This article discusses initiatives aimed at preventing and reducing 'coercive practices' in
mental health and community settings worldwide, including in hospitals in high‐income …

This paper offers a criminologically informed framework to guide research on the
relationship between mental disorder and violence. Criminological theories examined …

Approximately 700,000 people with major mental disorder enter United States jails each
year (US Department of Justice, 1999), many of whom are arrested repeatedly for minor …

This study examines whether the relationship between mental disorder and violent
victimization is attributable to the disproportionate involvement of mentally disordered …

Are expert witnesses needed in child sexual abuse cases to educate jurors about children's
memory, suggestibility, and reactions to abuse, or do jurors already know what such experts …

A good deal of policy and practice in human subjects research aims to ensure that when
subjects consent to research, they do so voluntarily. To date, however, voluntariness and its …

Outpatient commitment, although often viewed as merely an extension of inpatient
commitment, is only one of a growing array of legal tools used to mandate treatment …

Research on the relationship between mental disorder and violence has focused largely on
the effects of clinical characteristics, such as treatment adherence and psychotic symptoms …

The concept of empowerment has become increasingly popular with mental health
professionals. But while it is a frequently cited goal in the helping professions, empowerment …

Within social psychology, procedural justice theory has been used to understand variations
in compliance with legal authorities such as the police. Thus, it may help explain variation in …