Medical Examination of Mentally Disordered/Mentally Vulnerable Detainees in Police Custody in England and Wales

2013 ◽  
pp. 389-404
Author(s):  
DAVID LOWE
Keyword(s):  
Medical Examination ◽  
Police Custody ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Mentally Disordered

scholarly journals Vulnerable adults in police custody

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-8
Author(s):  
Ian Cummins
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Police Custody ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Vulnerable Adults

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the recent National Appropriate Adult Network (NAAN) report on the role of the appropriate adult. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on the NAAN report and a review of relevant policy and research literature. Findings There to Help 2 highlights that there are still significant gaps in the provision of appropriate adult schemes across England and Wales. These gaps potentially place vulnerable adults at increased risk. Originality/value This paper is a review of recent research.

Mentally disordered offenders in Zimbabwe and in England and Wales: a socio-demographic study

2007 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.B. Menezes ◽  
F. Oyebode ◽  
M.S. Haque
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Patient Survey ◽  
Mentally Disordered Offenders ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Case Register ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Mentally Disordered ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Hospital Patients ◽  
Mentally Disordered Offender

Our aim was to compare socio-demographic, clinical and criminal characteristics of mentally disordered offender patients in a special institution in a developing and a developed country. Zimbabwe data from 1980-1990 was obtained from a hospital patient survey, in a written semi-structured format. The English special (high security) hospital patients' data for the same period was obtained from the case register. The sample size for Zimbabwe was 367 patients (337 males, 30 females) and for England and Wales it was 1,966 patients (1,643 males, 323 females). The average age for Zimbabwean patients was 36 years, with standard deviation of 9.7; for England and Wales the average age was 29.7 with standard deviation of 9.6. There was significant difference in marital status in the two countries. Seventy-eight per cent of patients were single in England and Wales, compared with 49% in Zimbabwe. There were 20% illiterate patients in Zimbabwe, compared with 4% in England and Wales. Thirty-seven per cent of the patients in England and Wales had a diagnosis of personality disorder, compared with 6% in Zimbabwe. There were 53% of homicides in Zimbabwe, compared with 20% in England and Wales. Employment in the two countries was similar: 34% in Zimbabwe and 33% in England and Wales. There were differences in the socio-demographic characteristics in the two countries, except for employment status. Differences were also noticed in the diagnoses of the patients, types of crime and the methods of assault.

Community forensic psychiatric services in England and Wales

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 604-617
Author(s):  
Richard Latham ◽  
Hannah Kate Williams
Keyword(s):  
Research Evidence ◽  
Medical Specialty ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Mentally Disordered Offenders ◽  
Late 20Th Century ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Mentally Disordered ◽  
Forensic Psychiatric ◽  
Criminal Legislation ◽  
The 19Th Century

Forensic psychiatry is an established medical specialty in England and Wales. Although its origins lie in the 19th century, the development of secure hospitals accelerated in the late 20th century. Services for mentally disordered offenders in the community have developed most recently and it is these services, which are the focus of this article. We have looked broadly at community services and have included criminal justice liaison and diversion services in our remit. We have also considered partnerships between health and justice agencies as well as mental health and criminal legislation. We consider the limited research evidence in relation to community forensic services and the discussion this has provoked.

Victims of assault: a Europe-wide review of procedures for evaluating the seriousness of injuries

2010 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Gignon ◽  
S Paupière ◽  
O Jardé ◽  
C Manaouil
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Assessment ◽  
Medical Examination ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Medical Certificate ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Judicial Proceedings

In France, victims of assault receive a medical certificate describing their injuries. This certificate must fulfil certain criteria because it plays a major role in the subsequent judicial proceedings – notably the establishment of a period of ‘total incapacity for work’, which determines the court in which the case will be heard. Determination of the duration of this period of incapacity is complex. We decided to review medical examination procedures for victims of assault in a number of other European countries (England and Wales, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Spain). Our study revealed that only in France do physicians have to make a quantitative assessment of injuries, which is supposed to reflect the extent of the injuries and the intensity of the violence – despite the difficulties this may pose. We discuss the relevance of this quantitative assessment.

scholarly journals The concept of objection under the DOLS regime

2014 ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Matthew McKillop ◽  
John Dawson ◽  
George Szmukler
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Mental Capacity ◽  
Mental Health Patient ◽  
Health Treatment ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Mentally Disordered ◽  
Mental Capacity Act 2005 ◽  
Mental Capacity Act ◽  
Hospitalised Patient

<p>In England and Wales, there are now two regimes under which an adult can be deprived of liberty when receiving mental health treatment: the regime established by the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA), and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) authorisation regime established by the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA). Where both regimes might apply to a mentally disordered person in hospital for mental health treatment, a major dividing line between them is the ability of the patient to “object” to being a mental health patient or to being given mental health treatment. If such an objection occurs, a hospitalised patient is ineligible for the DOLS regime and only the MHA regime may be used to authorise the deprivation of their liberty.</p>

The law in England and Wales on mental health treatment in the community

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Beswick ◽  
Michael Gunn
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Mental Capacity ◽  
Community Treatment ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Mentally Disordered ◽  
Mental Capacity Act 2005 ◽  
Mentally Disordered Offender ◽  
Mental Capacity Act

This chapter examines the legal framework for the treatment of the mentally disordered offender in the community in England and Wales. It examines both some of the ideological questions underlying the care of this group and the legal mechanisms within which treatment can be provided. The chapter begins by examining the principle, endorsed by the Mental Capacity Act 2005, that voluntary treatment will usually be the norm, regardless of setting. It then considers exceptions to these norm situations where legally mandated treatment in the community is permitted. In England and Wales, most of these exceptions are to be found in three pieces of legislation: the Mental Health Act 1983, as amended in 2007 to include community treatment orders; the Mental Capacity Act 2005, with its associated Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS); and the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

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