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Mentally disordered offenders: standard 1: initial contact with the police
- Author:
- NACRO
- Publisher:
- NACRO
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The police are very often the agency that has initial contact with mentally disordered offenders when they respond to an incident. This may be as a result of a call from neighbours, family, friends, carers, and members of the public or from staff from other agencies and in a variety of settings. It may also be as a result of their own observation of an incident or a person’s behaviour. This point of intervention is sometimes referred to as the ‘Point of Arrest’. However, this is something of a misnomer as the option for the police to effect an arrest is just one of a number of possible outcomes which are outlined.
Mentally disordered offenders: standard 2: at the police station
- Author:
- NACRO
- Publisher:
- NACRO
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The aims of the standard are to; ensure that the arrested person’s needs are met including legal, health, and social care needs; ensure that consideration is given to the appropriateness of charging or diverting the arrested person; and to achieve the most effective and appropriate outcome and the least restrictive option.
Mental illness and the criminal justice system: a handbook for those working in the criminal justice system, mental health professionals and voluntary organisations
- Author:
- TOOK Mike
- Publisher:
- National Schizophrenia Fellowship
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is a handbook for those working in the criminal justice system, mental health professionals and voluntary organisation. It explores issues such as understanding mental illness, contact with the police, diversion from the criminal justice system, contact with the courts and help available for people with mental illness.
Patient satisfaction in a forensic unit
- Authors:
- MORRISON Paul, BURNARD Philip, PHILIPS Ceri
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 5(4), October 1996, pp.369-377.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
This article reports on the results of a survey of patient satisfaction in a small forensic unit. Results found that there was a high level of general satisfaction with the services being offered. However, the deficits identified by patients in the unit included: the relative lack of privacy; noise in the unit; the problem of boredom and the difficulty in negotiating 'passes' to leave the unit. Some patients suggested that the latter difficulty was linked to staffing levels. Identifies some future research implications.
National standards for the provision of social care services in the high security hospitals
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 50p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
These service standards address the responsibilities and requirements of all the organisations and individuals who contribute to the provision of quality social care in the three high security hospitals for people with mental health problems: Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton. The document should be read alongside the 'Review of social work in the high security hospitals' (the Lewis report). The standards are divided into six free standing sections, each addressing the responsibilities and requirements of one organisation (the Hospital Social Care Service, the Hospital itself, the local council providing and managing the social care service, the local councils with responsibilities for patients, the local councils in whose areas the hospitals are situated and the Probation Service).
New law new enlightenment: will reform of current mental health legislation lead to improved care for mentally disordered offenders
- Authors:
- HUMPHREYS Martin S, KENNY-HERBERT Jeremy P.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Forensic Practice, 2(4), December 2000, pp.17-21.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper sets current proposals for reform of mental health legislation in the context of historical development of care for mentally disordered offenders and those who require similar services. The authors reflect on the fact that the National Service Framework and the various documents related to reform of the Mental Health Act 1983, seem to do little to address the area of the treatment of people suffering from psychiatric disorders who fall foul of the criminal justice system and bring little that is new to the field of forensic practice. They suggest that the 'safety first' approach seems still to be paramount.
Is there life after death for the Commission?
- Author:
- GREEN Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.11.00, 2000, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A government decision on the fate of the Mental Health Act Commission is expected soon. This article suggests that agencies working in the field are keen to see it reinvented with a greater monitoring role and more user involvement.
Services for mentally disordered offenders: a literature review
- Author:
- BAILEY Di
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 3, 1996, pp.41-57.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Provides a useful framework for those involved in researching the area of services and diversion schemes for Mentally Disordered Offenders's (MDO's) against which the perceptions of diversionary practice in Northamptonshire could be judged. The review focuses on research findings in relation to the identification, care and treatment of MDO's in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the current diversion schemes in terms of promoting good practice and maximising individual outcomes of health gain, reduced risk and least restrictive disposal option.
From strength to strength: report on the first two years of the Mental Health Act Commission service user involvement strategy
- Author:
- SIBLEY Rose
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Mental Health Act Commission has adopted the mission statement, 'safeguarding the interests of all people detained under the Mental Health Act'. The Commission's remit is to keep under review the operation of the Mental Health Act 1983 as it relates to detained patients, and to meet with and interview detained patients in private. In furtherance of this remit, the Commission visits mental health service providers regularly in order to check the legality of detention. In addition to the visiting programme, the Commission provides important safeguards to patients who lack capacity or refuse consent to treatment, through the Second Opinion Appointed Doctor Service. In all its work the Commission places an emphasis on equality and human rights.
Avoiding expert opinions on the ultimate legal question: the case for integrity
- Authors:
- TILLBROOK Chad, MUMLEY Denise, GRISSO Thomas
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 3(3), 2003, pp.77-87.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
The authors argue against testifying to the ultimate legal issue. There is no basis in science or clinical knowledge for determining the degree of capacity that is required in order to reach the threshold of capacity associated with legal questions such as competency and criminal responsibility. Society qualifies mental health professionals to provide expert testimony on the basis of their clinical and scientific expertise. Thus testifying to the ultimate legal issue is inappropriate and illogical and to do so threatens the integrity of mental health professions and the legal process. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)