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Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry (2 ed.)

David Semple, Roger Smyth

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Mar 2009
Print ISBN-13:
9780199239467
Published to Oxford Medicine:
Aug 2010
DOI:
10.1093/med/9780199239467.001.0001

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Forensic psychiatry

Chapter:
Forensic psychiatry
Author(s):

David Semple,

Roger Smyth

DOI:
10.1093/med/9780199239467.003.0017
Introduction - The criminal justice system - Crime - Homicide - Violence 1: theoretical background - Violence 2 - Sexual offences 1 - Sexual offences 2 - Other offences - Mental disorder and offending 1: overview - Mental disorder and offending 2: specific disorders and offending - Assessing risk of violence - Secure hospitals and units - Police liaison 1 - Police liaison 2 - Court liaison - Prison psychiatry 1: overview - Prison psychiatry 2: the role of the psychiatrist - Legal provisions for transfer of prisoners to hospital - Court reports and giving evidence 1 - Court reports and giving evidence 2 - Suggested format for criminal court report - Overview of the pathways of mentally disordered offenders through the criminal justice and health systems - Legal provisions for procedures relating to mentally disordered offenders - Fitness to plead 1: assessment - Fitness to plead 2: procedures - Criminal responsibility 1 - Criminal responsibility 2 - Assessing ‘mental state at the time of the offence’

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