JALE3014 Mental Health and Criminal Justice

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Go to the library catalogue and then click on Advanced Search.
Box 1: policing
Box 2: mentally ill
Box 3: Australia
After the results load, change the date range on the left to 2010-2025 and apply the change.

Here are the instructions for the search linked above.
Go to the library catalogue and then click on Advanced Search.
Box 1: courts
Box 2: mentally ill
Box 3: Australia
After the results load, change the date range on the left to 2010-2025 and apply the change.

Here are the instructions for the search linked above.
Go to the library catalogue and then click on Advanced Search.
Box 1: fitness to stand trial
Box 2: Australia
After the results load, change the date range on the left to 2010-2025 and apply the change.

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Select articles in the material type box >
Try searching for the following:
- Offending behaviour: The role of trauma and PTSD
- Post traumatic stress disorder in incarcerated populations: current clinical considerations and recommendations
- The prevalence of mental illness and unmet needs of police custody detainees
- Psychopathy/Antisocial Personality Disorder Conundrum
- Policing Services With Mentally Ill People: Developing Greater Understanding and Best Practice
- Specialist courts and borderline personality disorder: a pilot study of the efficacy of the assessment and referral court list to reduce recidivist behaviour
- Interviewing persons with mental illness charged with murder or attempted murder: a retrospective review of police interviews
- Criminal responsibility and human capacity: why impaired mental functioning affects moral culpability
- Who gets diverted into treatment? a study of defendants with psychosis
- A pilot study exploring mental health consumers’ experiences with the police
- Towards a national strategy for managing fixated persons in Australia
- A Critical Review of Mental Health Court Liaison Services in Australia: A first national survey
- From Custody to Community: Outcomes of Community-Based Support for Mentally Ill Prisoners
- Does mental health treatment reduce recidivism among offenders with a psychotic illness

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Search for the following book titles >
- Criminal Courts & Mental Illness
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Click on the Read Online button.

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Select books in the material type box >
Search for the followin book:
- trauma-informed criminal justice: Towards a more compassionate criminal justice system

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Search for the following:
- First-time violent offending following psychosis diagnosis (A really new publication which may provide some insights as to how the system is working).
- Mental disorder prevalence at the gateway to the criminal justice system
- The identification of mental disorders in the criminal justice system

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Log in using your ACAP email address and student portal password >
Click on the DSM drop down and then click on DSM 5TR. A teal coloured book should appear.
Scroll down a little and expand the following section: Section II:
Diagnostic Criteria and Codes
You can scroll through to find the criteria for different conditions.

This example is located in the Books section on the ACAP Library referencing page.

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Search for the following:
- prisoners

Productivity Commission. (2020, November 16). Mental health inquiry report: Volume 1.
Open the report and do a ctrl/f / find search for the following words: prison, police
There is also a section called "For people interacting with the justice system" on page 45 or (61/1617) if looking at the page no. box above the report.

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Search for the following:
- Antisocial personality disorder and therapeutic justice court programs
- Screening for mental health and its correlates in criminal justice settings
- Personality Disorders in Criminal Offenders-A Systematic Literature Review
- The full spectrum of clinical stages of psychosis among mentally ill prisoners in New South Wales (NSW), Australia
- Association between early contact with mental health services after an offense and reoffending in individuals diagnosed with psychosis
- The clinical stages of psychosis among violent and non-violent adult prisoners in Australia
- Defining optimal post-prison care for those with psychosis: a Delphi study
- An exploration of staff views of a trauma-informed pathway in a sentenced and remand prison
Note: When using Google Scholar, if an article has a link to the right, such as [PDF] researchgate.net, it is available for free. Click on the link to the right to open the article.
Most of the referencing information for these publications can be found by clicking on the little quote mark under each record. If some of this information is missing, check the headers and footers of the article you are reading.

Healthdirect. (n.d.). Antisocial personality disorder

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2025, May 20). Stress and trauma.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2025, May 20). Prevalence and impact of mental illness

Australian Bureau of Statistics (2023, October 5). National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing.

This search should provide background information and statistics about mental health disorders.