ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 5

Mentally Abnormal Killers in the UK Health Care System: Issues Facing the Multidisciplinary Team
Hambridge, JA
Hons, University of Sydney 2006,

(Received 2 February 1994; accepted 8 June 1994)

Abstract

In the UK, mentally ill offenders can be assessed and given treatment and rehabilitation in a secure health care setting rather than in a correctional facility. Beds in such health care facilities are limited and evidence suggests that only the most serious offenders, such as those who have committed a homicide, are given priority. This paper examines the role of the Regional Secure Unit, a National Health Service provision, in the assessment and treatment of these offenders. A number of issues facing the multidisciplinary team are raised. A case study is presented to illustrate some of these points.

Keywords:
psychiatry, mentally ill offenders, health care systems

Paper ID: JFS13762J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13762J
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