Category: mental health and criminal justice

This week your chapter discusses legal competency and the criminal trial.
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This week your chapter discusses legal competency and the criminal trial.
Directions:
Do online research on Nikko Jenkins mental competence to stand trial and find 3 legitimate sites (psychiatrists, Douglas County Attorney, Hospital).
Watch the video
Answer discussion question 1

Discussion Question 1
List facts that the Douglas County District Court used from expert witnesses to determine that the defendant Nikko Jenkins was legally competent to stand trial for the murder of 4 individuals in Omaha, NE in 2013.

two paragraphs with at least 5 sentences each. the first paragraph must include

two paragraphs with at least 5 sentences each. the first paragraph must include info from chapter 6 of the textbook: Humanities, The: Culture, Continuity, and Change, Volume 1
and the second paragraph must include information from the video.
according to the information from the textbook……
according to the information from the video…..
Research Nebraska’s Mental Health Commitment Act and discuss both the involuntary and voluntary commitment procedures.
Make sure to include information from the video below in your assignment.