Diversion from Custody for Mentally Disordered Offenders

Catherine Staite, Neill Martin, Rannoch Daly

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9780582239005
• eBook ISBN:
  9781351943390
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Forensic Psychology
• Index: Law

The authors aim to provide practical guidance to enable practitioners in the various criminal justice, health and social care agencies to divert mentally disordered offenders from prosecution and custody and to help prevent re-offending.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of contributors
• Foreword by Timothy F. Durkin, Chairman, MIND
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Why are people with mental health problems sent to prison?
• 2. Development of diversion projects nationally
• 3. Turning the vision into reality
• 4. Key points of intervention
• 5. The role of the prison
• 6. Diversion into what?
• 7. Funding and managing a project
• 8. Record keeping, monitoring and evaluation
• 9. The future of the project
• Appendix I Case study
• Appendix II Questionnaire
• Appendix III Information for CPS
• Appendix IV Model job description
• Appendix V Useful addresses
• Appendix VI Model contents practice and procedure guide
• Appendix VII Model forum remit
• Appendix VIII Mental Health Act 1983
• Appendix IX Mental Health Act 1983 — Code of Practice
• Appendix X Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
• Appendix XI Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 — Code of Practice
• Appendix XII National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990
• Appendix XIII Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991
• Appendix XIV Magistrates Court Act 1980
• Appendix XV Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 s. 23
• Appendix XVI Crown Prosecution Service
• Appendix XVII Bail Act 1976 s. 4
• Glossary
• References
• Bibliography
• Index