Mentally Disordered Offenders

Author : Sheilagh Hodgins,Rüdiger Müller-Isberner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000-06-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780471977278

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Violence, Crime and Mentally Disordered Offenders by Sheilagh Hodgins,Rüdiger Müller-Isberner Pdf

The mentally disordered criminal is a public nightmare, and themanagement of these offenders can be driven as much by politicaland economic concerns as by scientific evidence and professionaljudgement within the fields of mental health and correctionservices. This book aims to provide a critical and focused reviewof knowledge and best practice in this field for mental health andcorrection professionals and for those concerned with policy andmanagement of services for these offenders. Mentally disordered offenders include offenders who suffer fromschizophrenia, major affective disorders, personality disorders(including psychopathy), brain damage, and mental retardation. Thetopic is of increasing importance because of the growth ofcommunity psychiatry, and the growing community programmes foroffenders, and also because of the growing pressures on thoseinstitutions which deal with offenders and care for the mentallydisordered or disabled. Professionals in these fields will welcomethis book which: * Provides a review of approaches to treatment, accessible to awide mental health and forensic readership * Relates treatment approaches to specific mental problems, andreviews evidence of effectiveness * features a truly international group of authors bringing togethera wide variety of approaches, scientific research, and practicalexperience of important programmes for treatment and prevention "Few recent texts provide both the depth and breadth necessary tounderstand the vexing behaviour of mentally disordered offenders.Drs Hodgins and Muller-Isberner, a remarkable pairing of researchand clinical expertise, have put together a highly readable andsuperb resource for anyone interested in this interface of seriousmental illness and criminal behavior. The authors of theconstituent chapters are leading authorities in their respectiveareas and have provided thoughtful commentary on the most recentinternational literature. This is a first-rate treatment of arapidly growing and fascinating field." Marvin Swartz, DukeUniversity, USA

Author : John Monahan,Henry J. Steadman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781489903518

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Mentally Disordered Offenders by John Monahan,Henry J. Steadman Pdf

In its narrowest sense, "mentally disordered offender" refers to the approximately twenty thousand persons per year in the United States who are institutionalized as not guilty by reason of insanity, incompetent to stand trial, and mentally disordered sex offenders, as well as those prisoners transferred to mental hospitals. The real importance of mentally disordered offenders, however, may not lie in this figure. Rather, it may reside in the symbolic role that mentally disordered offenders play for the rest of the legal system. The 3,140 persons residing in state institutions on an average day in 1978 as not guilty by reason of insanity (see Chapter 4), for example, are surely worthy of concern in their own right. But they represent only 1% of the 307,276 persons residing in state and federal prisons in the same period (U. S. Dept. of Justice, 1981). From a purely numeric point of view, the insanity defense truly is "much ado about little" (Pasewark & Pasewark, 1982). The central importance of understanding these persons, however, is that they serve a symbolic function in justifying the imprisonment of the other 99%. The insanity defense, as Stone (1975) has noted, is "the exception that proves the rule. " By exculpating a relatively few people from being criminally responsible for their behavior, the law inculpates all other law violators as liable for social sanction.

Author : Alec Buchanan,Lisa Wootton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780198804567

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Care of the Mentally Disordered Offender in the Community by Alec Buchanan,Lisa Wootton Pdf

The thoroughly revised second edition of Care of the Mentally Disordered Offender in the Community is a comprehensive, evidence-based guide to the latest developments in the social context, management, and treatment of offenders in mental health care. In recent years there has been significant changes in the public perception of crime and the mentally ill offender, enhanced by research into causal links between violence and mental illness, and the increased publicity of the risk mentally disordered offenders could pose to the community. These, and other various factors, have significantly increased service development and research into psychological and pharmacological treatments and the rate of re-offending. Over three sections this essential guide explores key topics for discussion in the field. Part One critically examines the social, administrative and clinical context within which care is given in the modern day. Part Two discusses treatment and the evaluation of risk when determining the most appropriate treatment, whilst Part Three explores psychiatric services and their relationship with other agencies. Fully updated to ensure new areas for discussion are included, this book includes new chapters on relevant debates in the field such as US provision for the mentally disordered leaving prison, community management of sexual offending, the relationships between care and coercion, and the treatment of personality disorders. Written and edited by a global team of experts in the field, this book provides readers with useful insight into the social, clinical, and institutional contexts of this complex and relevant issue.

Author : Alec Buchanan,Lisa Wootton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780192526755

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Care of the Mentally Disordered Offender in the Community by Alec Buchanan,Lisa Wootton Pdf

This revised and updated edition of Care of the Mentally Disordered Offender in the Community provides a comprehensive, evidence-based guide to theory and practice. The social and clinical context within which mental health care is provided to offenders in community settings has changed significantly in recent years. An increasing proportion of all mental health care is provided in the community and our knowledge of the links between violence and mental illness has advanced. Existing psychological and pharmacological treatments have been refined and new treatments have been introduced. Epidemiological and intervention-based research has evaluated these changes and suggested new avenues for clinical development. Over three sections, the second edition of Care of the Mentally Disordered Offender in the Community explores the key areas of the field. Part 1 describes the social, administrative and clinical context within which care is now given. Part 2 discusses treatment and the evaluation of violence risk when determining the most appropriate treatment. Part 3 explores psychiatric services and their relationship with other agencies. The text has been updated to cover recent developments in theory and practice. New chapters have been added that cover US provision for people with mental disorders leaving prison, the community management of sexual offenders, the relationship between care and coercion and the treatment of personality disorders. Written by a global team of experts, the book provides critical insights into the social, clinical, and institutional aspects of an increasingly important part of psychiatric community care.

Author : Robert Harris,David Webb
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781134679874

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Mentally Disordered Offenders by Robert Harris,David Webb Pdf

Managing the Mentally Disordered Offender presses the case for better health care of mentally disturbed law breakers, and the need to divert them from unnecessary imprisonment. Mentally disordered offenders present particular problems in our society, which wants both to sympathise and to punish. How do we get the balance right between sympathy towards their illness and genuine worries about their offending behaviour? What do we do for - and about - people wo have been released from prison yet we suspect continue to pose risks to the safety of others? With specialist contributors from criminology, criminal justice, social work, probation practice and the law, Managing the Mentally Disordered Offender stresses the importance of professional cooperation in community-based services, whilst acknowledgin the psychologically demanding nature of working with mentally disordered people, and ther very real challenges of attempting to contain their wrongdoing without recourse to the repressiveness of imprisonment.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 3 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Mentally ill offenders
ISBN : OCLC:1079867143

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Mentally Disordered Offenders by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tom Mason,Dave Mercer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317882800

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The Sociology of the Mentally Disordered Offender by Tom Mason,Dave Mercer Pdf

In recent years mentally disordered offenders have attracted considerable attention in the media and there has been heated public debate as to the best treatment and prevention of re-offending. Simultaneously there has been a significant increase in the amount of research, specialist courses and training devoted to this particular, high profile area of mental health care. This is as a result of considerable public pressure to develop effective theory and practice for diagnosing and treating this patient group.A Sociology of the Mentally Disordered Offender provides a concise, and most importantly, accessible guide to the main theoretical issues from a sociological perspective as a counterbalance to the predominant medical model. Having established a theoretical framework through the exploration of topics such as the relationship between crime and mental disorder the authors look at the processes by which offenders are referred either to criminal justice or the mental health service system, their subsequent treatment and management, and the problem of re-offending. A final chapter looks at ways in which care and management of these patients may be effectively developed in the future.

Author : Sheilagh Hodgins
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1992-12-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0803950233

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Mental Disorder and Crime by Sheilagh Hodgins Pdf

Contributors to this volume present and discuss new data which suggest that major mental disorder substantially increases the risk of violent crime. These findings come at a crucial time, since those who suffer from mental disorders are increasingly living in the community, rather than in institutions. The book describes the magnitude and complexity of the problem and offers hope that humane, effective intervention can prevent violent crime being committed by the seriously mentally disordered.

Author : Tessa Boyd-Caine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780415627962

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Protecting the Public? by Tessa Boyd-Caine Pdf

The separation of powers and independent, judicial decision-making are generally accepted as hallmarks of the rule of law in democratic societies. Yet the exercise of executive discretion remains an important aspect of criminal justice in many areas. Protecting the Public? explores the tension between the rights of individuals detained under criminal and mental health law and the responsibility for public protection in the little-known world of executive discretion over mentally disordered offenders. It is based on extensive and unique empirical research conducted at the UK Home Office, with legal and clinical practitioners, with civil society organisations and by reference to comparative jurisdictions. Central questions considered include: executive, judicial and tribunal decision-making; mental health and criminal law reform regarding serious or high-risk offenders; the influence of human rights law on policy and practice; and the role of civil society, particularly victim interest groups, in public policy. Through its analysis of decisions to release 'high-risk' offenders, this book goes to the heart of the public protection agenda - examining how 'the public' is constructed and what protection is provided by the exercise of executive discretion. This book will be of interest to academic and other researchers, students, policy-makers, law reformers, commentators and anyone interested in the field of criminal justice, mental health law and public policy.

Author : Geoffrey Neil Conacher
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0773514198

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Management of the Mentally Disordered Offender in Prisons by Geoffrey Neil Conacher Pdf

Management of mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) is a major challenge for the clinician, because they have multiple problems and diagnoses, and the cost of a mistake can be very high. The author, former director of psychiatric services at the Regional Treatment Centre in Ontario, traces the MDO management process from initial assessment, through secure stabilization, to preparation for release and subsequent community supervision. He outlines the difficulties of managing a population of serious offenders and highlights elements of treatment that are essential if the MDO is to be reintegrated into the community.

Author : Anthony Colombo
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UOM:39015040562673

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Understanding Mentally Disordered Offenders by Anthony Colombo Pdf

Differences in the perception of certain psychopathological and criminal behaviour are analysed in this volume, as the author believes conflicting assumptions may hinder the effective implementation of a number of key criminological and clinical policy initiatives.

Author : Phillip J. Vaughan,Douglas Badger
Publisher : Springer
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781489928535

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Working with the Mentally Disordered Offender in the Community by Phillip J. Vaughan,Douglas Badger Pdf

In the past forensic psychiatry has been a sub-speciality of general psychiatry without its own, separate identity. However, since the mid-1980s there has been a growing in terest in the application of community care principles to mentally disordered offenders. A new set of attitudes have developed which have enabled the mentally disordered offender to emerge from relative institutional obscurity to a much higher profile in the community. Although numerically small in relation to the general psychiatric population, forensic patients tend to attract the public' s attention by virtue of their greater propensity for troublesome behaviour. Such a group needs expert community support in order to maintain an accepta bie public face. Unfortunately these developments have outstripped the creation of training opportunities for community staff charged with their support and supervision. Most community practi tioners have had to learn 'on the job' with inadequate support and supervision from senior staff, who of ten have less direct experience of working with this client group than themselves. Just such a situation prompted the authors, in 1990, to establish a module on 'Working with Mentally Disordered Offenders in the Community' as part of an MA in Social W ork at the University of Reading. As the course developed it became clear that the topic and content had equal application to other community professionals working in the field.

Author : Judith M. Laing
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Law
ISBN : 0198268181

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Care Or Custody? by Judith M. Laing Pdf

In recent years there has been growing concern and controversy surrounding the care and treatment of mentally disordered offenders. Consequently, there have been a series of legislative and policy developments during the last decade, which have led to changes in attitude and the way that suchoffender-patients are treated. Such changes have focused primarily upon timely therapeutic intervention and diversion from the criminal justice system. Care or Custody?: Mentally Disordered Offenders in the Criminal Justice System considers these issues in depth. It is a comprehensive and scholarly text which identifies some of the practical difficulties that occur when mentally disordered offenders come into contact with the criminal justicesystem. The law in this area is complex and this book will enable professionals involved in the subject to gain a better understanding of the law and policy with regard to mentally disordered offenders. Judith Laing also analyses and addresses some of the theoretical issues and concerns surrounding the treatment and detention of mentally disordered offenders. The book will therefore assist and inform legal, mental health, and related practitioners working in this field, and will also provide atheoretical overview of the law for academics and students.

Author : Anthony Columbo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138359955

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Understanding Mentally Disordered Offenders by Anthony Columbo Pdf

First published in 1997, this volume's purpose is to understand and clarify the nature of implicit theories currently held about the mentally disordered offender by respondents who represent a range of agencies: the general lay population, Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Social Services. The significance of this research rests on the premise that a greater understanding of professional and lay perspectives towards the mentally ill offender will help elucidate conflicting assumptions between agencies which, by their very nature, may be seriously disrupting the effective implementation of a number of key criminological and clinical policy initiatives involving the care and management of the mentally ill. In particular, consideration is given to the impact such ideological differences may have with regard to the establishment of community-based psychiatric care programmes, the policy of diverting mentally ill offenders away from the Criminal Justice System and into care by Health and Social Services, and the need to strengthen inter-agency co-operation.

Author : William Watson,Adrian Grounds
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1993-03-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0521403421

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The Mentally Disordered Offender in an Era of Community Care by William Watson,Adrian Grounds Pdf

Essential reading for all professionals working in the psychiatric and criminal justice systems with mentally disordered offenders.