Sentencing offenders with mental disorders, developmental disorders or neurological impairments: what does the new Sentencing Council Guideline mean for psychiatrists?

Autor: Josanne Holloway, Pamela J. Taylor, Nigel Eastman, Richard Latham
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: The British Journal of Psychiatry. 218:299-301
ISSN: 1472-1465
0007-1250
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2021.21
Popis: SummaryThe new Sentencing Council Guideline on sentencing offenders with mental disorders, effective from 1 October 2020, is essential reading for all psychiatrists who give evidence in the criminal courts, revealing something of required judicial thinking, our common ground on public safety concerns but differences in focus on culpability and punishment.
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