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Court diversion at 10 years: can it work, does it work and has it a future?
- Author:
- JAMES David
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 10(3), December 1999, pp.507-524.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
Ten years after the inception of psychiatric diversion schemes to magistrates' courts in England and Wales, their results are reviewed in order to examine whether they can work, whether in general they do work, and what directions their development should take in the future. It is concluded that court diversion schemes can be highly effective in the identification and acceleration into hospital of mentally disordered offenders, as one component of comprehensive diversion arrangements. However, most court diversion schemes are inadequately planned and resourced, and are therefore of limited effect.
Outcome of psychiatric admission through the courts
- Authors:
- JAMES David, et al
- Publisher:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Home Office. Research, Development and Statistics Directorate
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 130p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This study examined, in detail, what happened to people admitted to psychiatric hospitals through court diversion schemes. It examined what effect the patients had on the receiving hospitals; what health benefit they achieved from admission; whether they remained in care; and whether admission through the courts appeared to have any effect upon readmission and reconviction rates. In particular, the study examined whether those admitted from the courts fared any better or worse than those admitted from the community. Without such a comparison, there would have been no context in which to set the findings in admissions from court, and no framework within which to reach meaningful conclusions.