Presses the case for better mental health care for mentally disturbed law breakers, and the need to divert them from unnecessary imprisonment.
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Preface Introduction 1 Mental disorder and social order: underlying themes in crime management 2 Public Inquiries in mental health (with particular reference to the Blackwood case at Broadmoor and the patient-complaints of Ashworth Hospital) 3 The police and the mentally disordered in the community 4 Diverting mentally disordered offenders from custody 5 Recreating mayhem? Developing understanding for social work with mentally disordered people 6 Multi-agency risk management of mentally disordered sex offenders: a probation case study 7 The Parole Board and the mentally disordered offender 8 Control and compassion: the uncertain role of Mental Health Review Tribunals in the management of the mentally ill 9 Thinking horses, not zebras 10 A balance of possibilities: some concluding notes on rights, risks and the mentally disordered offender
