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Book Synopsis Diversion from Custody for Mentally Disordered Offenders by : Catherine Staite
Download or read book Diversion from Custody for Mentally Disordered Offenders written by Catherine Staite and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors aim to provide practical guidance to enable practitioners in the various criminal justice, health and social care agencies to divert mentally disordered offenders from prosecution and custody and to help prevent re-offending.
Book Synopsis Care Or Custody? by : Judith M. Laing
Download or read book Care Or Custody? written by Judith M. Laing and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 1999 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years there has been growing concern and controversy surrounding the care and treatment of mentally disordered offenders. Consequently, there have been a series of legislative and policy developments during the last decade, which have led to changes in attitude and the way that suchoffender-patients are treated. Such changes have focused primarily upon timely therapeutic intervention and diversion from the criminal justice system. Care or Custody?: Mentally Disordered Offenders in the Criminal Justice System considers these issues in depth. It is a comprehensive and scholarly text which identifies some of the practical difficulties that occur when mentally disordered offenders come into contact with the criminal justicesystem. The law in this area is complex and this book will enable professionals involved in the subject to gain a better understanding of the law and policy with regard to mentally disordered offenders. Judith Laing also analyses and addresses some of the theoretical issues and concerns surrounding the treatment and detention of mentally disordered offenders. The book will therefore assist and inform legal, mental health, and related practitioners working in this field, and will also provide atheoretical overview of the law for academics and students.
Book Synopsis Mentally Disordered Offenders by : Robert Harris
Download or read book Mentally Disordered Offenders written by Robert Harris and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing the Mentally Disordered Offender presses the case for better health care of mentally disturbed law breakers, and the need to divert them from unnecessary imprisonment. Mentally disordered offenders present particular problems in our society, which wants both to sympathise and to punish. How do we get the balance right between sympathy towards their illness and genuine worries about their offending behaviour? What do we do for - and about - people wo have been released from prison yet we suspect continue to pose risks to the safety of others? With specialist contributors from criminology, criminal justice, social work, probation practice and the law, Managing the Mentally Disordered Offender stresses the importance of professional cooperation in community-based services, whilst acknowledgin the psychologically demanding nature of working with mentally disordered people, and ther very real challenges of attempting to contain their wrongdoing without recourse to the repressiveness of imprisonment.
Book Synopsis Mentally Ill Offenders and the Criminal Justice System by : Nancy J. Beran
Download or read book Mentally Ill Offenders and the Criminal Justice System written by Nancy J. Beran and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1979 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mentally Disordered Offenders by : John Monahan
Download or read book Mentally Disordered Offenders written by John Monahan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its narrowest sense, "mentally disordered offender" refers to the approximately twenty thousand persons per year in the United States who are institutionalized as not guilty by reason of insanity, incompetent to stand trial, and mentally disordered sex offenders, as well as those prisoners transferred to mental hospitals. The real importance of mentally disordered offenders, however, may not lie in this figure. Rather, it may reside in the symbolic role that mentally disordered offenders play for the rest of the legal system. The 3,140 persons residing in state institutions on an average day in 1978 as not guilty by reason of insanity (see Chapter 4), for example, are surely worthy of concern in their own right. But they represent only 1% of the 307,276 persons residing in state and federal prisons in the same period (U. S. Dept. of Justice, 1981). From a purely numeric point of view, the insanity defense truly is "much ado about little" (Pasewark & Pasewark, 1982). The central importance of understanding these persons, however, is that they serve a symbolic function in justifying the imprisonment of the other 99%. The insanity defense, as Stone (1975) has noted, is "the exception that proves the rule. " By exculpating a relatively few people from being criminally responsible for their behavior, the law inculpates all other law violators as liable for social sanction.
Download or read book Diversion written by Michael Parsonage and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Mentally Disordered Offender in an Era of Community Care by : William Watson
Download or read book The Mentally Disordered Offender in an Era of Community Care written by William Watson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-03-23 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential reading for all professionals working in the psychiatric and criminal justice systems with mentally disordered offenders.
Book Synopsis Mental Disorder and Criminal Justice by : Brian Littlechild
Download or read book Mental Disorder and Criminal Justice written by Brian Littlechild and published by Russell House Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2005 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whilst the health and social care systems in the main treat and support those with mental disorders, the criminal justice system deals with them primarily as offenders, victims or witnesses. This latter approach tends to ignore their mental health needs. The book addresses solving problems in inter-agency working, and in gaining greater awareness of the ways in which people who have a mental disorder are vulnerable within and between both systems, be this in institutional settings or where they are detained by the police. The crucial issues of risk assessment and risk management for people with mental disorders, and diversion from custody, are fully covered. A relatively new and unexamined area of concern within the criminal justice system - that of mentally disordered people who are victims of or witnesses to a crime - is discussed. Each chapter contains helpful summaries and case studies which identify the relevant legal provisions, research evidence and related publications.
Book Synopsis Working with the Mentally Disordered Offender in the Community by : Phillip J. Vaughan
Download or read book Working with the Mentally Disordered Offender in the Community written by Phillip J. Vaughan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-20 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past forensic psychiatry has been a sub-speciality of general psychiatry without its own, separate identity. However, since the mid-1980s there has been a growing in terest in the application of community care principles to mentally disordered offenders. A new set of attitudes have developed which have enabled the mentally disordered offender to emerge from relative institutional obscurity to a much higher profile in the community. Although numerically small in relation to the general psychiatric population, forensic patients tend to attract the public' s attention by virtue of their greater propensity for troublesome behaviour. Such a group needs expert community support in order to maintain an accepta bie public face. Unfortunately these developments have outstripped the creation of training opportunities for community staff charged with their support and supervision. Most community practi tioners have had to learn 'on the job' with inadequate support and supervision from senior staff, who of ten have less direct experience of working with this client group than themselves. Just such a situation prompted the authors, in 1990, to establish a module on 'Working with Mentally Disordered Offenders in the Community' as part of an MA in Social W ork at the University of Reading. As the course developed it became clear that the topic and content had equal application to other community professionals working in the field.
Book Synopsis The North Humberside Diversion from Custody Project for Mentally Disordered Offenders by : Claire Cohen
Download or read book The North Humberside Diversion from Custody Project for Mentally Disordered Offenders written by Claire Cohen and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Treatment and Rehabilitation of Offenders by : Iain D Crow
Download or read book The Treatment and Rehabilitation of Offenders written by Iain D Crow and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001-05-28 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `[A] useful and informative book. ...I would recommend it to students wanting a good introduction to the current issues in criminal justice and probation' - Vista: Perspectives on Probation `The three chapters on treatment in practice are all excellent; the treatment of sex offenders, mentally disordered offenders and the treatment of drug misuse are all described within the social context of public concern... Ian gives a good overview of the sex offenders' treatment program as operated in prisons and Finkelhors model which is typically used by probation in working with offenders' - Simon Bass, Caring Magazine Treatment and rehabilitation have been central to the development of criminal justice policy, and have played an important role in the development of criminology. In recent years punishment and retribution have attracted more attention than rehabilitation, but there has been a resurgence of interest in treatment and rehabilitation, with indications that some things do 'work', and an emphasis on 'evidence-based' policy making. It is also the belief of many that a penal policy without an adequate treatment strategy is unjust and a denial of human rights. In this book Iain Crow provides an accessible overview of the concepts of treatment and rehabilitation, adopting a deliberately broad definition, and considers the historical basis of treatment, and its place within the penal system and British criminology. The collapse of the 'rehabilitative ideal' is examined, along with what followed it and the development of the more recent 'what works' movement. The basis for evaluating 'what works' is also subjected to critical examination. In the second part, the book looks at the part that particular agencies such as the Probation Service, prison and non-statutory organisations have played in the treatment of offenders. In Part Three, the issues raised by treatment and rehabilitation are illustrated with reference to three groups of offenders: sexual offenders, drug misusers and mentally disordered offenders. The Treatment and Rehabilitation of Offenders will be essential reading for students of criminology and criminal justice at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels.
Book Synopsis Seminars in Forensic Psychiatry by : Mary Davoren
Download or read book Seminars in Forensic Psychiatry written by Mary Davoren and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-13 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated edition of Seminars in Forensic Psychiatry is an invaluable guide for consultants and specialist trainees working in forensic psychiatry. Written by leading international contributors, topics include models of care, the management of in-patient violence, forensic psychotherapy, and psychological treatments. The evolution of policy and mental health law is discussed, demonstrating how it has shaped the provision of forensic psychiatry services. Legal aspects include considerations of mentalistic defences in criminal law, mental health law, as well as the law on negligence. The book also includes sections on specialist areas of need, including cultural and gender specific needs, terrorism, stalkers, and sex offenders. Woven into the chapters are practical approaches, and 'how to' guides. The volume ends with advice for each of the transitions in the career of a forensic psychiatrist. A truly practical guide, this is a must-read for psychiatrists and mental health professionals working within a forensic setting.
Book Synopsis Mental Disorder and Community Safety by : Phillip Bean
Download or read book Mental Disorder and Community Safety written by Phillip Bean and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how we can preserve the integrity of mental health provision in an age when community safety is dominant. Emphasising throughout the mentally disordered in the community, the book examines existing controls and services - compulsory detention, hospitals, supervised discharge, supervision registers, and so on - as well as new developments such as dual diagnosis and questions surrounding treatability.
Book Synopsis Oxford Handbook of Forensic Medicine by : Jonathan P. Wyatt
Download or read book Oxford Handbook of Forensic Medicine written by Jonathan P. Wyatt and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forensic medicine covers an amazing range of different subjects and no single individual can expect to be an expert in all of them. The Oxford Handbook of Forensic Medicine provides comprehensive coverage of all areas within this complex discipline. Written for specialists and non-specialists alike, it will appeal to practising forensic scientists, as well as lawyers, police officers, and forensic science students. It shows how forensic medicine has been used in specific cases enabling the reader to apply their knowledge in real life. A detailed glossary of medical terms helps those without medical training to understand medical reports and practices. This easily-portable guide is essential reading for the busy clinical forensic doctor or nurse, and others working at the interface between medicine and law.
Book Synopsis Coordinating Community Services for Mentally Ill Offenders by : Catherine H. Conly
Download or read book Coordinating Community Services for Mentally Ill Offenders written by Catherine H. Conly and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Offenders, Deviants, Or Patients? by : Herschel Prins
Download or read book Offenders, Deviants, Or Patients? written by Herschel Prins and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2010 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides a practical approach to understanding both the social context and treatment of mentally disordered offenders. It addresses issues such as sex offending and homicide and reflects recent changes in law, policy and practice.
Book Synopsis Forensic Mental Health by : Mary McMurran
Download or read book Forensic Mental Health written by Mary McMurran and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a concise introduction to the increasingly important field of forensic mental health. It aims to set out both the key concepts in forensic mental health as well as the way the discipline operates in the broader context of criminal justice and mental health care systems. It will provide an ideal introduction to the subject for students taking courses in universities and elsewhere, for mental health practitioners in the early stages of their careers, and for professionals from other agencies needing an informed and up-to-date account of forensic mental health.
