A narrative review of international legislation regulating fitness to stand trial and criminal responsibility: Is there a perfect system?

A Houidi, S Paruk - International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 2021 - Elsevier
Mentally ill offenders have a right to a fair trial and adequate treatment in terms of the law.
The diversion of mentally ill offenders between the criminal justice and the mental health …

How family members of mentally ill offenders experience the internment measure and (forensic) psychiatric treatment in Belgium: A qualitative study

S Rowaert, S Vandevelde, G Lemmens… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Mentally ill offenders in Belgium can be subjected to mandated care under an “internment
measure” if they are viewed as a danger to society. This study investigated how family …

Nurses teaching prison officers: a workshop to reduce the stigmatization of prison inmates with mental illness

S Melnikov, T Elyan‐Antar, R Schor… - … in Psychiatric Care, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
PURPOSE This report describes and evaluates the effectiveness of a nurse‐led workshop
designed to improve correctional officers' stigmatizing attitude toward inmates with mental …

Criminal narratives of mentally disordered offenders: An exploratory study

E Spruin, D Canter, D Youngs… - Journal of Forensic …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The study explored the personal narratives of Mentally Disordered Offenders (MDOs) and
the impact various mental disorders had on the structure of the offenders' criminal narratives …

Treatment and control: A qualitative study of older mentally ill offenders' perceptions on their detention and care trajectory

S De Smet, N Van Hecke, D Verté… - … Journal of Offender …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The life of older mentally ill offenders (OMIOs) is often characterized by successive periods
of detention in correctional facilities, admissions to psychiatric services, and unsuccessful …

[HTML][HTML] Hospitais de Custódia e Tratamento Psiquiátrico no sistema prisional: a morte social decretada?

AS Oliveira, HN Oliveira, HL Barros… - Ciência & Saúde …, 2022 - SciELO Public Health
Este texto apresenta uma discussão a respeito das pessoas com transtorno mental em
conflito com a lei no Brasil e os Hospitais de Custódia e Tratamento Psiquiátrico, instituições …

Criminal responsibility and mental illness in Pakistan

TF Qadir, H Fatima, SA Hussain… - The Lancet Psychiatry, 2017 - thelancet.com
In a population of 200 million people in Pakistan, approximately 22 million have a mental
illness, but only about 500 qualified psychiatrists are practising in the country, producing a …

Pertanggungjawaban Kriminal Orang dengan Gangguan Jiwa

A Herdaetha, SH Natangsa Surbakti… - 2015 - eprints.ums.ac.id
Pertanggungjawaban kriminal adalah unsur penting dalam tindak pidana. Menentukan
pertanggungjawaban Orang Dengan Gangguan Jiwa (ODGJ) adalah masalah yang …

Comparison of depression, anxiety, general mental health and self-esteem among prisoners in consultancy and ordinary wings.

MM Gharavi, H Kashani, M Lotfi… - … of Fundamentals of …, 2015 - search.ebscohost.com
Introduction: The prison environment is a potential major stressful factor in formation or
aggravation of mental problems so this study aimed to evaluate the mental health indexes …

Legitimacy of corrections as a mental health care provider: Perspectives from US and European systems

D Peterka-Benton, BP Masciadrelli - JIJIS, 2013 - HeinOnline
Large numbers of seriously mentally ill persons are being incarcerated because their
disturbed behavior is criminalized. The criminal justice system is struggling to manage the …