Essays about: "mentally disordered offenders"

Found 2 essays containing the words mentally disordered offenders.

  1. 1. ACCOUNTABLE OR NOT ACCOUNTABLE? : SOCIAL WORKERS’ VIEWS ON MENTALLY DISORDERED PERSONS’ LEGAL STATUS

    University essay from Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi

    Author : Linda Verngren; [2013]
    Keywords : Accountability; criminal responsibility; mentally disordered offenders; labeling; stigma;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to describe how mentally disordered offenders would be affected by reintroducing the accountability requirement within Swedish legislation, based on social workers’ preconceptions. Mental illness creates a number of issues within criminal justice systems. READ MORE

  3. 2. Mad or Bad? : Explaining the different outcomes of reforming treatment organisation for mentally disordered offenders in Britain & Sweden

    University essay from Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Wendy Katherine Maycraft Kall; [2004]
    Keywords : mental health; criminal justice; Sweden; Britain; administrative traditions; care-philosophy;

    Abstract : Britain and Sweden have had similar backgrounds when it comes to organising treatment of Mentally Disordered Offenders who are sentenced to forensic psychiatric care instead of prison. Traditionally care has been centrally controlled and isolated from mainstream healthcare structures. READ MORE