Treatment of mentally ill offenders in Germany: With special reference to the newest forensic hospital — Straubing in Bavaria

Nedopil, Norbert; Ottermann, Bernd

doi:10.1016/0160-2527(93)90026-b

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“…However, chronic states of intoxication, severe enough to cause physical damage, may be admitted as a legal criterion for diminished criminal responsibility. only two member states, namely Germany and Austria, provide specific forensic hospitals for offenders with alcohol or drug addiction [11,20].…”

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Legal frameworks and key concepts regulating diversion and treatment of mentally disordered offenders in european union member states

2007

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“…If an offender with a full or partial insanity defense is assumed to be a substantial threat to the general public, a detention in a forensicpsychiatric hospital can be ordered instead of or complementary to imprisonment (Section 63; GCC; 4, see also 5). Additionally, there is a specific legal provision for offenses related to substance abuse in Germany (6,7).…”

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Granting Leave to Patients in Bavarian Forensic-Psychiatric Hospitals: A Survey to Describe the Current Process and Develop Guidelines

Sklenarova¹,

Neutze²,

Kretschmer³

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Front. Psychiatry

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Forensic-psychiatric patients reoffending or absconding during the leave granted to them (hereafter referred to as "granted leave") have gained increased attention by researchers and the general public. The patients' right to freedom on the one hand and the need for protection of the general public from serious harm on the other hand represent broadly discussed ethical issues. Thus, demands on quality regarding decisions on patients' granted leaves might be high. Despite such requirements, research on decision-making processes regarding granting leave in forensic psychiatry is very limited and focuses primarily on particular aspects. The present study aims at providing a first overview of the decision-making processes regarding granted leave in forensic psychiatry as a whole. Furthermore, the link between the particular steps of the process and absconding should be explored. In this way, the study results should contribute to provide a theoretical framework for the development of guidelines concerning granted leave in forensic psychiatry. A combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches will be used to collect data: information about risk assessment, decisions on granted leave, and documentation systems in forensic psychiatry will be collected via semi-structured interviews and quantified for further analyses using a checklist developed for this study; data on the implementation of risk assessment tools and documented patient information will be obtained via two self-constructed questionnaires; information about the absolute number of abscondences per hospital will be obtained from the Bavarian Authority for Forensic Commitment. The sample will include staff from all 13 forensic-psychiatric hospitals in Bavaria (Germany) comprising six professional groups: hospital directors, security officers, complementary therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and nursing staff. In each hospital, at least one member of each professional group should participate in the study. In total, 151 interviews will be held. As the study goals are descriptive, there are no pre-formulated hypotheses. Developing guidelines would be the first step towards further standardization of the granted leave decisional process in Frontiers in Psychiatry | www.frontiersin.org forensic psychiatry and to make it more transparent for patients, staff members, hospital directors, and the government.

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“…Schizophrenia and related psychoses, organic psychoses and intellectual disability would usually attract such an outcome, with more variability in cases of affective disorder, personality disorder, substance misuse and paraphilias. Only in Germany (Nedopil & Otterman, 1993) and Austria (Schanda et al, 2000) is there also specific provision for involuntary detention following a conviction for an offence related to substance misuse.…”

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Forensic psychiatry in Europe

Gordon¹,

Lindqvist

2007

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The European Union now includes 27 member states. The Council of Europe stretches even further with 45 member states. A comprehensive definition of Europe geographically embraces all of Eastern Europe, including the western part of Russia and the western part of Turkey. Increasing mobility and national cooperation within Europe requires enhancing mutual knowledge and understanding of the context of evaluation and treatment of mentally disordered offenders and similar individuals who manifest antisocial behaviour and violence. A recent study confined to the previous 15 member states of the European Union provides a useful baseline for subsequent European comparisons (Salize & Dressing, 2005).

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Treatment of mentally ill offenders in Germany: With special reference to the newest forensic hospital — Straubing in Bavaria

Cited by 18 publications

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Legal frameworks and key concepts regulating diversion and treatment of mentally disordered offenders in european union member states

Legal frameworks and key concepts regulating diversion and treatment of mentally disordered offenders in european union member states

Granting Leave to Patients in Bavarian Forensic-Psychiatric Hospitals: A Survey to Describe the Current Process and Develop Guidelines

Forensic psychiatry in Europe

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