A Companion Guide to Mentally Disordered Offenders (Companion Guides) - Softcover

Stone, Nigel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0904553337 ISBN 13: 9780904553338

Publisher: Owen Wells Publisher, 1995

Synopsis

The first edition of this book was welcomed by probation and mental health personnel as an accessible guide to this complex area of law, covering the spectrum of special provision from the mentally disordered suspect at the police station through to the conditional discharge from hospital of restricted patients, including diversion from the criminal justice system, insanity and allied defences, community orders combining treatment and supervision, mentally disordered prisoners, guardianship orders, etc. Now completely revised and updated, the text considers proposals to reform the Mental Health Act and to introduce measures permitting the indefinite detention of persons with personality disorders considered to pose unacceptable risks to public safety. The book includes illustrative case examples of patient-offenders at point of sentence and their subsequent management from a legal perspective.

About this title

Synopsis

Mentally disordered offenders present probation officers and social workers with some of their greatest problems. Not only is there the intrinsic difficulty in dealing with very disturbed clients, but a wealth of legislation has to be considered. Can a probation officer act as appropriate adult? Can a PSR writer make use of information from a psychiatric report that the defence wants withheld? When is guardianship appropriate? These and many other difficult areas are covered in this book. The author not only deals with the law, but offers practitioners advice on practice and on how to use the legislation for the best advantage of their clients. He also provides a glossary of commonly-used drugs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Owen Wells Publisher
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0904553337
• ISBN 13: 9780904553338
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160