The focus and ultimate goal of psychiatric health units, such as Brockville Mental Health Centre, where Sean Clifton was sent, is to rehabilitate the offender, through the use of therapy and medication, in order for the offender to eventually be reintegrated into society. Regardless, there is a significant societal fear of recidivism, for those who have been deemed NCR, and that these individuals will offend, and endanger the lives of others. Contrary to this, the National Trajectory Project studied 1,800 NCR cases in British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario between 2000-2005. The study found that “less than one per cent of individuals found not criminally responsible repeat a violent offence within three years of their release… The study also
