Mental Health Review Journal, 13(3), September 2008, pp.40-50.
Publisher:
Emerald
Mental health care in prisons involves many stakeholders. As a consequence, the goals involved are divergent but there is no sound theoretical framework that accounts for the complexity of care in prisons. This paper considers a broad theory and its conceptual framework that differentiates between prisoners with emotional suffering and those without, the need for care from an objective point of view as opposed to a subjective one, and the need for care related to mental health problems versus care related to limiting recidivism. The article focuses on the situation in the Netherlands, and the actual care and treatment in a Dutch prison are described.
Mental health care in prisons involves many stakeholders. As a consequence, the goals involved are divergent but there is no sound theoretical framework that accounts for the complexity of care in prisons. This paper considers a broad theory and its conceptual framework that differentiates between prisoners with emotional suffering and those without, the need for care from an objective point of view as opposed to a subjective one, and the need for care related to mental health problems versus care related to limiting recidivism. The article focuses on the situation in the Netherlands, and the actual care and treatment in a Dutch prison are described.
Subject terms:
mental health care, mental health problems, mentally disordered offenders, models, prisoners, prisons, secure hospitals, treatment, therapy and treatment;
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.
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