NCJ Number
158854
Date Published
1994
Length
233 pages
Annotation
This training pack is intended for use in training a range of staff to work with mentally disordered offenders both in institutions and in the community; the focus is on cooperation between corrections and mental health workers.
Abstract
Eleven modules include notes for trainers, exercises, and background materials. The first module introduces the training pack and sets out the overall policy context in which the pack has been commissioned and developed. Module 2 describes the materials in the pack and suggests how trainers can use the materials in practice. Module 3 provides a broad introduction for course participants to the key problems and issues that mentally disordered offenders present to the criminal justice agencies, social services, health services, and others who deal with this offender category. The fourth module describes the criminal justice process from the perspective of mentally disordered offenders and highlights the roles of various agencies, professionals, and individuals. Remaining modules focus on understanding mental disorder, the diversion of mentally disordered offenders from the criminal justice system, working with mentally disordered offenders, joint working and interagency cooperation, mental health legislation and codes of practice, people with learning disabilities, and race and gender issues. Appended information on British Government policy on mentally disordered offenders