Ali Watson Case Study

Ali Watson is a 32-year-old tall, thin, Caucasian hostess working at Hooters. She was arrested by police on Saturday morning at the Eaton Center Mall. The shop owner called the police and reported that Ali had been acting hysterical. The store owner tried to calm her down, but she had reacted aggressively and was verbally abusive to him. The store owner said, “She came into my store and sampled our colognes. After I sprayed a sample of our Old Spice, Ms. Watson’s behaviour then became out of control. She knocked over some perfumes and began yelling loudly. She scared our customers.” Ali was taken into the police station for processing and questioning. When she was questioned about what happened; she claimed that she does not remember. The police informed her that the store owner is pressing charges against her for the damages to his store. She called her mother to bail her out of jail. …show more content…
She walked with a tiny limp in her right foot. She asked to speak with the officers that arrested her daughter. Clarissa informed the arresting officers about her daughter’s diagnosis of depression when Ali was a teenager. She said, “Sometimes Ali gets aggressive but that is because of the depression. She never learnt to process her feelings and behaviours in an appropriate way.” The police decided to take Ali to the hospital for a psychiatric examination. The order was granted by the Justice of the Peace (Legal Aid Ontario, 2015). The examination consisted of three evaluations: fitness to stand trial assessment, Mental Health Act assessment, and not criminally responsible (NCR) assessment (Legal Aid Ontario,