Allows for a person to be sectioned and treated against their will, due to them being at risk of harm to themselves and/or others, meaning they need urgent treatment
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Section 2 length of sectioning?
Up to 28 days
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Section 3 length of sectioning?
Up to 6 months
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Approved mental health professional?
Mental health worker who has received SPECIFIC training, to provide assistance or assess if a patient is in need of sectioning. Makes sure rights are maintained
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Mental health tribunal?
A specialist empowered by law to dispute the patient's treatments. 3 people of panel: judge, tribunal doctor, and specialist lay member
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What can tribunal decide?
Immediate discharge, deferred discharge, continue section with different treatment, continue section with same treatment, continue section with community treatment order
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Mental health in criminals?
80-85% of criminals have anti-social personality disorder. 10% of men and 30% of women have previous psychiatric admission before jail
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Hospital orders?
Forensic sections: criminal sent to hospital if they are mentally unwell. This is included in section 37, and 37/41 is similar but strict to Crown Court
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Insanity defence?
When the person commits the act and intended to do so, but was impaired from a mental health condition which stops them from seeing something wrong with this behaviour
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2 forms of insanity defence?
1. claiming insanity at time of crime. 2. claiming insanity at time of trial (so unable to plea)
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Issues with insanity defence?
Can be faked, removes responsiblity of offendor, can allow for criminals to be set free easier, assumes mentally ill person doesn't know right or wrong
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Forensic psychology?
Concerned with the psychological aspects of legal processes in court. Involved in assessing the mental state and risk of people in the criminal system. Can work with criminals on things like rehabilitation or with victims. Often o=focused on policy
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Training?
British Psychological Society accredited degree, accredited Maters degree in Forensic, and 2 years supervised practice
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Risk assessment?
Areas of concern: the public, the functioning of future individual, and their personal safety (along with colleagues)
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Baker (1993)?
Level of dangerousness; highly influential in the criminal justice system
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Recidivism?
Tendency of a criminal to reoffend
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Sex offender risk assessment?
Static risk factors (offendor reoffending), dynamic stable risk factors (can be changed through treatment), and dynamic acute risk factors (which factors may increase risk)
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Structured assessment of risk?
Assess presence of dynamic risk factors; 1. sexual preoccupation, 2. distorted attitudes, 3. management of relationships, 4. self regulation issues
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Treatment for prisoners with mental health issues?
Talking therapies, REBT (rational emotive behaviour therapy), identify viscious cyclrs, community care (CMHT)
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Restorative justice?
Focuses on healing and rehabilitation. Allows prisoner to take responsiblity and helps victims recover.
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Tarasoff case (1969)?
Led to ruling that protecting the public was MORE important than patient-clinician confidentiality. Man underwent therapy to get over obsession with woman, ended up murdering her
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