Mental Health in Australia's Criminal Justice System
Year 11 Legal Studies
Year 11 Legal Studies
Jacob Ellis
“Statistics suggest that, with one in 5 adults, and 27 per cent of young Australians, suffering some form of mental illness, current mental health funding is unable to cater for all mental health needs, forcing prisons to become the new mental health institutions.”
Jacob Ellis
“Statistics suggest that, with one in 5 adults, and 27 per cent of young Australians, suffering some form of mental illness, current mental health funding is unable to cater for all mental health needs, forcing prisons to become the new mental health institutions.”
Mental Health Services in Australia’s Criminal Justice System
Mental Health Services in Australia’s Criminal Justice System
Table of Contents:
1.0 Introduction 3
2.0 Description of Social and Legal Issues 4
2.1 Social Issues………………………………………………………………………………4
2.1.1 The lack of professional screening and health services in rural jurisdictions……………………………………………………………………………...…...4
2.1.2 The compromising of the mentally ill perpetrators Health to themselves and the general community……………………….…………………4
2.1.3 The relationship between offending behaviour, mental illness and substance abuse…………………………………………………………………………….4
2.2 Legal Issues…………………………………………………...………………………….4
2.2.1 Police services and the informal responses to mental health cases....4
2.2.2 The court services and criminal proceedings in Australian courts….4
2.2.3 The screening tools used in the criminal justice system and the effectiveness of those tools………………………………………...…………...………4
3.0 Explanation of Social and Legal Issues………………………………………………......5
3.1 Social Issues………………………………………………………………………………4
3.1.1 The lack of professional screening and health services in rural jurisdictions……………………………………………………………………………...…...4
3.1.2 The compromising of the mentally ill perpetrators Health to themselves and the general community……………………….…………………4
3.1.3 The relationship between offending behaviour, mental
Year 11 Legal Studies
Jacob Ellis
“Statistics suggest that, with one in 5 adults, and 27 per cent of young Australians, suffering some form of mental illness, current mental health funding is unable to cater for all mental health needs, forcing prisons to become the new mental health institutions.”
Jacob Ellis
“Statistics suggest that, with one in 5 adults, and 27 per cent of young Australians, suffering some form of mental illness, current mental health funding is unable to cater for all mental health needs, forcing prisons to become the new mental health institutions.”
Mental Health Services in Australia’s Criminal Justice System
Mental Health Services in Australia’s Criminal Justice System
Table of Contents:
1.0 Introduction 3
2.0 Description of Social and Legal Issues 4
2.1 Social Issues………………………………………………………………………………4
2.1.1 The lack of professional screening and health services in rural jurisdictions……………………………………………………………………………...…...4
2.1.2 The compromising of the mentally ill perpetrators Health to themselves and the general community……………………….…………………4
2.1.3 The relationship between offending behaviour, mental illness and substance abuse…………………………………………………………………………….4
2.2 Legal Issues…………………………………………………...………………………….4
2.2.1 Police services and the informal responses to mental health cases....4
2.2.2 The court services and criminal proceedings in Australian courts….4
2.2.3 The screening tools used in the criminal justice system and the effectiveness of those tools………………………………………...…………...………4
3.0 Explanation of Social and Legal Issues………………………………………………......5
3.1 Social Issues………………………………………………………………………………4
3.1.1 The lack of professional screening and health services in rural jurisdictions……………………………………………………………………………...…...4
3.1.2 The compromising of the mentally ill perpetrators Health to themselves and the general community……………………….…………………4
3.1.3 The relationship between offending behaviour, mental
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