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The Bradley report five years on: an independent review of progress to date and priorities for further development
- Authors:
- DURCAN Graham, et al
- Publisher:
- Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 35
- Place of publication:
- London
This report examines progress made in the support offered to people with mental health problems and people with learning difficulties in the criminal justice system in the five years since the publication of the Bradley Report (DH, 2009a). It focuses on the impact of liaison and diversion interventions and argues that while clear evidence of benefits remains unavailable, there is sufficient evidence to justify further service development and research. And there is growing evidence of the importance of liaison and diversion for children and young people. The report reviews what has been achieved so far, and what remains to be done, under the major headings of the Bradley Report, including: prevention and early intervention; police custody; courts; prisons and resettlement; and partnership working. The five years since the Bradley Report was published have seen concerted action to improve support for people with mental health problems and those with learning difficulties in the criminal justice system. This report argues that this will need to be sustained for at least another five years to put the vision into practice nationwide. (Edited publisher abstract)
The Bradley report: Lord Bradley's review of people with mental health problems or learning disabilities in the criminal justice system
- Author:
- BRADLEY Keith
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 171p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This independent review was commissioned to examine the extent to which offenders with mental health problems or learning disabilities could, in appropriate cases, be diverted from prison to other services and the barriers to such diversion. The review incorporates the range of mental health problems and learning disabilities across the whole of the criminal justice system. It includes recommendations to government including the organisation of effective liaison and diversion arrangements and the services needed to support them.