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Mentally disordered offenders and the use of hospital directions and interim hospital orders
- Authors:
- BURMAN Michele, CONNELLY Clare, CONNELLY Kim
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive Central Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
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.
A review of the research literature on serious violent and sexual offenders
- Authors:
- CONNELLY Clare, WILLIAMSON Shanti
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Central Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 125p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
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.
An evaluation of the SACRO (Fife) Young Offender Mediation Project
- Author:
- SAWYER Becki
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Central Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 82p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Evaluation of a Scottish project for young offenders based on restorative justice, involving offenders meeting or making reparation to their victims. Includes data from surveys of participants, their families and professionals concerning their perceptions of the project and their reasons for participating. Provides data on reoffending among the young people involved.
Evaluation of the Airborne initiative (Scotland)
- Authors:
- McIVOR Gill, et al
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Central Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 80p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Airborne Initiative (Scotland) was established in June 1994 to provide residential courses as an alternative to custody for male offenders aged 18-25 years who are referred by the court as a condition of a probation order. This research aimed: to identify the characteristics of all offenders on whom an order had been made to attend Airborne; to identify immediate and longer-term outcomes for all of them; to examine the impact of the course on the education and employment prospects and status of offenders; to describe and assess arrangements for throughcare and evaluate their effectiveness; to investigate the cost effectiveness of the Airborne Initiative.