Study on the operation and impact of the Hospital Direction, a new disposal within the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997. The Hospital Direction was introduced to allow the court to simultaneously detain in hospital and impose a prison sentence to be completed on discharge on offenders who are suffering from a treatable mental disorder and deemed in need of psychiatric care but who are fit enough to stand trial.
Study on the operation and impact of the Hospital Direction, a new disposal within the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997. The Hospital Direction was introduced to allow the court to simultaneously detain in hospital and impose a prison sentence to be completed on discharge on offenders who are suffering from a treatable mental disorder and deemed in need of psychiatric care but who are fit enough to stand trial.
Aims to provide a summary of current and recent UK and international literature on the sentencing of dangerous offenders and the subsequent management of these offenders, whether in hospital or prison settings, and upon release into the community. The research is divided by country, split up into those who use a community protection approach, those who use a clinical approach, and other jurisdictions. It concludes with an examination of the issue of compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights.
Aims to provide a summary of current and recent UK and international literature on the sentencing of dangerous offenders and the subsequent management of these offenders, whether in hospital or prison settings, and upon release into the community. The research is divided by country, split up into those who use a community protection approach, those who use a clinical approach, and other jurisdictions. It concludes with an examination of the issue of compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights.
Subject terms:
hospitals, human rights, law, law courts, legal proceedings, mental health problems, offenders, psychiatry, prisons, rape, sentences, sex offenders, sexual offences, treatment, therapy and treatment, violence, dangerous offenders, crime, criminal justice;
Location(s):
Canada, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, England, Hungary, Iceland, Finland, France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, Scotland, Spain, United States, Wales