• Explain how to distinguish between mental illness and criminality, using examples from the case studies to illustrate the difference.
• Explain how the criminal justice system has typically or "traditionally" addressed an offender who has committed a crime due to a mental health issue, using examples from the case studies to illustrate this approach.
• Explain how the contemporary criminal justice system addresses an offender who commits a crime due to a mental health issue, using examples from the case studies to illustrate your response. For example, address the following issues:
  • How should the responding officer proceed?
  • How should this person be processed through the criminal justice system?
  • What are the appropriate charges, if any?
  • How should the judge at the arraignment hearing proceed?
• In addition to using the case studies to help illustrate your responses, reference your Learning Resources to support your responses.