Defence of mental illness see also Diminished responsibility -
consequences of acquittal on grounds of - 3.8
definition - 3.7
Diminished responsibility
availability of in Australia - 3.2, 3.15
burden of proof for - 3.6, 3.106-3.108
compulsory disclosure of intention to plead - 3.96-3.98
definition - 3.5-3.6
historical development - 3.2
mental illness, distinction from defence of - 3.7-3.8, 3.59
relevance of expert evidence to - 3.38, 3.41-3.42, 3.57, 3.63
Infanticide - 1.1-1.2, 2.6, 3.22-.3.24
Intellectual disability
diminished responsibility and people with an - 3.9, 3.50
treatment of prisoners with an - 3.110
Manslaughter
discretionary sentence for - 2.11
distinction from murder - 2.3-2.4
involuntary - 2.7
maximum penalty for - 2.3, 3.6, 3.111
sentencing options for - 3.110
voluntary - 2.6
Mentally ill prisoners see also Sentencing
treatment of - 3.110, 3.114-3.116
Murder
constructive murder - 2.8
definition of - 2.3-2.5
discretionary sentence for - 2.12-2.13
distinction from manslaughter - 2.3-2.4
mandatory sentence for - 2.11-2.12
maximum penalty for - 2.3, 2.12
Partial defences to murder - 1.2, 2.6
Provocation - 1.1-1.2, 2.6, 3.16
Sentencing see also Murder, Manslaughter
hospital order as alternative to imprisonment - 3.112-3.113
mental impairment as mitigating factor in - 3.10, 3.111
protection of community - 3.111
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