a
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