The mental health tribunal of Queensland: A useful model for UK forensic psychiatry?

Brown, Sarah

doi:10.1080/09585189908403686

The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

1999

DOI: 10.1080/09585189908403686

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The mental health tribunal of Queensland: A useful model for UK forensic psychiatry?

Sarah Brown¹

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“…It considered issues of unsoundness of mind, diminished responsibility and fitness for trial as well as appeals regarding general civil commitment matters in a non-adversarial setting (Brown, 1999). The MHT enabled specific consideration to be given to a person's mental state at the time of an alleged offence.…”

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Criminal Justice Outcomes of Those Appearing before the Mental Health Tribunal: A Record Linkage Study

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Stedman

Chapple

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Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

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To examine the utilisation of the insanity defence in Queensland and insanity acquittee reoffending, offences cleared by the police were compared with charges heard by the Mental Health Tribunal (MHT) and appearances before the MHT from 1985 to 2002 were cross-linked with police databases. Only 0.24% of cleared offences were heard by the MHT. This plea rate was similar to that in the US jurisdictions where the insanity defence has been extensively researched. Overall, persons not afforded an insanity defence reoffended more frequently, committed more offences, including more violent offences, and committed more serious offences as measured by the National Offence Index. Furthermore, offending occurred sooner than that of insanity acquittees. Evidence was not found for ''over-use'' of the insanity defence and overall, recidivism was lower and less serious for insanity acquittees. There is a need for further research to more comprehensively identify factors associated with positive outcomes.

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Criminal Justice Outcomes of Those Appearing before the Mental Health Tribunal: A Record Linkage Study

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Chapple

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Mental Illness and Criminal Justice Processing: The Strategies and Dilemmas of Defence Lawyers

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Morin

2001

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Violence Severity and Psychosis

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Chiu

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International Journal of Forensic Mental Health

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To examine whether severity of violence was associated with specific types of psychotic symptoms a retrospective file review of men found of unsound mind by the Queensland Mental Health Tribunal was conducted. The association between symptoms and three levels of violence were examined. Capgras delusions and command hallucinations were associated with homicide; acute danger; and threat/control-override symptoms with serious violence, and grandiose delusions with assault occasioning bodily harm. When previous violence and substance use were controlled, the symptom variables remained significant predictors. Victims were more likely to be known when violence was more serious. The study provides support for the role of psychotic symptoms as one factor that may account for the relationship between mental illness and increased violence risk.

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The mental health tribunal of Queensland: A useful model for UK forensic psychiatry?

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Criminal Justice Outcomes of Those Appearing before the Mental Health Tribunal: A Record Linkage Study

Criminal Justice Outcomes of Those Appearing before the Mental Health Tribunal: A Record Linkage Study

Mental Illness and Criminal Justice Processing: The Strategies and Dilemmas of Defence Lawyers

Violence Severity and Psychosis

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